My triglycerides have shot up to 244 and I'm wondering if I need to switch meds before something serious happens.

Hi just wondering if anyone on Genvoya is having these side effects.. I started taking genvoya in October of 2016..I n the past for months I have noticed tingling in my feet.
At first it was on occasion.. now it is daily..
has anyone experienced this?

I'm wondering about the difference in how newly diagnosed people compare to long timers when we first find out.

My specialist changed my antiviral from Stribild to Genvoya. Have you noticed any side effects? Or has it been better?

I was on Sustiva for about 7 years which is generally known to cause night terrors, or not being able to determine what is real or not. Things got better after three weeks or so, but the nightmares continued. Eventually I learned through therapy how to deal with them. Sustiva was a good medicine for my HIV and helped keep me undetectable so I stuck with it.

Then for several years after the nightmares were absent or less intense. Of course stopping Sustiva really helped, but I have been on… read more

Well unfortunately @@Genvoya is not what I expected. I have every side effect listed plus a few more. Here we go...insomnia, lack of appetite, nausea, headache, diarrhea, rash, worsening neuropathy, nightmares nightmares nightmares and this strange thing which makes my eyebrows tingle after I take the dang stuff. My ID Doc wants to switch me and of course she says she has never seen this with one of her patients...lucky me. My question is this: Anyone else have issues with @@Genvoya and have… read more

anyone get into fits of rage anger ect over atripla ??? mood swings

Do you suffer from anxiety, depression fear, anger …etc.? Has HIV prompted this or made it worse?
Do you think our primary care physicians and HIV facilities should look into short and long term effects on mental health with HIV infection?
Do you think it should be treated as a serious problem?

I don’t know what’s the best way to handle my Medicare treatment related to my HIV. I have a Medical Insurance and I went to visit the first doctor that the insurance recommended to me. But each month I have to pay $80 for 1 month of retrovirals and pay too for the visit to the Doctor … I’m not sure is this the right way to do it or if there a best option to handle it.