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, Regarding hyperbarics:

I initially was interested in trying oxygen therapy of some kind

because I read that experiments showed improvements for migraine

sufferers and I had frequent and severe migraines. I could not find

a doctor to try oxygen treatment for my migraines though. Sigh -

doctors! At the time I didn't know I had a hyperbaric center here

where I live. So one reason is for migraine treatment and at first

I just went to break a 'migraine streak' (daily migraines), which

worked wonderfully. I also have read good for lead exposure of

which I had also working on workwood in old house I own/old moldy

house. A friend read that it is recommended treatment for

vasculitis which I was diagnosed with last summer by Dr Rae and

apparently due to mold exposure, so all those reasons.

Surprisingly, the thing it has helped me the most is something that

has been my only health problem since I was 32 and before mold

exposure..severe insomnia which started after a traumatic event in

my life and never lifted with any treatment. I have taken a bedtime

medicine for more than 20 years and after hyperbaric treatments, I

fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow, before I can even

reach for the medicine. Unfortunately, I still wake up after 4-5

hours but started to improve in length before I moved into this

noisey apartment. It also clears up my blurry vision and lifts many

other symptoms.

As far as how long it lasts. The more I take it, the longer lasting

the effects. Whether I would ever get to the point where I could

stop and symptoms would not come back, I don't know.

I must add though that **more** is not always better I have

discovered. I decided to try hyperbarics every day to see what

effect that would have and after only 4 or 5 days of one hour

treatments I experienced vertigo and nausea. That meant I was into

hyperoxia- experiencing toxic levels of oxygen already. Too much

oxygen is more dangerous in short run than too little as it can do

permanent damage to organs so this isn't as easy as it seems it

would be. If I hadn't recognized the symptoms and took more

treatments, possible to have seizures. It wasn't while I was in

hyperbaric treatment. It was after I was out and about afterwards.

I didn't know it was due to hyperbarics. The technicians nor doctor

there told me what symptoms to look for of getting too much oxygen

so as with everything else, you have to read up on this yourself and

know what symptoms to look for. Hyeroxia is really more damaging

than hypo since it can do permanent organ damage, particularly to

lungs quickly. Hypo does damage but it takes a very long time, of

course unless it is very hypo..suffocation for example. Turns out

your body tolerates a narrow range of oxygen so that more is not

necessarily good thing. The pressure may not be good for certain

type of heart conditions mostly as it makes it harder for heart to

beat and of course it can damage inner ear if you aren't careful.

I'm considering looking into mHBOT (mild or soft chamber

hyperbarics), and would still just like to try plain old oxygen

treatment with mask at night before I go to bed for sleep and

migraine protection without any pressure.

Regarding sleep help. I looked up hypoxia, low oxygen, and found

inability to sleep as a side effect, so correcting that might help.

Vasculitis cuts down on oxygen going to organs so probably am

hypoxemic. It's very complicated subject actually. I'm lucky here

I have a hyperbaric clinic so I can experiment.

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>> I am curious though, how long you feel well after hyperbaric and

do

> you take any medications while doing that? I ask because it is an

> alternative Lyme treatment and my understanding was that it helped

to

> increase the perfusion of the antibiotics. So, I'm just curious

if

> you do it to increase the oxygen or to optimize a particular drug

> treatment?

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> Be well,

> B

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