Purposes:summer heat, Heat intolerance, Yin deficency, Anxiety and frustration, Depressed mood, Pain, Fatigue, Sleep problems, and General health(Started Apr 11, 2006)
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summer heat
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Heat intolerance
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Yin deficency
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Anxiety and frustration
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Depressed mood
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Pain
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Fatigue
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Sleep problems
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General health
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Adherence
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Jul 11, 2012
Daily
Date
Jul 11, 2012
Advice & Tips
This can be a very effective treatment, and some people find it very valuable. I get it daily right now, and I don't think I would be doing anywhere near as well as I am without it. Finding a way to get it as often as you possibly can, in a way that you can afford it, is absolutely vital. I am currently paying $65CAD for 6 treatments in 1 week. I take Sundays off because the clinic I go to is closed on Sundays.
When I started this daily treatment (I've taken some breaks) program, while the acupuncturist was putting needles in me, I closed my eyes involuntairilly because I relaxed for the first time in about 3 days. I don't think I actually slept, but I was deeply relaxed. I didn't want to leave when she came to take needles out. But it was the end of the day for her.
Purposes:Treat my mood condition(s), General health, and Migraine headaches(Started Jun 14, 1990)
Date
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Treat my mood condition(s)
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General health
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Migraine headaches
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Adherence
Burden
Jan 31, 2005
As needed
Date
Jan 31, 2005
Advice & Tips
In general acupuncture for general health is a wonderful medicine. I have had some acupuncture treatments by certain practioners that really helped me with certain specific problems like menses related migraines but not for general migraines or depression or PTSD. I did a long course of treatment for six months in 2004 in hopes that it would help curb my depression.
The treatments always made me feel relaxed and good for a few hours most of the time. But sometimes I got triggered in the sessions and would actually just cry and cry and cry through an entire session and end up really worse. So after a while I decided I needed to just concentrate on therapy and perhaps return to acupuncture one day when I have healed more and am less prone to triggers.
Cost
$100-199 monthly
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