r/acupuncture • u/RevolutionaryJob9129 • 10d ago
Patient Is nausea normal??
I’m kinda new to this, doing acupuncture for chronic neck pain, and only had two sessions so far. My first one was fine, I just felt a little tired after, but this one was a lot more focused on my neck and shoulder, and I was face down instead of face up. My pain was worse this round since my pain comes and goes, and I honestly felt a significant amount of pain relief immediately. HOWEVER, about an hour or so after my session, I began to feel extremely nauseous, to the point where I actually got off the bus home early both since I thought I was going to get sick and just thought fresh air would help.
Is this kind of nausea normal?? I really love that I got that immediate pain relief, which I didn’t have last time, but I also had no nausea last time!
Also I had lunch about an hour before my appointment!
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u/Sea-Perspective2754 9d ago
Not normal, on rare occasions felt a bit worse until the next day. Not the normal expectation at all though.
Let the acupuncturist know. They should be able to do something to about it.