I don't know if it is detoxing me in the head area or not? At any rate, I have a headache today after the treatment once again.

At first I was very excited about this alternative treatment. It was the only thing that would give me some reprieve from the double vision.

The needle between my eyes and I could see clearly for a couple of hours.

It caused my spine to burn, horrible migraines right after treatment and fatigue that would come on so fast and hard that I was barely able to make it home from the appointment before I crashed for 8 hours.

I would feel ok for about a day then but it wasn't worth it so I stopped. None of my "well" friends could understand it - acupuncture always leaves them feeling on top of the world - they can't get enough of it.

I have been doing acupuncture for a year now on a on-going basis...mention the headaches to your practitioner...maybe a new needle point might need to be introduced or one taken away to help with the blockage causing a headache??...our body is constantly shifting and changing with this illness and with other treatments we do...so don't give up...

I actually get headache/head pressure relief from my treatments...although sometimes if there is a blockage or detox going on, it can initially get worse(briefly while still on the table), but then gets much better...

Hope you can figure things out and continue!!

I had a very bad experience with acupuncture. I would proceed with great caution.

I saw an acupuncturist who said he knew about treating Lyme Disease; but in reality he did not, and finally admitted it, as I developed more and more symptoms.

He told me something about someone's "law of cure" about how you feel worse for a while, things get brought to the surface, etc., etc.

But in the end, I got so bad, with increased Lyme symptoms, and symptoms I had not even had before, that he admitted he was too far out of his depth.

The acupuncture put me on a really unpleasant rollercoaster of symptoms. I never felt better on it.

I recognize that it could have been my practitioner, but in fact he was a highly regarded faculty member at an elite acupuncture school; and had a list of credits to his name.

Now I am extremely sceptical of this modality of treatment.

Perhaps it also had something to do with the approach: he used the Classical Five Element school of acupuncture. If I were ever to try it again, I might try Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) first. But please make sure you pin the practitioner down to how much they really understand about Lyme.

(Incidentally, I did not go to get cured of Lyme, but simply to help an area of pain. But now I think the practitioner really does have to understand how a bacterial infection affects the energy and meridians).

I am sorry to be so negative. I know that acupuncture helps some people.

I doubt I will spend my money on it again anytime soon. I am now sorry I spent the money; but I know it was something I had to try.

I stuck with it for close to 3 months, at appointments once or twice each week.

I hope you find the right solution for you.

Warm wishes for feeling better.

My experience was very good. I had an hour of acupuncture a week for two years. It slowly but surely caused improvement in pain, exhaustion, sleep problems, and hormonal issues.

If I could afford it, I would still get it every week. Without the car insurance payments, I can't keep it up.

Unfortunately, over time, my symptoms crept back, and I finally found I had Lyme. So obviously, it didn't cure me, but it certainly did me a lot of good.

I did have healing reactions for a day or so after a treatment, always followed by improvement. If you only get the increase in symptoms, with no improvement, something is wrong with what they are doing.

Definitely give your doctor feedback! He/she can then adjust the points. Keep in mind there areexcellent acupunturists and bad ones. If they practice TCM, then you should also be taking some herbs to balance out the chi. TCM is very different from normal acupunture.