I decided to go on meds 4 months after having flu-like symptoms and one week after HIV diagnosis.
Nothing is stupid.
In natural history studies, the risk of AIDS or death can be assigned based on a viral load 6 months or so after seroconversion. This is in the absence of any therapy. Starting therapy as early as you did will probably only improve those odds. Experts appearing on this page are independent and are solely responsible for editing and fact-checking their material. Neither The Body nor any sponsor is the publisher or speaker of posted visitors' questions or the experts' material.