Hyperbaric Treatment questions

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Hi,

I took my 4 year old son with autism for our first hyperbaric dive

yesterday at Dr Levinson's office (we receive other treatments there

as well). It did not go well and we wound up getting out after 15

minutes because he was terrified and wouldn't stop screaming and I

was unable to help calm him because I was having a panic attck

myself in the small chamber (I had NO idea it would be so small!).

We had books, videos, etc but he was

having none of it. As soon as he got out he was fine, and he did

seem much more " on " afterwards even though we were in for a very

short time. In fact, during his music therapy session

a few hours later he put together 12 word sentence which is

about 7 more words than he has ever put together before in his

entire life (coincidence??) I would like to try again (have my

husband go in with him) and we are willing to make the time

commitment

but don't know how he will do after our disastrous first attempt.

So my questions are:

Has anyone else's child had the same reaction the first time and

gone on to tolerate the dives better after a few tries?

Does anyone know of any hyperbaric treatment centers in Miami that

might accommodate children with autism where

the actual chamber is physically larger?

Thanks so much!

Liz