Yes. Acupuncture certainly isn't a cure but it allows me to keep going. It keeps me healthy enough that I can get done what I need to get done. Often after a treatment I will run a low grade fever for a night but am better for the rest of the week.

Jen

I have had accupuncture twice to treat UC and was great! But I can't afford that now a days. I used that and change in diet to get it under control...haven't done it in about 2 years.

I'm doing my third acupuncture treatment tomorrow. I don't know if it has done any good. I seem to be the only one on the planet who can't say that something has done some good - low dose naltrexone, no gluten, elimination diet, hundreds of supplements, resting, stretching... Nothing seems to allow me to say, oh that feels better!

I do look forward to going to acupuncture, though, only because you get to lie and meditate while the needles are in and pray that it eventually does some good.

Is your acupuncturist a Chinese Medicine herbalist? If so, ask him / her about the remedies for Gu Syndrome.

I had seven acupuncture treatments in a four week period a couple of years ago & none of them helped me at all. Actually I felt worse after several of them so I stopped going.

Did like the doctor - he tried hard & have me some valuable information but the treatments just did not help.

@ EMilo, I think he is a herbalist.
I looked at Gu syndrome and he did check my tongue and my pulse. My pulse was weak and slow so the opposite of someone with Gu.
Thanks for your advice. I did have a bad headache afterwards and then woke with a heavy head the next two mornings, but I think this is a good thing because it means the toxins are getting out??
Although I just read this which would disagree with that
http://www.livestrong.com/article/346624-headache-after-a-massage/

I have been going to an acupuncturist for about 8 months, and it saved me. In Feb., I was starting a really bad flare-up after being pretty well (at maybe 70%-80%) and working. The treatment kept me from hitting a total low, and it gave me enough energy to keep working for 7 more months, until I quit. It's not a cure for me, but it keeps me functioning at a much better level. It's really the only thing, besides going GF, that has made any real impact on my CFS.

I had it weekly for about 5 months before I ahd to quit my job and can no longer afford it. I went through a school which is great because it costs less and there is someone supervising them. They work in as a team of 2 with the supervisor checking in as needed. I think it was about $50.

I was uncertain that it did anything at first. Now I feel more certain about the results. It improves circulation. My feet stopped being cold...even for a few months after stopping treatment. I had shoulder pain that I woke up with that hurt no matter what position I was in. In 2 treatments it completely went away. Mostly it was relaxing. It was like mandatory stress reduction.

It definitely helps to mention all your symptoms and any changes. Like definitely mention you had a headache afterward. They adjusted what they did each time based on what was going on with me.