I am confused with which treatment should I go for- Acupuncture or Glycerol Injection.Please suggest me what should I do?
Any procedure such as the glycerol injection that damages the nerve carries huge risk of facial numbness and worse pain. I would definitely avoid any of these procedures!! I wish so badly that someone would have told me this years ago!!
I just tried accupuncture last week and it was awful! She put needles in my forehead and in my trigeminal nerve.
I went over my history before hand, but she must not have been clear.
If you go, do not let them put anything in your neck or hands at the very least.
It was very painful and very scary.
Stephanie
I have had many acupuncture treatments and never had a bad or painful experience. I would say that she didn't know what she is doing and probably should be reported.
Anshika
Whatever treatment you decide on you should research both the treatment and the doctor/therapist to see how much experience and success they have.
I suggest you also research any medications that you take. There is both good and bad doctors and therapist so it is important that you find one that is right for you, sometimes that is a very hard thing to do.
Good luck
Scott
Do you have the "Bible" for this site ? -- The book Striking Back - by Dr. Ken Casey 200+ ways to deal with TN - pros and cons, medical and holistic!
You should research much - because the doctors don't know much -- rare disease = rare true knowledge.
I would not have any injections until you have read all your options!
Hi there,
I'm currently giving acupucture another go and it's interesting how either of my doctors uses a different approach. The first one was using thick needles, whereas my current doctor uses very thin needles and she tells me when to breath in and out - the breathing helps to ease the pain which may be there when the needle is inserted into your skin. Also, the spots the doctors are using are different; first doctor put needles into my face and hands, whereas the current one uses spots on my feet on top of face and hands. Apparently, there are several schools of traditional Chinese medicine, every one uses a somewhat different approach. I read on the interenet the other day that if you go for a treatment in China you may be surprised how painful acupuncture actually might get, that in the Western world doctors of TCM tend to be softer with their patients because their perception of pain is different.
I'm yet to find out if acupucture does something positive to my TN this time round; I can only tell you that I sleep like a baby after treatment:)
Take care,
Oldriska
I started acupuncture last week waiting to see if it helps so far nothing.