I am going to try my first session on Friday. My orthopedist recommends it. I spoke to the acupuncturist and she said she thinks she can fix me. She said she had someone with lyme who was in bad shape for years and is feeling much better after 4 treatments.

Good luck with this. I too am wanting to try.eager to hear how it goes for you.

No luck here after a four-session try. Hope it works for you, though. Everyone is different.

I have idiopathic sfn and have had good luck with acupuncture for the last two years. It does not make the pain go away but it brings it down to a tolerable level. It is still definitely there, but manageable.The downside is that it requires continued weekly treatments, as it is not a cure for me.

I was on nortriptyline and could not sleep with bed sheets or wear socks and shoes. I have been able to stop the meds and sleep great now.

I wish it was a cure but I am happy and recommend one tries it.

Welcome tatonka.

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I did accupuncture with the electrodes every 4-6 weeks for four years. I found it very relaxing, good for overall well-being, and it even seemed to increase my energy for a few days. It did not improve my neuropathy or help with nerve regeneration for me

[QUOTE=northerngal;1118888]I did acupuncture with the electrodes every 4-6 weeks for four years. I found it very relaxing, good for overall well-being, and it even seemed to increase my energy for a few days. It did not improve my neuropathy or help with nerve regeneration for me

Hi northerngal,
Sorry to hear the acupuncture didn't improve your neuropathy pain.
Do you think there is such thing as "nerve regeneration"? I used to believe the nerves could regenerate or "heal"..I'm not so sure anymore. Sorry, hate to sound like a downer. But this I-sfn pain has been going on for 4 years now, and I've tried everything, from all the B Vitamins to keeping tight sugar control (I'm not Diabetic), nothing is helping.
I'm giving up hope. Having Idiopathic (sfn) nerve pain with no explanation when otherwise "healthy" is very discouraging and depressing.

Hi Marie sorry for your pain I do not have a lot of neuropathic pain, my symptoms are weakness and numbness in my lower legs. (I am non-diabetic) I do like to think that there is always the chance that our nerves can heal. I try to focus on overall health, so they have the best chance of doing so. It can get very discouraging, especially when you feel you are doing everything to help them along and it is just not happening. I keep my hope going by keeping up with what is coming out for technology. Right now I have been reading information on nerve conduits and adipose stem cells in the hopes that they will one day be available for all people needing peripheral nerve regeneration, no matter what the cause of the damaged nerve may be. Hope you have a good day and do something you enjoy to take your mind off that pain

[QUOTE=northerngal;1118953]Hi Marie sorry for your pain I do not have a lot of neuropathic pain, my symptoms are weakness and numbness in my lower legs. (I am non-diabetic) I do like to think that there is always the chance that our nerves can heal. I try to focus on overall health, so they have the best chance of doing so. It can get very discouraging, especially when you feel you are doing everything to help them along and it is just not happening. I keep my hope going by keeping up with what is coming out for technology. Right now I have been reading information on nerve conduits and adipose stem cells in the hopes that they will one day be available for all people needing peripheral nerve regeneration, no matter what the cause of the damaged nerve may be. Hope you have a good day and do something you enjoy to take your mind off that pain

When is "one day"..when will they have these stem cells for damaged nerves?..will it be in our lifetime??...I dont think so...I dont think they even know what they heck they are doing!! We are suffern, they keep throwing all different kinds of pills at us and tell us to live with it..thats been my experience. and nothing works!!. they sit there and look at us like we are crazy..They have no idea what we are feeling. Unless they have Neuropathy they will never understand the painful sensations we feel...It really , really Sucks!! My life will never be the same!!!!