Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT): General information and discussion of Home Units

[cinnamon]

Finally got around to trying out a hyberbaric chamber - they had a $50 1st session deal, so, why not? 1.3 ATM for a little over half an hour at pressure - it was a bit tight in there, don't know how anyone manages to read a book - it was a "Respiro 270" soft sided chamber. Nothing wrong with me, aside from being a bit heavy and some muscle strain from working out a bit too much - rotator cuffs were cranky and I think the HBOT helped. Trying to figure out if I need to plonk down for my own chamber or if it makes the most sense to keep using theirs - next two sessions would run $65, but at much more than that, probably cheaper to order in.

 

[iamthatis]

I wanted to provide an update that I have somewhat paused the sessions (done 35 so far) due to the extremely cold weather. Our house gets really cold and heating is expensive. I often wake up these days sneezing with blocked nose or sinus issues as the bedroom gets colder by the morning. We generally use a portable heater to heat up the bedroom and then turn it off before going to sleep.

In the morning, a quick walk to the living room to turn on the central heating is enough to start an episode of sneezing, runny nose etc leading to headaches and my day is pretty much ruined from there on. The HBOT unit blows cold oxygen in the nostrils which doesn't help the immediate condition even though the Oxygen-intake is helping. Overall, I do feel its making a difference and I am missing not doing it regularly. Hopefully, this winter will pass soon and I can get back to a normal routine.

Sorry to hear things are getting frosty for you. I've lived in cold houses, too, and it's not fun. About stopping the sessions - although the difficulty may have increased due to your cold symptoms, I was thinking that continuing with the HBOT might just be a very good thing for whatever virus you might be dealing with. But on the other hand, as the body goes through DNA changes, growing new capillary beds and generating stem cells, it could be that there is less energy available to the immune system. Tough call.

You guys may want to also look at the uptake of trace elements, which tend to form some of the microstructures of the human body. An entire dairy cow herd in New Zealand was cured of ALL its diseases by using the soil microbiology program used by Elaine Ingham. One of the benefits is that all the trace elements needed for the human body will become bioavailable simply by altering the soil structure.

One of the plants that’s good at extracting these minerals is alfalfa and that particular plant has been mentioned by the C’s a few times.

There’s also some information in the The Body Electric by Robert Becker where he shows that bone has a piezoelectric type structure between collagen and apatite crystals, and that those two substances have small pockets in them where copper ions can be held.

Trace elements are generally ignored by agriculture too, it’s all about NPK ratios, which is essentially just garbage. In any case, trace elements are absolutely vital to the proper function of the human body.

Okay so now I'm wondering how many grams of compost I should be taking orally per day. And then there's the timing - before or after HBOT? Hmm...

 

[A Jay]

Have you tried a two hour session instead of two one hour sessions? I tried a two hour session once near the beginning, at only 1.2 ATA and it wiped me out for the next day, lots of napping. I took another day off to be sure. Lately though I have been doing one and a half hour sessions, and seem to be handling it OK, without Vitamin C beforehand. Have you noticed any physical changes? energy level? hair colour? libido? I have had odd pains/cramps here and there. Once I had a cramp in my left hand for no reason that I could see but it had lessened by the end of the day and was gone the next day. Same occurrence with joint and limb discomfort, transitory.

I did ten 1-hour sessions, took a 3 week break because of work, and today did my fourth 2-hour session in a row. 18 hours at 1.5 ATA in total.

The only differences between the hour and two hour sessions I've noticed so far have been a restlessness and ciggy craving that start after 1.5 hours in the chamber. Other than that there's been no difference for me. But I'm young and have no major health complications so the lack of impact from the longer sessions isn't surprising. Will keep an eye on my situation and adjust the session time if I notice a negative impact from the longer sessions.

As for noticeable changes from the treatment, my mind seems sharper and I seem to have an improved working memory. A benign infection seems to be improving as well, though I'm doing other protocols in addition to HBOT so hard to say how much is from what. I also seem to recover from my workouts faster, which is a plus. But no other changes to things like energy, libido, and so forth to report so far.

Out of curiosity, does anyone else get watery or teary-eyed when taking deep breaths in the chamber? Was trying to take deep and even breaths for a bit today (like pipe breathing in EE but without the throat constriction) and I got way more "tears" than I normally do when I do deep belly breathing.

