Last night I went to an acupuncturist for the first time. The woman who worked on me also did cupping, which consists of applying glass cups to your back and then creating a vacuum in them to suck toxins out of your body. She did this at least 30 times, all over my spine and different spots around my back. I can say this with conficence because my back is very sore and covered in purple circular bruises, but I did feel better afterwards and still do today.
I had also just increased Effexor to 75mg the day before so I can't conclusively say it was the acupuncture/cupping, but I'm keeping an open mind. Maybe I'll lower the Effexor to 50mg next week as a control since I have two acupuncture sessions scheduled for each of the next two weeks. That should be enough time to establish causality.
The stuff's not cheap either, and only 30% of it is covered by my health insurance, but if western medicine isn't resolving my problem it makes sense to look at alternatives. And I'd rather spend my money on my health than on clothes or stuff for the house.
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