Acupuncture helps migraine

Interesting antecdote that includes a patient's story on how acupuncture helped her manage her migraines.

Duncan


October 16, 2008, 9:00 pm
Adverse Effects

I never fully appreciated myself until I lost myself.

And then, when I found myself again, I realized that I really was a prize.

This e-card-worthy sentiment washed over me on Wednesday, when I began to come out of a two-week immersion in what I can only describe as mild mental illness.

Otherwise put: I tried out a new migraine preventive medication, and lost a little bit of my mind.

I was trying out the new medication because my chronic headaches had become much worse again after a nine-month period in which, thanks to acupuncture, they'd gotten much better.

With acupuncture, I'd been able to lower my dosage of amitriptyline, an old tricyclic antidepressant now used to help manage migraines, by a third, and had, at the same time, reduced the frequency of my headaches by more than half. Click link for more:



http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/adverse-effects-2/?dpc

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