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Posted 12/19/2016 1:54 PM (GMT 0)
Has anyone had any success with acupuncture? Specifically for neuro symptoms?
Posted 12/19/2016 2:00 PM (GMT 0)
I haven't tried it, but I read it can help with the pain.
Posted 12/19/2016 3:30 PM (GMT 0)
I did acupuncture for a long time last year but then it seemed to provoke more anxiety for me so I stopped. It was great for helping me with fatigue. But I know it's been very helpful for some.
Posted 12/19/2016 5:04 PM (GMT 0)
I had a highly intuitive acupuncture therapist that helped me a ton with my pain and many other things. The prescription pain pills weren't touching my pain and when my doc wanted to up me to yet another stronger pain med - even though they weren't helping much. I could only stand for 7 minutes before pain made my legs just collapse.

Acupuncture helped me a great deal for other things as well - detoxing, organ function, muscle function, relieving migraines and severe nausea - I"m sure I'm leaving stuff out still.

Not only is it imperative to find a really good acupuncture therapist that is highly intuitive and extremely well trained with tons of practice, but it doesn't work well for everyone. My hubby saw the same acupuncture therapist and didn't get much relief.
Posted 12/19/2016 5:25 PM (GMT 0)
I haven't used one for neurosymptoms - but when I had serious issues with my cervical spine from a dance injury - didn't have health insurance and couldn't afford the proper tests initially - it helped with EXCRUCIATING pain. If you are drawn to it, or are asking, that to me would be a sign that your intuition is whispering to your body, you'd benefit from this. I agree with Trav - finding someone intuitive and well trained. Given your question about acupuncture - you can get some benefit from the principles behind accupunture with Gigong. There are a lot of free videos on YouTube. This is my morning favorite. /www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNgWb3EDXCI
Posted 12/20/2016 2:23 AM (GMT 0)
I get acupuncture weekly and it greatly reduced my neuropathy. However, it doesn't last, so you have to go regularly.
Posted 12/20/2016 3:45 AM (GMT 0)
My daughter had lyme related tendon and nerve pain in her leg and her physical therapist did treatments on her leg several times. I think it did help, but it wasn't a cure. It can help relieve pain and help calm the nerves.
Posted 12/20/2016 4:13 PM (GMT 0)
It didn't help me; sometimes it made things worse. However, it was my acupuncturist that suggsted Lyme and said to go to an LLMD. Perhaps if it's an acupuncturist that specializes in Lyme you could get good results.
Posted 12/20/2016 4:27 PM (GMT 0)
I did not have acupuncture for lyme, but I did have it for knee pain. It took away the knee pain almost completely but I had to go every week and at $60 a shot, I could not afford that.

I had to learn to live with the pain.
Posted 12/20/2016 7:53 PM (GMT 0)
Hi!

I used acupuncture for about two years when my neurological symptoms were the worst. At the time I had weird electrical like symptoms throughout my body. It really helped me and I would feel better for about three days after every session. But like others said you have to stick with it...if I had the money I would still be going for my remaining symptoms -twitching/migraines.

Funny story, I tried to have the sessions before any major travel events and one time as we left town to I kept saying to my husband my ear hurts...we pulled the car over and I still had needles in my ear!!

Give it a try but go for at least a few months, I went weekly for several months then dropped to monthly.

flowergal
Posted 12/20/2016 8:20 PM (GMT 0)
I am currently doing weekly acupuncture and for me it's been really helpful. I find it really helps with my head pressure/migraines, my neck and back pain, and with detoxing my organs. I have reduced neuro symptoms, but I'm not certain if that is because of the acupuncture or my antibiotics. I can tell you know that I know for sure the headache relief was 100% from the acupuncture. I almost immediately got relief after my first session. That in itself was worth it!!!
Posted 12/20/2016 10:49 PM (GMT 0)
Muy twin used to have panic attacks every day they disappeared with acupuncture. Like during a session one fizzled out and They never came back ever again. :0 We were pretty amazed.
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