 

[Steph_rivers]

Out of curiosity, does anyone else get watery or teary-eyed when taking deep breaths in the chamber? Was trying to take deep and even breaths for a bit today (like pipe breathing in EE but without the throat constriction) and I got way more "tears" than I normally do when I do deep belly breathing.

Yes, often when I’m breathing deeply or yawning. It is most noticeable during the process of pressurization.

As for noticeable changes from the treatment, my mind seems sharper and I seem to have an improved working memory. A benign infection seems to be improving as well, though I'm doing other protocols in addition to HBOT so hard to say how much is from what. I also seem to recover from my workouts faster, which is a plus. But no other changes to things like energy, libido, and so forth to report so far.

I would be on the same page as yourself on “noticeable changes” mostly cognitive than anything else. I feel a significantly less amount of anxiety and less episodes of brain fog. I’ve recently been wanting to focus more on learning how to stay in convergent thinking for a longer time, as I have a problem very short attention span.

Update from myself:
I’m monitoring a partial inguinal hernia and watching if HBOT can help with this along with just exercising and stretching it out. Apparently it can be recovered without surgery according to some successful people like George Hirst, whose developed a very comfortable truss I wear. I’ve done 50 1.5 ata sessions so far, mostly 90 minutes or 60 depending on time. Resting on weekends now, considering HBOT can potentially burn 300-600 calories per session, big energy is being expended. Apart from that, I’m just riding it out slowly from here on out. I’d like to think of our bodies sustaining considerable damage to years on this earthly environment and there is a collective “wound” on the body. Wounds take a long time to heal, months, even years, and HBOT can facilitate this healing, but only as far/quickly as the body can push itself.

 

[Laura]

Finally got around to trying out a hyberbaric chamber - they had a $50 1st session deal, so, why not? 1.3 ATM for a little over half an hour at pressure - it was a bit tight in there, don't know how anyone manages to read a book - it was a "Respiro 270" soft sided chamber. Nothing wrong with me, aside from being a bit heavy and some muscle strain from working out a bit too much - rotator cuffs were cranky and I think the HBOT helped. Trying to figure out if I need to plonk down for my own chamber or if it makes the most sense to keep using theirs - next two sessions would run $65, but at much more than that, probably cheaper to order in.

Well, IMO, you got ripped off. Not even 1.5! And only half an hour?

If you don't have serious issues, not much point. But then, do you KNOW you don't have incipient serious issues???

 

[jhonny]

I know there is enough info about HBOT through this thread, but I found the last interview of Dr. Scott Sherr by Gabrielle Lyon, very interesting since he touches some things to combine with the treatment, like supplements, specially methylene blue, meditation, and 'surprisingly' nicotine, among other lifestyle issues to combine with HBOT.

Here is the link for the podcast:

Mind Blowing Health Technology: Cutting Edge Tips for Optimizing Your Health | Scott Sherr - The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show

Dr. Scott Sherr is a Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician Certified in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) and Health Optimization Medicine (HOMe). ...

dr-gabrielle-lyon.captivate.fm

And YouTube:

 

[Gaby]

I've done 56 HBOT sessions, the first 8 spread throughout the week at a rate of two or three times per week. These only made me feel worse and more inflamed. After a break of a couple of weeks or so, I then did the about 44 sessions almost consecutively, except for one or two days a week when I just didn't have the time and/or there were not enough hours in the day.

The first 35 sessions or so made me feel very tired. Initially, I felt even more inflamed. Slowly but surely, I was feeling better despite the need to rest and sleep. The following 10 sessions showed me that there is no doubt HBOT at 1.5 ATA 1 hour works, even when you have to do a bunch of sessions to finally rip the benefits. I have fewer allergies, more energy levels, less pain and better focus. I felt like finally I didn't have to drag myself around daily events, that I actually had some energy for awareness.

I had a break for 10 days or so and almost immediately my energy levels came down, but nothing like before. I restarted my sessions again and feel finally like I'm getting back on track.

It's definitely a resource worth investing on.

 

[worldbridger]

I know there is enough info about HBOT through this thread, but I found the last interview of Dr. Scott Sherr by Gabrielle Lyon, very interesting since he touches some things to combine with the treatment, like supplements, specially methylene blue, meditation, and 'surprisingly' nicotine, among other lifestyle issues to combine with HBOT.

Here is the link for the podcast:

Mind Blowing Health Technology: Cutting Edge Tips for Optimizing Your Health | Scott Sherr - The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show

Dr. Scott Sherr is a Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician Certified in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) and Health Optimization Medicine (HOMe). ...

dr-gabrielle-lyon.captivate.fm

And YouTube:

I like the guy, thanks!

