 [ Symptoms ] i was diagnosed with chlamydia and am now being tested for all other stis such as hiv is this routine  i was called last night by my doctor telling me that i tested + for chlamydia i was given 1g of zithromax & took it last night i called this morning to ask when to retest & they told me that i would need to retest for other stds such as hiv what are the chances that i have contracted another more serious sti such as hiv  i looked up symptoms for hiv & i am not showing any symptoms in all honesty i am relatively healthy & have not been showing symptoms for anything   including chlamydia [ Disease ] what we know now is some great studies have been done within the last two years about the relationship between sleep and weight loss and weight gain there are two hormones in particular that have specific amount to do with appetite another thing we know about sleep deprivation is that your metabolism slows down well if you have a slow metabolism you are not burning fuel efficiently so it is going into fat storage and fat deposits and again causing more weight gain we also know with sleep deprivation we have increased levels of cortisol well that can be another problem which causes more appetite here is the most fascinating part about the research i think all those other things aside when you are sleep deprived if i was to lay out a healthy snack for you or a very non healthy sugary snack for you you would gun for the sugary food you would go for the less healthy food so your food choice is even affected by sleep deprivation how they are not 100 sure how but that craving that you are having seems to be more towards a comfort food which tends to be high carbohydrate high sugar high fat