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Originally Posted by canagirl
I was having treatments every 2-3 days. maybe that was too much. I finally stopped because she was putting the needles in and they were hurting. One hurt soooo bad and didn't decrease for days. I then had crazy twitching in that area for a week or two. I developed intense throbbing in the needle areas, and weird fuzzy, electrical feelings during the acupuncture treatment time period. I just thought my condition was changing. But now I know there is an exact pattern to where the burning and pain started (all needle sites) and now the pain has spread out from there. My whole body burns and stings. It feels like I am being squeezed and there is a ton of weight on me. Now, everything hurts. anything that rubs against me or causes my skin to stretch causes burning. so many feelings inside I can't even describe what is happening. it was definitely acupuncture
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I hope that you are going through an acute phase of whatever brand of misery yours is. If it is an acute phase the time required for some relief may be compressed. I also had trauma-induced Neurapathy with diabetes to boot. How one person can do accupuncture and another cannot is mind boggling. None of my Dr. will admit trauma-induced as the lawyers are circling overhead,haha. I find that if you do all that you know to do then it helps you to cope better as you can't do any more. Make sure you get at least 5hrs sleep, eat nutrient dense foods w/few carbs as links to inflammation have been reported. Excersize to tolerance. If you think pain may be bad enough to drive you to depression, seek pain management. What I call starter RX such as Gabapentin, helps some and some it doesn't. If you get tender burning skin, I like Mortons Epsom Salt Lotion, one of the few things where I could tell a difference. Good Luck, Ken in Texas.