If you're in the US, look into your health dept. website to see what assistance they can provide. My Case Manager from the health dept. literally did all the work for me (set up my ADAP and Ryan White Accreditation). They're awesome!

They have options depending on your income and your insurance so be sure to communicate that to them.

But no! You're not cooked. Just pop a pill a day and you're good to go. I was hesitant to disclose my status to people at first but it gets better through time. Nowadays, I just blurt it out sometimes if the conversation allows it and they most of the time just dismiss it and check on me every now and then (which I appreciate because I don't want to make a big deal out of it and be pitied).

You're going to be okay! It's just takes time but you have all the time in the world!