After scheduling your appointment, please print and complete the first visit form found on this web sites home page. Thank you for visiting acupuncture Connecticut (CT). Depression is commonly treated with acupuncture. However, the treatment of depression is often complicated and frequently requires a team approach. Patients may need drug therapy, counseling, acupuncture, exercise, nutrition adjustments, or a combination of all of these treatments. The correct treatment, or combination of treatments, is solution based! Did the treatment work? Is the patient getting better? When the patient gets better the treatment used is continued.   Emotional Stagnation        This precursor to depression usually occurs when a person is unable to grow professionally or has problems in his/her personal life. Symptoms of emotional stagnation include frequent sighing, belching, loss of appetite, excess appetite, frequent alcohol use, drug use, PMS, insomnia, waking from sleep between 1 AM – 3 AM on a consistent bases, and tightness in throat.                                                                                                                        Emotional Stagnation turning to Rage Emotional Stagnation and Phlegm Hormone imbalance and Blood loss Symptoms include: extreme emotional reactions, alternating happiness and anger, hot flashes, night sweating, bloating, back pain, missed periods, and menopause type symptoms. Symptoms include: agitation, anger, yelling at family and friends, red eyes, recurring headaches on the sides of the head. Road rage is perfect example of this condition. Note: Even acupuncturists have moments when your emotions get the best of you. You send an email you wish you could un-send or yell at a friend or family member for a trivial issue. The most important thing to do is get acupuncture, exercise, go on vacation, before your create more problems that create more stress. Remember, it’s not easy being human! Emotional stagnation with phlegm symptoms include being overweight, coughing up phlegm, heavy headedness, feeling fat, difficulty getting out of bed or moving, fatigue, symptoms that are worse with damp weather.