 

[herondancer]

Out of curiosity, does anyone else get watery or teary-eyed when taking deep breaths in the chamber? Was trying to take deep and even breaths for a bit today (like pipe breathing in EE but without the throat constriction) and I got way more "tears" than I normally do when I do deep belly breathing.

I found this too, though it doesn't happen every session. Early on, it was a regular thing.

I wonder if it has to do with the body receiving more oxygenation than it's accustomed to? When folks were reporting their initial EE sessions I remember some, Ollie especially, reporting tearing up, especially during pipe breathing and ba-ha.

 

[Nicholas]

I found this too, though it doesn't happen every session. Early on, it was a regular thing.

I wonder if it has to do with the body receiving more oxygenation than it's accustomed to? When folks were reporting their initial EE sessions I remember some, Ollie especially, reporting tearing up, especially during pipe breathing and ba-ha.

Yeah, I always tear up after doing the warrior's breath.

 

[nature]

I didn't expect my chamber (Macy-Pan) to arrive so quickly (by airmail in only 8 days!). But I don't have enough place in my tiny apartment. I'm looking forward to moving in another housing and start the sessions as soon as possible.

 

[RedFox]

My ZoyTech 1.5ATA chamber arrived a few days ago, have just finished setting it up and testing it.
Will probably have my first session tomorrow.

 

[Laura]

Ark and I did our 80th session today, and yeah, I AM feeling better in a LOT of ways. And he is sure happy with the improvement in his thinking and memory. My memory is much better too!

My energy improvement has been gradual. It's there, but with all the things that are wrong with my energy metabolism, I'm not surprised that it is taking it a long time to set it to rights. At least it IS getting better!

My ears no longer give me any trouble at all when going 'down' or 'up'. It's like my tubes are completely open and equalize naturally and easily. That has to be a good thing.

I still get a little drain of the sinuses when coming 'up', but not much anymore.

As I said, I'm going for 120 sessions to equal what the more hardcore chambers can do in 60. I think that should set me up so I can then come back and do a course of sessions about once a year or maybe every six months.

Also, at this point, to speed things up a bit, I'm going to do sessions 6 days a week instead of 5.

 

[worldbridger]

Ark and I did our 80th session today, and yeah, I AM feeling better in a LOT of ways. And he is sure happy with the improvement in his thinking and memory. My memory is much better too!

My energy improvement has been gradual. It's there, but with all the things that are wrong with my energy metabolism, I'm not surprised that it is taking it a long time to set it to rights. At least it IS getting better!

My ears no longer give me any trouble at all when going 'down' or 'up'. It's like my tubes are completely open and equalize naturally and easily. That has to be a good thing.

I still get a little drain of the sinuses when coming 'up', but not much anymore.

As I said, I'm going for 120 sessions to equal what the more hardcore chambers can do in 60. I think that should set me up so I can then come back and do a course of sessions about once a year or maybe every six months.

Also, at this point, to speed things up a bit, I'm going to do sessions 6 days a week instead of 5.

That is wonderful to hear, indeed!

 

[anartist]

Ark and I did our 80th session today, and yeah, I AM feeling better in a LOT of ways. And he is sure happy with the improvement in his thinking and memory. My memory is much better too!

My energy improvement has been gradual. It's there, but with all the things that are wrong with my energy metabolism, I'm not surprised that it is taking it a long time to set it to rights. At least it IS getting better!

My ears no longer give me any trouble at all when going 'down' or 'up'. It's like my tubes are completely open and equalize naturally and easily. That has to be a good thing.

I still get a little drain of the sinuses when coming 'up', but not much anymore.

As I said, I'm going for 120 sessions to equal what the more hardcore chambers can do in 60. I think that should set me up so I can then come back and do a course of sessions about once a year or maybe every six months.

Also, at this point, to speed things up a bit, I'm going to do sessions 6 days a week instead of 5.

Fantastic. You've done 40 pressure hours (1 hr x 0.5 ATA x 80 sessions) 40 more sessions will give you 60 pressure hours in total. I guess you are not following the protocol here that Gaby posted which would be 90 pressure hours?
I am at 20 pressure hours and also notice that the ears adjust more easily, especially when returning to atmospheric pressure.
If you can get the 2.0 ATA chamber you would only need 20 more 1 hour sessions to reach 60 pressure hours. or 50 1 hour sessions to reach 90 pressure hours.