Has anyone used ear acupuncture to stop smoking? Did you succeed? -
Has anyone used ear acupuncture to stop smoking? Did you succeed? -
I have an appointment to get ear acupuncture next week. I truly want to quit smoking again (4th attempt in 10 years). I am lookin for success stories. Also, people who haven-t succeeded and what happened to make you go back?Yes it works! I was getting it 3 or 4 times a week at first. In Nova Scotia it-s a free service provided by our government. I peetered down to once a week and then stopped going. I had been smoke free for 6 months. When I stopped going to acupuncture and some stresses at home occured the smoking started again. I am just resuming the treatments... hopefully it will work. My doctor suggested Welbutrin as the best option but it-s an anti-depressant and I really don-t want to start taking drugs that might alter how I will feel.Well I went a few years ago, and it seems to have caused a nightmare catalogue of ear infections for me.It involved a tiny needle being put in the back of both ears, and covered with a little plaster. These had to stay in for 10 days, and were supposed to stop the cravings straight away.They didn-t work for me, I held off as long as I could, but had a fag the next day.
That day I also noticed that my ears were incredibly itchy, not around the needle site, just inside, and there was a bit weeping stuff too.
I went to the Docs, who said I had Otitis Externa (basically an outer ear infection), he gave me some drops for it. 2 weeks after the acupuncture was done I went to have it done again cos it hadn-t worked. The ear infection had pretty much gone, and the bloke doing the acupuncture checked my ears in case and said they were fine.
The next day I started smoking again, and my ears were worse than ever. Literally pouring with fluid. I had to have cotton wool in them, and it had to be changed every hour cos they were pouring that much.
My Doc doesn-t believe that there-s any connection between the infections and the acupuncture. I never had the acupuncture done again, and I have been plagued by these infections ever since. It-s now 3 years later, and they-ll go for a short time, but always come back.
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I don-t mean to put you off completely though, I-ve been told by 2 doctors that I have -funny- ears (dunno what they meant-they-ve never explained!) and that could be why I-m suffering. I went to acupuncture cos I-d heard from so many people who-d quit because of it, including a woman who smoked 40 a day for 30 years- she quit cold turkey as soon as she-d had it done, with no withdrawal symptoms at all. If you-ve heard good things about it, and you really want to quit, then by all means get it done.try cold turkey,I-m just starting on week nine and still have cravings, the only thing that has stopped me is will power and talking to friends that still smoke (the smell of a smokers breath).. good luck...Yes, didn-t work for me.
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