Hi
@junkcrap50, yeah it is deep, and obv a lot deeper than mhbot. There are a couple people in the Facebook group who have tried that depth and been ok. Some people say “deeper is better” in that group although most of them were still referring to 33ft at an MS clinic, not 45. I am a bit worried about it, but I’m here now.. I’ll give it a shot and see what happens. I’m only going to pay for one session tomorrow so I can see how it goes.
Thanks for the warning tho..
No problem. It may still be alright and work.
Here are some more anecdotal stories. I've received 80 HBOT dives at Dr. Harch's clinic and it's been the single most important effective thing for my CFS/ME (I have a textbook case - viral infection started it, cognitive dysfunction, PEM, etc. - thought my CFS has always been more cognitive than physical). At dive about 76 I felt "cured" and literally fantastic. I felt I had my "swagger" back - like I had taken the pills from the movie Limitless. Unfortunately, I did 3 more dives, noticing my joint pain first and headaches later. My "cure" faded away and I believe I became oxygen toxic or had too much oxidation, going past the point of positive returns.
During my 80 dives, I slowly some incremental progress, punctuated with mini-plateaus. After dive #1, I noticed a benefit right away - my parents and doctor also noticed a benefit. I felt like a weight was lifted off my brain or a cloud disappeared. My irritibility was much decreased and I had a bit of my personality return. It basically felt like I had less brain inflammation and some more brain perfusion. Dr. Harch said that, if HBOT works for them, most people notice a small benefit on their first dive, however but not everyone who improves does. So if no benefit isn't seen after dive #1, one may still see benefit from HBOT.
During my treatment, a parent of mine, who also has textbook CFS and textbook physical PEM (though doesn't have as many cognitive symptoms besides ADD), also did treatment along side me. He/she did NOT notice a benefit from HBOT after dive #1 and didn't notice
any benefit until late into 80 dives - not until dive # sometime in the 60s. So he/she had no response for 60 dives and then huge response after 60 some dives. His/her benefits lasted longer than mine and was able to go off all his/her medication. So unfortunately, it took a lot of dives and a lot of money to see a benefit for my parent. Don't know why, maybe it was how our CFS differed slightly.
Several years later, the same parent did another round of many HBOT dives, however, this time for an infection and wound-healing in his/her foot. This was done at 2.4ATA or thereabouts and numbered in the 20s. We were excited he/she was eligible for HBOT and that insurance paid. But were surprised that he/she noticed no improvement or difference in his CFS. It was effective and curative for his/her infection and wound.
So, it was interesting that the higher pressure didn't help that time. But I can't be sure if it was due to the dive depth or because he/she was a slow/very late HBOT responder. It's a toss up.
