Is it safe to use those for bloodletting? [Bloodletting refers to making your skin bleed a little to relieve stress in your body.] Acupuncture only works for a short time, even when I did it every week, but bloodletting helped a lot. I can’t afford the treatment and I thought this may be a cheaper way for me to do it myself… ? Constructive opinions only, please.
p.s.- Yes, I went to a licensed acupuncturist for my treatment. He used a special tool that looked like a meat tenderizer. Sounds gross, I know…

Okay, so my girlfriend and I have been together for about a year and a half now, and she has severe depression and is on Cymbalta. She recently stopped taking her medication a month ago because she feels it “controls her life.” Our relationship has been rocky from the start, but has never been this bad. She has JRA, also known as Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, and stopped taking her Methatrexate, which is a steroidal medication to stop the inflammation of joints. She stopped taking that medication as well to try out acupuncture. So amidst all of this she has been off of the medication that has helped her feel happy, as well as the medication that keeps her from pain.

She gets mad at me for the littlest things. Tonight, I said she couldn’t come over because I am not feeling well and need to sleep. I will see her tomorrow. She flipped out on me and told me that I am not trying at all and that I don’t care about her or love her. This has happened about ten times since she stopped taking her medication.

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I am already on prescription Celebrex for my fibromyalgia, I have been since I was 20. (I’m nearing 30 now.) I also take Rozerem to try to get a restful sleep, otherwise I am in a vivid dream state all night and never hit deep sleep. Even with the Rozerem when I wake up feeling rested it is a big deal so I get really excited.

I was first diagnosed with fibromyalgia when I was 15. I have been in pain since I was 12 and in 7th grade and constantly fatigued, sometimes with tingling in my hands, feet, and along my spine, what is probably the driest most sensitive skin on earth, always cold (since I had scarlet fever twice when I was 4).

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vlogging about haveing needles stuck in me and how awesome it is.

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I’m in my mid-twenties, have struggled with acne for 15 years, have tried everything there is to try and I’m finally going on Retin-A (Ro-accutan) as a last resort. Despite all of this I still don’t know how to get these persistent hippies of my back, you know the type. People who come out with remarks like, “Oh, it’s just stress, you should try acupuncture/aromatherapy/to stress less” or “What are you eating, it’s in your diet, try eating the following or try the following herbal supplement”
No matter how much I try and explain to these ignorant people that it’s a medical condition, and a professional medical dermatologist wont put me on such strong medicine if there wasn’t any other resort, they just persist! I’m sorry, I know I’m having a rant and rave here, but I had to ask others: What do you reply to people like this to get them to understand?

I am not sure what it is going to take for me but I have no motivation to eat rite or exercise. I hate my weight. It has caused me depression and causes me not to love myself. I always say that I am going to start on Monday and then when Monday comes I do good for Monday and then Tuesday I am back to my old ways. I always feel really light headed and weak the first week that I try to eat less. Is that normal? I have done weight watchers, atkins, south beach, acupuncture and even my own diets and I do good for a while and then fall off the diet. I have even lately thought about weight loss surgery but I am terrified. I am a very pretty girl and I am only 4’10 so the weight makes me look very large. I am not bad built or anything but I want to loose 50 or more lbs. BUT I have no MOTIVATION! I say what I am going to do and I never do! Any advice? Be nice or don’t say nothing!

I work in a hospital setting and because of it I think I have every disease I come in contact with. The disease of the moment for me now is diabetes. I have been assured by my doctor that I do not have diabetes, but it is stuck in my head that I do. Long story short, I have anxiety and stress all the time. So, where I work there is someone that practices acupuncture. I have always been interested in whether or not acupunture would work for my anxiety/stress. My insurance does cover it at the place I want to go, my only problem is, and this may be silly, but I think the acupuncturist thinks I like him as more than a friend. We’re both guys, I’m gay, he may be gay, but I’m not sure. I really do not have feelings for him, but the way we talk to each other, he may think I do. I really want to try acupuncture, but I’m afraid he will think I’m only coming to him because I like him and want to be around him. I also think the people that work with him (the nurse, receptionist, etc.) would be thinking the same thing. I was going to write him on Facebook and start talking about it, but what should I say? I really want to try acupuncture, so how do I get over it and just do it?

continuing acupuncture treatment!

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