I was diagnosed with bells palsy last Tuesday. After a bad ear infection and a night of tingling and numbness in the left side of my face I went to er. Last night and this morning I have had the worse pain in my face/ear/jaw/head. I'm on antiviral meds and steriod meds also taking B12. I'm using a heating pad for pain and eye drops for my eye. Driving is nuts ni tried twice...not easy. I missed all last week of work and have no idea how I will be able to work as I can barely handle minimal house chores at this point. I feel light headed just really off balance. I want to try acupuncture but seen something about it possibly having adverse affects after healing something about like tearing while eating or blinking while talking? Has anyone else heard of this?