Sex Addicts - Are we concern that new STD cases hit record high in US

[Balancing Monkey]

Do we care? Are we treating ourselves. Does this not scare you. It has me sticking to masturbating. Ive decided to just have one partner, sex is great, however he has been with or still may be with multiple partners, both men and women. Do we check to see if our partners are safe. I do ask questions. Because I've been concern about this news.
There’s been a rise in condomless sex among men who have sex with men: Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men are generally more at risk for STDs than women and men who have sex with women only. (The majority of new syphilis and gonorrhea cases occurred among men, and in particular, men who have sex with men.) And there’s been some concern about a shift toward riskier sexual behaviors in this group — like not wearing condoms — that may be contributing to the rise in STDs. The reason for this shift has been explained by everything from the success in treating HIV (and therefore making sex less scary) to the advent of PrEP (pills that can prevent HIV).

I have gotten check after every 3 day sex party sessions or binge we have, because we do the most and I can't not go on without knowing I'm in the clear. And I am. I have been tested for everything and thankfully I'm good. But my partner does not get checked. I've gotten to the point where I'm not as interested in the 3 somes or fantasies that I us both to share and experience, but this STD news kinda puts a damper or fear on all that, do you all not feel the same?
Seems like no one cares or take care of themselves and this makes it harder to enjoy sex with others.
What are your thoughts on this?

 

[llama112]

I ask my doctor for regular STD tests due to multiple partners however he thinks that it is not necessary. I honestly want to be tested once a month. But he says yearly or "I should choose my partners better"... okay well if one person doesn't work out, then I move on to someone else. Yes, of course I use condoms, but there are still risks involved.
I understand your worry and I wish that it was more common for people to get tested and that doctors were willing to let us get tested!!

 

[pofacedhoe]

regular testing prevents the spread of STD's

prep has lead to risky behaviours for sure, its also resulting in reduced rates of hiv infection among gay men in london

if the authorities want rates to go down they need to test regularly and if they want to restrict your access to testing look for a better service

they exist.

 

[PriestTheyCalledHim]

Do we care? Are we treating ourselves. Does this not scare you. It has me sticking to masturbating. Ive decided to just have one partner, sex is great, however he has been with or still may be with multiple partners, both men and women. Do we check to see if our partners are safe. I do ask questions. Because I've been concern about this news.
There’s been a rise in condomless sex among men who have sex with men: Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men are generally more at risk for STDs than women and men who have sex with women only. (The majority of new syphilis and gonorrhea cases occurred among men, and in particular, men who have sex with men.) And there’s been some concern about a shift toward riskier sexual behaviors in this group — like not wearing condoms — that may be contributing to the rise in STDs. The reason for this shift has been explained by everything from the success in treating HIV (and therefore making sex less scary) to the advent of PrEP (pills that can prevent HIV).

I have gotten check after every 3 day sex party sessions or binge we have, because we do the most and I can't not go on without knowing I'm in the clear. And I am. I have been tested for everything and thankfully I'm good. But my partner does not get checked. I've gotten to the point where I'm not as interested in the 3 somes or fantasies that I us both to share and experience, but this STD news kinda puts a damper or fear on all that, do you all not feel the same?
Seems like no one cares or take care of themselves and this makes it harder to enjoy sex with others.
What are your thoughts on this?

While I have not been sexually active in awhile, when I am active with a new partner I will have us discuss our sexual histories, get tested together, and then still have safer sex. I do this because I have had men and women who I was in a relationship/partnership with who I thought we were monogamous, cheat on me and have unprotected sex with random strangers.

PREP/Truvada are tricky since while they may protect against certain strains of HIV, there are already reports here in the United States of people becoming HIV+ while on PREP/Truvada, and you are supposed to use PREP/Truvada with condoms and yet none of the gay men I know seem to do this. The medication also does not protect against various types of Hepatitis or other STDs that you will get if you have unprotected sex.

It has gotten so bad that a friend of mine that is gay and older than me, and who actively dates multiple men at once said how when he meets men online, in bars, via mobile phone apps, in person, or being introduced by friends that if they mention how they are on PREP/Truvada or say they are HIV+ and into having any sort of unsafe sex at all that it does not matter how hot they are he does not have sex with them or date them.