I have not has acupuncture for mental health issues, but I had it because of uncontrollable kidney infections. Western medicine was not helping the infections at all. I saw several doctors and had a bunch of tests. Not one doctor could really help me. My life was seriously messed up from having such painful, recurring infections. A friend suggested acupuncture...I didn't think it would help, but I was desperate.

Three weeks into acupuncture treatments the kidney problems stopped. That was 25 years ago and I have not had another infection since. I'm a believer.