A 38 year old oil company executive came to our office struggling with frequent panic attacks and constant high level anxiety. He was taking Xanax daily and was also in therapy, but the anxiety was still out of control. This anxiety acupuncture case study reviews how acupuncture helped reduce his anxiety and provided long term relief.
The Problem
Anxiety is the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting 40 million adults age 18 and older (18% of the population) every year. Typical symptoms include panic, fear, uneasiness, sleep problems, not being able to stay calm and still, cold, sweaty, numb or tingling hands and/or feet, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, dry mouth and nausea.
Our patient was struggling with all of these symptoms. He made frequent presentations at work, and these always triggered panic attacks. Xanax helped him get through, but he did not want to rely on medications to feel better.
In addition, he liked a woman at work, but his anxiety prevented him from asking her out. This caused stress and frustration, which only added to his misery.
Anxiety Acupuncture Case Study – Treatment
Chinese medicine recognizes anxiety as being rooted in the body. It’s a physical imbalance involving the heart and other organs. By strengthening heart function, the symptoms of anxiety ease. There’s nothing actually wrong with heart function, but it’s the way Chinese medicine explains the imbalance responsible for anxiety.
Our patient had a heart and spleen imbalance, often referred to as a Gui Pi pattern. As such, we selected a number of heart and spleen strengthening points in our patient’s anxiety treatment. These points included: PC6, HT7, ST36, SP4, BL15, BL20, BL43.
Results
He felt very relaxed after the first treatment, but did not see much difference. However, following the second treatment he felt 20% less anxious all week. After 7 sessions he was feeling more than 50% better. He was having less panic attacks and was able to cut back on the Xanax.
He continued treatment for 5 more sessions, at which point his anxiety was 80% better. He felt comfortable enough to ask his co-worker out on a date, which she readily agreed to. At this point he dropped down his acupuncture to once a month. He found this supported him well.
What To Expect
We have over a 90% success rate treating anxiety. Sessions are relaxing and comfortable. All needles are sterile, single-use and hair thin. You will hardly feel them.
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What our Clients are Saying
Acupuncture really helped my anxiety. I highly recommend Raleigh Acupuncture. Very professional, reasonably priced and focused on getting me better quickly. Thank you!
I came in for acupuncture highly skeptical that it would be able to help me. I’m an A-type personality and very wired. I feel like I’ve been anxious my entire life. My wife must have been secretly researching treatments for anxiety because last month she announced that I WOULD be trying acupuncture! She did well picking the practice, as the doctors at Acupuncture Associates were top notch. They explained how acupuncture worked to deal with anxiety and then set about doing it. Well, I wouldn’t be writing this letter if it didn’t work. So you know the outcome. Highly satisfactory! I’m still an A-type guy, but with a fraction of the anxiety. The feelings of dread that were constantly lingering around me are gone. In it’s place I feel a sense of peacefulness, albeit a wired peacefulness.
Ever since we moved to Raleigh I was feeling a great deal more anxiety. It was probably a combination of factors including the stress of the move, looking for work and possibly the weather. My chest would get uncomfortably tight and my heart would race throughout the day. I had taken medications in the past but didn’t want that again. Research on the web led me to Raleigh Acupuncture. They treated me for anxiety and after just one treatment I could feel the difference. I got 9 treatments and am completely better. I will continue coming because it makes me feel so good. I highly suggest acupuncture with them for the treatment of anxiety. It’s much more effective than medications.
I was feeling depressed and stressed because I didn’t like my job and didn’t know what to do with my life. I started taking Lexipro but it really affected my libido so I stopped taking it. I tried acupuncture because my husband said it helped him when he was depressed years earlier (before he met me!) I went to Raleigh Acupuncture and started treatments. They were really knowledgeable about Chinese medicine and explained how the body gets stuck in depression, and how the acupuncture gets the body unstuck. They really listened to me and helped me figure stuff out. I started feeling less depressed. Then I actually started getting more clear about what I wanted to do with my life career-wise. I decided to go back to school and now I’m almost done with my degree. I haven’t felt depressed at all since I was treated and I’m really excited about my life. I’m very grateful to them for being such great healers and such a great support to me when I really needed it.
I’ve had generalized anxiety for years and had been managing it fairly well. But then I lost my job and the anxiety really escalated. I started getting panic attacks every day and dreaded even getting in my car to drive. My sister suggested that I try acupuncture, so I did. I went to Raleigh Acupuncture and explained my situation. They said they treated this condition all the time with excellent results. I was stressed about money too, but they had reasonable fees. They treated me with acupuncture and herbs for the next two months. I know it helped, because my unemployment situation didn’t change but I stopped having panic attacks. Even my regular anxiety decreased – significantly. It’s like my whole body relaxed and things didn’t make me anxious as easily.