So my wife had been going for months and kept raving about how amazingly relaxing it was. I never believed her until I started going about 2 months ago to see if they could help with my allergies and a little relaxation to boot.
I've had rough seasonal allergies for a number of years now, combined with a very strong cat dander allergy. Anytime I go into anyones house who owns a cat, my throat/roof of mouth gets immediately scratchy, my eyes swell up and get itchy and my nose starts to stuff up. Its even worse staying overnight in a house with cats, which unfortunately my parents have. Everytime I go home to visit, the symptoms usually started within 10-15 minutes and the only thing that would help calm then down was Benadryl, which worked decently but always made me super sleepy. I usually had to vacuum the bed off right after arriving since the cat had usually slept there sometime recently and the cat fur would drive my allergies wild.
Anyway, so I started going to Acupuncture about 2 months ago and was very happy to find out my wife was right how relaxing it really is. It takes her about 3-5 minutes to put all the needles in (which you really don't feel at all - they are incredibly thin), then she puts a warm lamp over you and leaves the room. I usually fall asleep within a couple of minutes and she wakes me up in an hour when its time to go. Simple and painless.
Anyway, the seasonal allergies have been getting better (which I mostly attributed to the seasons changing somewhat), so I couldn't tell whether or not the treatments were working, but this weekend I had the chance to visit my parents house to take care of their cat while they are on vacation. I came armed with my usual benadryl and loritidine, fully expecting to have to use them at some point over the weekend.
Well, much to my amazement, I was perfectly fine. No sneezing, no itchy throat, no stuffy nose. Nothing. I even let her climb all over me (which I never let her do anymore) and I was fine, not so much as even a sniffle.
Now, I dunno how much is placebo (then again, i really didn't think this would work to be honest - so would placebo even play in?), i figured I would just give it a try before resorting to expensive allergy shots. But hey, even if it is, for whatever reason, it worked.
😱 😀
I've had rough seasonal allergies for a number of years now, combined with a very strong cat dander allergy. Anytime I go into anyones house who owns a cat, my throat/roof of mouth gets immediately scratchy, my eyes swell up and get itchy and my nose starts to stuff up. Its even worse staying overnight in a house with cats, which unfortunately my parents have. Everytime I go home to visit, the symptoms usually started within 10-15 minutes and the only thing that would help calm then down was Benadryl, which worked decently but always made me super sleepy. I usually had to vacuum the bed off right after arriving since the cat had usually slept there sometime recently and the cat fur would drive my allergies wild.
Anyway, so I started going to Acupuncture about 2 months ago and was very happy to find out my wife was right how relaxing it really is. It takes her about 3-5 minutes to put all the needles in (which you really don't feel at all - they are incredibly thin), then she puts a warm lamp over you and leaves the room. I usually fall asleep within a couple of minutes and she wakes me up in an hour when its time to go. Simple and painless.
Anyway, the seasonal allergies have been getting better (which I mostly attributed to the seasons changing somewhat), so I couldn't tell whether or not the treatments were working, but this weekend I had the chance to visit my parents house to take care of their cat while they are on vacation. I came armed with my usual benadryl and loritidine, fully expecting to have to use them at some point over the weekend.
Well, much to my amazement, I was perfectly fine. No sneezing, no itchy throat, no stuffy nose. Nothing. I even let her climb all over me (which I never let her do anymore) and I was fine, not so much as even a sniffle.
Now, I dunno how much is placebo (then again, i really didn't think this would work to be honest - so would placebo even play in?), i figured I would just give it a try before resorting to expensive allergy shots. But hey, even if it is, for whatever reason, it worked.
😱 😀
