Hi everyone. I wrote in a few posts about my acupunture experience, but I wanted to do a seperate post because I want to get the word out. I went to an acupunturist a few weeks ago after having my worst emotional week ever, 5 weeks post removal. I was a wreck, crying 5-6x a day, checking the forum every hour for every entry to find some answers, it was just awfull. I went to the dr's out of desperation, knowing that there was nothing I could do about these symptoms that were scaring me to death and sending me into a panic at the drop of a hat. They suggested that I needed some meds to help me function, but I was too scared to take anything, because I was so scared of the side effects (after this whole mirena thing, I will be weary of side effects forever, I suppose) I was truly at a loss, and upset because my family life was suffering.

Out of desperation, I made an appointment with an acupunturist. It was all I could think of that didn't require medications of any kind. I went in, told they guy my story, he said he could take care of the anxiety right away, but the horomonal imbalance will take a little time. I was skeptical, but figured what the heck, it cant make it worse, so I had him stick the needles in. A half hour later, I walked out of the office feeling hopefull. Later that night, I stated to have my typicall scary thoughts, and something strange happened, I just shrugged them off. I did not have the full body response that I had been having. No crying, no heart palpatations, no chest pains, no nausea and dry heaves. I couldn't believe it. I went in for my next session and told him how great it worked, and he casually said , "yes, anxiety responds really quickly to acupuncture" if he only knew how much that has changed my life. I told him that I still have the anxious thoughts and he said that acupuncture cant controll your mind, only the way the body responds to it. I urge allof you to at least TRY it. Once the anxiety is gone, you can start going on about your day like before all of this crap started happening, and the side effects seem more like nusiances rather than taking over your life. I have only had 2 sessions, so I will not know how (or if )it helps the horomonal imbalance, but I am very optimistic. I hope we all find our way out of this mess in any way we can!