Forgive me if this has been discussed a lot before, but I was wondering if anyone has had great sucess with hyperbaric Oxygen?

I sstumbled upon this article (from a few years back) ...but seemed to have some good information in it.

http://www.hyperbaricexperts.com/hea...onditions.html

Just found this article that seems to question the benefits vs risks of it.


http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/hypoxsum.htm

I have not read the two articles you linked. I did research HBOT in the past. The research showed that it was only helpful with specific severe brain injuries that caused coma.

The profit motive causes many HBOT centers to exaggerate its value.

It usually requires $5000 or more spent before improvements are noticeable, if at all.

I also researched HBOT and realised that alot of the research is heavily profit motivated. That does necessarily correlate with the research being useless but it definitely puts a lid on things. I would still like to try it as a treatment option though.

I read a promising study a few months back which showed good results in 16 US veterans with PTSD and TBI:

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-1...-tbi-ptsd.html Short version

http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf.../neu.2011.1895 long version

In the long version under "Author Disclosure Statement" quite a few of the researchers still have competing interests so I have to say iīm still a bit skeptical.

I also found additional information about the future prospect of HBOT in the treatment of TBI in veterans based on the above study:

http://www.prbuzz.com/politics-a-pub...5248-hbot.html

GlassHead,

Be prepared to let the money 'burn' rather than provide a benefit.

Don't risk money you can not afford to risk.

What symptoms are you hoping to get relief from?

I canīt afford the treatment anyway so itīs not really an option

I would like to regain my ability to concentrate and as far as i know, no other therapy helps in that regard.

Maybe QEEG neurofeedback can be used instead of the HBOT.

The best way you can relearn to concentrate starts at a very basic level. The first thing you need to do is reduce and/or eliminate excess stimuli. I wrote about this on another thread. I'll see if I can find the discussion.

See my painfully detailed response in the thread 'Has anyone tried Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?': neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread164251.html

Sorry to post in an old, dormant thread rather than in this one - I didn't realize that this new thread existed.

Bottom line is that I have had a good experience.

Also, GlassHead - I tried qEEG feedback about a year ago. As with HBOT, it was a bit difficult to tell how effective it was, but I have liked HBOT much better. With qEEG, I did feel pretty good at the end of the month or so that I did it (3x/week) but each session made me feel tired and foggy.

The overall improvement could be due to the qEEG biofeedback or due to time. As I said in my post on the other thread, I tend to improve slowly (over the course of many months) unless I experience a setback.

The worsening of symptoms after each session could be because the session was making my injury worse, or because my brain was tired but rebuilding (like muscle soreness after a workout). Since they use visual or audio stimulation to provide the feedback - I used a video-game-like interface, watched movies, and listened to beeps at various points in my therapy - my brain was really irritated even though it might have been learning new, better patterns.

Eventually I stopped going because I didn't like feeling crummy after each session.

Also, I believe qEEG was even more expensive than HBOT, but I don't remember exactly off the top of my head.

Hope this helps, good luck if you do try it.

Thx for the feedback, glad you had good experiences with the treatments. I will think about these treatment options as the next step in my recovery plan.
Might be years before I can afford them though.