"feeling" others siezures

Interesting. I am a bit of a sceptic when it comes to alternative medicine as a replacement for traditional medicine. In combination with I would agree, depending on the individual. I have had massages all my life with only positive effects. I will say that I had a Chinese massage not to long ago referred to as "Taihe", went home and that night I had an aura, and two the next day. There must be something to the blood flow, because I rarely have auras, and have no other explanation for them. That was my first and only Chinese massage. Gwen

Hello all. Although I have not tried Reiki, I'd like to share my experience with Acupuncture. (I have 3-5 Partial Seizures a week where I cannot move or speak for 5-30 minutes and/or where I have automitisms and moan/grunt.) I had several months of Acupuncuture. Sometimes, during the session I would feel my body go very still and feel really relaxed. Not necessarily uncommon for acupuncture, but it brought to mind the way I feel during a szr. Then one day, when the second/third needle went in, I felt my body freeze. When the acupuncturist asked me to move my leg, I could not. When she spoke to me I couldn't answer. Anyway, I eventually ended up another acupuncturist. I had the exact thing happen with the needle she put between my eyes. I was able to slur a quiet word or two with much effort. Now I cannot tell if this was a result of the stress and anxiety I feel during the sessions ( I hate needles and find certain areas extremely painful and emotional), or if it was the proceedure that triggered the seizures. I do have seizures more often when I'm stressing about something, but it was interesting that both seizures started immediatly after a needle going in and with no aura. I thought that the acupunture was doing me good, but I recently stopped because on looking at my journal, I realized that while I had good weeks, I had more bad weeks and they didn't neccesarily correspond with my acupuntcure treatment. That's my story. Love, Reb