Accupuncture for neuropathy?!
 

My husband came home tonight and said one of his clients told him that accupuncture was a miracle for her neuropathy and has all but cured her as long as she maintains it.

Anyone ever heard of this or tried it????

Of course I am completely skeptical, doesn't seem to make sense but this was her testimony.

Actually, I just googled it and it appears there are studies, and lots of info on accupuncture helping neuropathy.

I may have to look into this.

Years and years ago I had a mortons neuroma on my right foot and before I gave into surgery on the foot to remove it, I did accupuncture. It worked. Three times a week I would do it and it helped and even shrunk the neuroma. However it only worked as long as I went every single week, which got very expensive and I could not afford to do it for the rest of my life so I did surgery. When I did it, they put the needles in my head, knee, ankle and right near the toe where the neuroma was.

Anyway, very interesting....anyone here try it?

It is always good to try safe alternatives. Everyone is different, but acupuncture is good for so many things.

I tried acupuncture and it worked for a few months and then just like drugs the pain found its way back. My doctor showed me where to put the needles and I frequently do this myself.
It's worth a try but not if it going to cost lots IMHO.

I have been going for weekly acupuncture sessions for the past 5 weeks. It takes the edge off the pain only slightly, but I find it very soothing and relaxing. I go Saturday mornings and I am relaxed for the rest of the day. That can't hurt, right? :)

So does the accupuncture help with the burning at all for you???

It can't hurt to try. Most of the research I read talks about it helping with the numbness but I need help with the burn.

I dont know but i think Im going to try it for eye twitching try to get it to stop. Its been going on over a month driving me crazy. I just read yesterday some lady on line had 7 months eye twiching did accupunture and it stopped. Will let u know results plus I have muscle twiches in bicep ever since neck surgery ---try to see if that may help it too. Im always skeptical but conventional medicine isnt working so I will try it. I just have to research a good one in my area.How expensive is it normally??

Acupuncture not covered by my insurance co
 

I too would like to try acupuncture to see if it would help but my insurance company says it is not a covered service. At $80.00+ per visit that won't be happening soon unless the insurance co changes its mind.
Seems to me it would be reasonable for them to allow me to try it and have them pay for it rather than pay monthly visits to a neurologist and the prescription costs that go along with it but they said no.
DOC

mg neck, do you take enough magnesium? That is what works for eye and muscle twitches really well.

No -- Thanks for the suggestion!! Its funny I just read that online yesterday and my brother told me 2 --it was on Dr. Oz show this week that 3 out of 4 people are deficent in magesium ---I will look into buying some this weekend is there a certain daily dosage rec ?? I appreciate the advice.:)

yes, magnesium helped my eye twitches!! Go read the supplements post where MrsD talks about all the choices. Don't buy anything that is "oxide" in any form.

I found an accupuncturist here, it's $50 per treatment. Insurance will not cover it for me either :(

Thanks so much --I will do that --Mrs D gives great advice!! $50.00 not to bad to give it a try. How long did u have the eye twiches ? Its just annoying and feels like I have had them forever even though its just a month.

Another thing that helps eye twitches is Fish oil ( or Krill oil).
People low in Omega-3's get all sorts of twitches.

Years ago I found a PubMed article from Basil pharmaceutical company which found that fish oil stopped eyelid twitches. At one point they were going to market a drug for this condition!

I dont remember how long. I use to get eye twitches and muscle twitches ALL the time. The B vitamines also help twitches along with magnesium.

I don't get them anymore at all now. I take all the B's and mag. everyday.

Super --I just order Omega -3 from Iceland health a few days ago waiting for it to arrive in mail. But it was very expensive-- Thanks!!

My opinion, is the best form of omega 3 is in flax seeds, there are so many benefits besides omega 3 which is colon health also. And flax seeds, ground up are cheaper...and healthier, in my opinion. :)

Flax is good too, we used the oil in salad dressings back when my son lived here and had severe ADHD. My husband still takes flax oil daily. I get mine in my peanut butter now.

But the conversion of flax (alpha linolenic acid)...to long chain EPA and DHA is very small in males. Females because they have babies who require large amounts of EPA and DHA for the developing brain in utero can convert up to 20% rates from intake. Males are in the 4% or lower. With age, I suspect females lose some of this ability after menopause since it might be estrogen driven during reproduction. So long chain EPA and DHA is very important, as well...and perhaps more so for some metabolic purposes.

Alpha linolenic acid is also abbreviated ALA...so watch for this in any papers you read. It can get mighty confusing. Alpha linolenic acid is the basic Omega-3 precursor, but it is not the only one our bodies use.

Alkaseltzer is the only thing I have found that helps with the burn and even then only for around 30-60 mins ( enough to get to sleep).
Good luck

I remember reading this before about the alkaseltzer, I know MrsD talks about it. And I asked this before but I cant remember the answer, but isn't alkaseltzer for colds????

You can get it for colds, but the reg. one is for heartburn, headaches...It has aspirin so if you have tinnitis or aspirin problems is it not good. Helps the tummy for sure.

Ingredients below.

http://www.alkaseltzer.com/as/as_original.html

Interesting that it helps pn. Is it just the aspirin? Why not just take aspirin? What is even more interesting is that it is for heartburn yet aspirin causes heartburn, lol

The aspirin in the AlkaSeltzer Original formula is in solution and absorbed very quickly. Hence it tends to not affect the stomach like pills do. It is the bicarb that helps with heartburn.

AlkaSeltzer was originally formulated for hangovers.

Back when I was young, there was no Tylenol, you know. Taking
something for pain, was aspirin and that was IT!
So our family used AlkaSeltzer for pain, fever, headache, since we didn't have hangovers at all. It works very very fast, and gives quick relief compared to pills.

AlkaSeltzer Cold products have other ingredients in them, antihistamines, DM and decongestants.

When I had that damaged adductor tendon in my left leg, AlkaSeltzer was the only thing that worked. Tylenol and Aleve did nothing compared to it. I think AlkaSeltzer is a wonderful product, and I get it generically for very little cost at WalMart.

Just don't overdo aspirin, as it can affect bleeding. It lowers platelets.

There is a new fast dissolve aspirin by Bayer, being advertized now, but I haven't tried it yet. So I can't compare it yet to AlkaSeltzer.