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annm4peace

(6,119 posts)
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 12:10 AM Jan 2013

Psychiatric drugs and Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture

Is anyone on anti depressants and also doing Traditional chinese Medicine acupuncture or have a psychiatrist that does acupuncture for anxiety or depression ?

any psychiatrists who can answer this question ?

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Psychiatric drugs and Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture (Original Post) annm4peace Jan 2013 OP
I've never heard of a psychiatrist doing that Tobin S. Jan 2013 #1
I just can't tolerate libodem Jan 2013 #2
Yi Quan tama Jan 2013 #3
Looks good libodem Jan 2013 #4
Good son tama Jan 2013 #5

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)
1. I've never heard of a psychiatrist doing that
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 06:23 AM
Jan 2013

But I'm pretty sure you can go to any acupuncturist and they will attempt to treat you for anxiety and depression if you want them to. Your psychiatrist probably wouldn't object. You'll probably have a lot better luck with the meds, though.

libodem

(19,288 posts)
2. I just can't tolerate
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 01:35 PM
Jan 2013

SSRI's any more. It bothers my gut. I had to take it at night and it still made me retch in the morning. Everything moved out of my system in a hyper hurry. I felt like I had the flu. My mood was not much better. I had a serious situational problem. It was depressing.
Stuff does happen to my innards when I get upset and that is; everything stops. I can't eat, can't sleep can't poop. I suppose the antidepressant reverses that shut down. It was awful. It stops my sex drive, too.

Coming off them was not fun either. I didn't feel much from it until a couple of weeks after. I didn't have the 'brain' shocks everyone describes but shocks at the level of my lowback fusion that went down both legs, weakened my knees, and made me feel like I was going to faint. It was only a week, though.

I'd have to go the natural route. Maybe it helps pain, too.

 

tama

(9,137 posts)
3. Yi Quan
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 04:26 PM
Jan 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiquan

Started that while ago, just for the general health aspect of the practice which suits me - mostly simple relaxed standing and concentrating with mental images.

Many various practices on the "natural route", hope you find what suits your needs and temperament. Probably won't do much harm to check out what's available and try some out. And long walks in forest - or what ecotypes are most available - are always good natural routes (their healing aspect is conformed also by academic studies).

libodem

(19,288 posts)
4. Looks good
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 04:38 PM
Jan 2013

My son is a massage therapist he tells me similar things about doing specialized movements to unblock my energies.

 

tama

(9,137 posts)
5. Good son
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 04:54 PM
Jan 2013

Very simple exercise is just to feel your body with "proprioceptic" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprioception) sense, usual guide is to start from hands and feet and proceed from there to whole body feel. Pain is just information, and just one aspect of body sense of self.

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