Yesterday I went for my 6th acupuncture session. I decided a couple of months ago that I would give it a go and see if it would help my fibromyalgia pain. I have a session once a fortnight (ideally it would be once a week but I can only afford fortnightly) and I am pleased to say I have seen significant improvement. I’m still in a lot of pain but it has definately decreased, I’m not getting nearly as many headaches and best of all my energy levels have improved so much. My anxiety levels have also reduced.
I have noticed that towards the end of the two weeks, usually about two days before my next session I start to backslide and my symptoms worsen.
When I had my first two treatments I felt good, then the next day I got a terrible headache, this stopped by the 3rd time.
I did a bit of research on the internet about acupuncture and fibromyalgia and found that most sites were saying that the studies that have been done are about 50:50 on whether it is effective or not. Maybe different things help different people?
I have previously had acupuncture through the NHS but didn’t find it terribly helpful. Who knows why one helped and the other didn’t.
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