I’m always being told I should go see a acupuncturist as I suffer from chronic headaches, which range from annoying to crippling. I’ve been very resistance because of a few reasons, one being from everything I’ve read about them, they’re nowhere near as regulated as any MD or the like. That right there makes me question wtf going on with them. All the doctors I’ve spoken to (all of the ones I’ve seen in the past and currently, as well as the ones in the ER/Urgent Care) and not one of them have recommended it. They’ve most any of them have said is, “well, you can try it. It might have some help for you”. Mostly they’ve been against it as there’s no concrete cases of it truly being helpful. It also seems like most, if not all try to sell you herbs that’ll fix you. Herbs that could affect the meds I’m on that are being helpful. All the people I’ve talked to who suffer from similar issues and have tried it, reported no joy. Not one of them had any relief from their pain. As it seemed like my head gets worse whenever we mess with it (things really went off the chain when I had surgery for what, at the time we thought were sinus related headaches) I’m not touching it. I’d need to see someone who performs it’s records in helping people, and I should be able to talk to them myself with questions.. not just “look at this awesomely colorful PowerPoint presentation I’ve put together.. please make note of my use of cats in it. That alone should sway you.”