What If You Sleep With Someone Who Has Hiv

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sleep & HIV meds

I am taking daily Truvada and Sustiva. I also have severe sleep challenges, so I add sleeping pills which have very limited effect and I suspect make me feel lousy the nest day. Are bleeding gums and a trigger temper perhaps aggravated by the sleep...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

If your insomnia started or worsened around the time you started taking Sustiva, then it may be a side effect. Insomnia and vivid, sometimes disturbing dreams are fairly common side effects of Sustiva. Some people also experience mood changes, such... Read more »

Sleep Apnea + HIV

Hello Dr. FrascinoI tested positive for HIV in 2002. I'm not sure if I was positive before... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

Possible pricked by someone during sleep.. possible HIV risk??

I just got out of a fright months ago, but now something new happenedI went with a family close... Read more »

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HELP! Sleeping on HIV+ person's bed

Posted by Harty1, 3 Replies

For about 2 months I slept on the bed of a person that I found rout to be HIV+. On top of that, i was told after that an enemy who is HIV+ had access to my room and was doing more things to my bed. This is important because now when i sweat pheople... Read more »

caffeine, sleep, and HIV

Posted by Anonymous

PARTICIPANTS SOUGHT FOR RESEARCH STUDY which will examine the effect of caffeine on sleep and well-being in persons with HIV. Persons with HIV and AIDS seem to suffer more sleep disruption than the general population. This study will examine what... Read more »

Light sleeping / no sleeping / endless dreaming

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

I'm on EFV, 3TC, & TDF (Efavirenz, Lamivudine, & Tenofovir). All taken at the same time, just before bed.

I either sleep so lightly that any movement or sound from my partner wakes me up; or I lie there for two to four hours not sleeping at... Read more »

Sleep

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

For the last two or three months i have been going to bed at 3a.m and not getting any sleep what so ever so do you think maybe this is the cause of some of my symptoms related to HIV maybe im getting sick from not getting enough sleep and yes im the... Read more »

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