Does anyone use Acupuncture to relieve anxiety? - Page 2

HungLikeJesus · 06-10-2010, 02:56 PM

I tried acupuncture, but I couldn't stick with it.

classicman · 06-10-2010, 03:04 PM

Don't believe him - he's just needling you.

lookout123 · 06-10-2010, 03:04 PM

that was groan worthy. I've never tried it for stress but I had great success after a knee injury. My knee was completely healed and rehabbed properly but the pain just wouldn't stop even 8 months after it was deemed to be good by the docs. an hour after my first acupuncture session there was almost no pain. I kept going for a month and it has been more than a year since I felt even a twinge in that knee.

Clodfobble · 06-10-2010, 03:44 PM

I have also had at least two friends use it quite successfully for pain. Meanwhile, my mom made me do a session for allergies when I was a teenager, and it did nothing that I could tell.

lookout123 · 06-10-2010, 03:48 PM

Well sure it did. It gave the snot a couple extra escape routes. Lil Lookout tried it for allergies to no avail, as well.

monster · 06-10-2010, 09:44 PM

That's interesting, thanks. I've never even considered it, but my knee is still painful and the PT says it's almost as good as he can get it. (meniscal tear, not going to be helped by surgery)

lookout123 · 06-10-2010, 09:56 PM

Mine was a partially ruptured LCL. chose not to have the surgery just the rest and rehab. the pain stayed though until the needles went in. I've probably played 100-120 soccer games since then with no pain.

monster · 06-10-2010, 09:57 PM

My pain has changed to a much more bearable state with the PT, but is still there

BrianR · 06-20-2010, 11:35 AM

I once had acupuncture for a dislocated thumb. It worked well for me.

sad_winslow · 07-02-2010, 02:44 AM

Weird hippies keep recommending that I try acupuncture for the back injury I sustained a month and a half ago. I don't know how I feel about it, entirely, but I'm almost willing to give it a try (if it's not horrifically expensive) just for the experience. particularly if i can get someone to take pictures of me all pincushioned - I would enjoy the hell out of that

Shawnee123 · 07-02-2010, 05:46 PM

I've been jabbing myself in the eye with a needle for this particular anxiety attack, but to no avail.

Undertoad · 07-02-2010, 05:54 PM

.25mg Xanax™, every four hours as needed

Shawnee123 · 07-02-2010, 06:18 PM

All I gets is a generic Ativan.

sad_winslow · 07-02-2010, 06:36 PM

well, you're both missing out - since i got injured i've had a nice supply of valium. not only is it a great muscle relaxant, but suddenly i'm not grinding my teeth anymore and i'm actually kind of talkative and friendly, go figure.

Shawnee123 · 07-02-2010, 07:08 PM

Wow, sad...I grind my teeth too, and I have serious muscle spasms, incapacitating sometimes.

I think the reason I broke my 1800 dollar(out of pocket with insurance) new bridge in my teeth, for which I have had to go back 3 times to have the section glued back in until the new one is made, is teeth grinding. My ex would tell me I ground (?) my teeth so loud in my sleep, if I tried to duplicate it while awake I would stop before it was even close to what I did in my sleep (as he told me) because I was afraid to break my teeth!

It's been a rough week.

Miller Lite isn't the worst medication.

06-10-2010, 02:56 PM	#1
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I tried acupuncture, but I couldn't stick with it. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-10-2010, 03:04 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Don't believe him - he's just needling you. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-10-2010, 03:04 PM	#3
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	that was groan worthy. I've never tried it for stress but I had great success after a knee injury. My knee was completely healed and rehabbed properly but the pain just wouldn't stop even 8 months after it was deemed to be good by the docs. an hour after my first acupuncture session there was almost no pain. I kept going for a month and it has been more than a year since I felt even a twinge in that knee. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

06-10-2010, 03:44 PM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I have also had at least two friends use it quite successfully for pain. Meanwhile, my mom made me do a session for allergies when I was a teenager, and it did nothing that I could tell. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

06-10-2010, 03:48 PM	#5
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Well sure it did. It gave the snot a couple extra escape routes. Lil Lookout tried it for allergies to no avail, as well. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

06-10-2010, 09:44 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	That's interesting, thanks. I've never even considered it, but my knee is still painful and the PT says it's almost as good as he can get it. (meniscal tear, not going to be helped by surgery) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-10-2010, 09:56 PM	#7
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Mine was a partially ruptured LCL. chose not to have the surgery just the rest and rehab. the pain stayed though until the needles went in. I've probably played 100-120 soccer games since then with no pain. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

06-10-2010, 09:57 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	My pain has changed to a much more bearable state with the PT, but is still there __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-20-2010, 11:35 AM	#9
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	I once had acupuncture for a dislocated thumb. It worked well for me. __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

07-02-2010, 02:44 AM	#10
sad_winslow Big McLargeHuge Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: california, USA Posts: 203	Weird hippies keep recommending that I try acupuncture for the back injury I sustained a month and a half ago. I don't know how I feel about it, entirely, but I'm almost willing to give it a try (if it's not horrifically expensive) just for the experience. particularly if i can get someone to take pictures of me all pincushioned - I would enjoy the hell out of that

07-02-2010, 05:46 PM	#11
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I've been jabbing myself in the eye with a needle for this particular anxiety attack, but to no avail. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-02-2010, 05:54 PM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	.25mg Xanax™, every four hours as needed

07-02-2010, 06:18 PM	#13
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	All I gets is a generic Ativan. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-02-2010, 06:36 PM	#14
sad_winslow Big McLargeHuge Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: california, USA Posts: 203	well, you're both missing out - since i got injured i've had a nice supply of valium. not only is it a great muscle relaxant, but suddenly i'm not grinding my teeth anymore and i'm actually kind of talkative and friendly, go figure.

07-02-2010, 07:08 PM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Wow, sad...I grind my teeth too, and I have serious muscle spasms, incapacitating sometimes. I think the reason I broke my 1800 dollar(out of pocket with insurance) new bridge in my teeth, for which I have had to go back 3 times to have the section glued back in until the new one is made, is teeth grinding. My ex would tell me I ground (?) my teeth so loud in my sleep, if I tried to duplicate it while awake I would stop before it was even close to what I did in my sleep (as he told me) because I was afraid to break my teeth! It's been a rough week. Miller Lite isn't the worst medication. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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