Thread: Hypnosis

I may have mentioned this before but I have fibromyalgia.. I know someone else here has it so I know it's been discussed before..

I have been thinking about trying hypnosis to see if I can at least be able to function enough to eventually get a job and be normal. I am tired of feeling like a burden to the dh because I know I could help a lot more if I wasn't in so much pain and not having so many anxiety attacks over nothing.

He's a great guy. He totally gets my problems and doesn't expect me to work at all.. He also feels like he has to take care of me b/c I took care of him when he was sick for 9 months with mrsa fibro and all. I just want my life back.

Anyway I digress.

Has anyone been thru hypnosis for anything and if so how did it turn out?.. Anyone know anyone who went thru it?

I was at church and a girl in the class was saying that this her MIL was a heavy smoker and went through hypnosis and and was immediately down to 1 or 1/2 a ciggaret a day. That was only a fews days later so I don't know if it lasting or what. I don't know her (I was visiting back in MO) so sorry I don't have any extended follow up.

My mother went thru it for smoking as well and she cut down for a while, like 5 months, and now she is back to her old smoking habits..


I quit smoking cold turkey after 15 years of smoking. I have smoked 1 cig in 5 one half years and one cigarello . So I broke that on my own.

Thanks for your help though

I was hypnotized 3 times at age 14 for a tongue thrust before I got my braces removed. I was pushing with my tongue against my front teeth when I swallowed. I quit doing it for several years but I do it now, years later. One thing the dentist told me though was that I could never be hypnotized again. He did this so that us kids wouldn't start playing around doing it. Well anytime the word hypnotize comes up, I immediately think, "I can't be hypnotized".
I also have fibromyalgia. I looked at a book about fibromyalgia and discovered that the writer of the book lives here in my city, with his office not far from here. I read his book, made an appointment with him, started taking his vitamins and I can honestly say, I improved by 65%. I also have a pain pill, prescribed by my rheumatologist, I take every morning when I get up and that helps me get up to get moving.
With the information I learned in the book and with the pain pill I am so much better. I still tire easily and have spells of having sore skin but I am much better than I have ever been since I have had fibromyalgia. Private message me if you want more information.