I have treated PTSD for years. I have been a hyperbaric oxygen therapy technician for 16 years. At The oxford center . I have seen miracles happen, the military, traumatic brain injuries and strokes. It's been very rewarding to see there healing
I’ve had diabetic wound patients who achieved 100% closure while doing HBOT. This was several years ago. I was actually wondering if HBOT would help fertility patients (specifically women who have low AMH/egg quality/DOR). I feel as though it would help repair the damaged mitochondria and decrease oxidative damage in the dna of the egg. I should look into this. Have you ever seen this in your experience as a tech?
They are not taking it serious if they are doing this to people with PTSD. A physical treatment cannot cure an emotional illness. Exposure therapy is more likely to work, along with prayer/meditation.
It ought to be-- and, as a veteran myself, it makes sense that they would offer this to us initially -as we are still a more controllable variable over time and technically still ‘property’ of the system, if we contribute or otherwise participate in said system. Harsh language but we are the lab rats -we were when we were active and inactive. It is our continued service.
It's new for fates sake! They can't just do like a Covid vax and just throw it at everyone UNTESTED. They're initiating this CORRECTLY! Calm down, Mary. Once it has enough research on willing test subjects, it will potentially be inducted here. Also, America runs medically on treating issues... Seldom on curing them. A cured person pays no money to get better.
I passed out from menstrual cramps two weeks after my wedding. I got taken to the ER. They gave me oxygen in the ambulance. I felt better instantly, but they made me wait in the waiting room for 4 hours to be sure I didn't have an ectopic pregnancy. I went around asking about the oxygen afterwards and everyone acted like I was a nut case. So what else is new. Many years later I got diagnosed with CPTSD from childhood.
I agree. Oxygen therapy is good for anyone. Just keep exercising. The more you push yourself to deep breath, the better you will feel. It works on everyone
I’ve helped many many with hypnotherapy, done in a specific way. Once the mind sees things differently the brain processes those past events and future responses differently. There are ways to heal those childhood traumas.
20yrs as an EMT/FireFighter. Diagnosed with PTSD in 2016. Lost everything. Slowly losing the battle of life. Help doesn’t exist. Just more videos of treatments us commoners will never receive and if we’re so fortunate it’s so expensive it’s not feasible.
if that ain’t the damn truth. i am struggling to go to work on a regular basis, have found myself stuck in bed for weeks at a time. no help is coming. solidarity.
@@crowsong8097I’m sorry my friend. I wish I had an answer to ease your pain and suffering. Just know you’re not alone. There’s a ton of us out here dying to live and losing. Please don’t give up or lose hope. One day we will be saved.
Having PTSD, I believe a lot of people are having it without knowing. It would be beautiful if it was common to get tested and treated without any shame or disrespect in the system. This is so wonderful to see. No one way will heal everyone, but having any options at all is a miracle.
The bottom line is - this is helping people. Work done in Israel shows this. This is the problem in the US. It was clearly stated that the "insurance companies" don't think there is enough evidence to show that it works. That is BS!! That is the doctor's job to determine for their patients. Not a corporation who's single goal is to find reasons NOT to pay for things!! I work in medical billing so I see this up close. The amount of reasons these companies deny claims is truly mind-blowing. #singlepayersystemnow!!!!!
The only thing my health insurance has given me is a card with my name on it. I get a bill in the lobby and in the mail plus they need more money for blood drawing and lab work. The US health care is out of hand.
There is no health insurance system in the world that does not have some king of regulation of care. If you get rid of insurance companies, then it becomes the government, and they will apply similar rules of evidence for effectiveness. Choose your poison. I am not defending insurance companies; the $300 billion plus we spend on the administration of healthcare/profit is extremely wasteful and inefficient. $ that could go elsewhere.
@@dr.johnvogel3430 exactly. Was watching a clip of CEO of BC/BS testifying in Congress. The cash cow is the Medicare "advantage" plans. The US government pays them to take care of patients medical needs for the year & if a patient is healthy for the year, they just cashed in big time $$$.
Exercise is the only thing I've found that works and more people should know about it. The only issues I have is something that started happening recently; I went through more trauma, and now when I jog, my speech filter stops working. I start saying just about every derogatory term you can think of with no control or awareness I'm doing it until I eventually do notice and feel shame about it. Sometimes I even say nonsensical phrases "I f---ed your brothers mother" type nonsense. I have no clue what's going on, just think I'm losing it a bit more than usual, and I do think that lack of control is bleeding into other areas.
Exercise helps me as well. Especially with the insomnia. I've tried every sleep med out there, and none have worked for me. (Aside from general anesthesia from the surgeries to repair my body. BEST NAP EVER. 😂)
I was a victim of a very violent episode when I was a kid. I suffered from PTSD for a long time until I was diagnosed as an adult and treated. In my case I was treated with EMDR. Spent close to two years in treatment and it was by far the best investment on time I could have done. I still have episodes of PTSD, and even the occasional nightmare; but feel 10x better. So I hope this treatment is implemented here soon, I would love to try it
EMDR would have better results anyway. This isolates a person in a box, and reduces oxygen. How would this treat anything? If anything, it would cause more anxiety. EMDR sounds more therapeutic. I personally find Exposure therapy best, if done right.
@@cheryldahl9192I think multiple methods shold be aviable, since each individual human with ptsd responds different to various methods. There shold be everything aviable and combinations of treatments, to help the most people possible.
@@cheryldahl9192I think multiple methods shold be aviable, since each individual human with ptsd responds different to various methods. There shold be everything aviable and combinations of treatments, to help the most people possible.
My son has PTSD related to service in Afghanistan in the USMC. He has woken up with his hands around his much loved girlfriend’s neck at night because of his PTSD. He has tried all available methods offered by the VA. Please, Please get our VETS help.
I agree. Healthcare should be provided free by the government (Original Medicare for all). Instead, Trump lowered insurance company taxes and deregulated them allowing them to squeeze every dollar out of small hospitals and patients. Open your eyes people.
that's right, bcuz at least for men and often for non men, suicide is what happens in the longer lasting or more potent PTSD. This is unconscionable for the US gvt to not intervene and require those with suicide-high-risk disorders to not use "off-label" use, and REQUIRE insurance co's to cover it! It's absolutely derelection of gvt responsibiluty and ignorant of the psychiatric community to not push this like hell!
I have cPTSD from child abuse and a serious assault, coupled with PMDD. I'm expected to fake it until I make it, but can't anymore. People, just because _you_ have issues, never abuse your kids! You'll change their brain and chemical makeup. Even in adulthood, the childhood still haunts
Giant hugs without touching. May good feelings surround you day and night. Watch your breathing patterns. It helps. I stopped RLS and TMJ just using that.
@@jcook2433 For people who have undergone abuse; you've just basically told them "I'm a manipulative person". Nobody wants your hugs, and they won't be manipulated by the false platitudes. Your manipulation only works on naive people.
To me it makes some sense in how it may teach people to just breathe through panic attacks and high stress situations.. Just being aware of your breathing and oxygen intake can help. It’s about criminal how hard it is to even get anxiety and panic attacks properly treated in this nation which just causes more anxiety.😖
yeah, it's definitely a money making scheme. It won't help PTSD. It is for divers, and they just want to scam the vulnerable/desperate people of society. Prayer/meditation and exposure therapy by a support group where the person is safe, and feels safe, is best for PTSD.
I can see that chamber is expensive to purchase. But I feel that if they charged small amounts, they could be making profit quickly. Because so many of us could be helped by this!
Hyperbaric oxygen is a therapy in search of a malady. It's proven efficacy is very small. But every charlatan loves it. Why? Altruism? Perhaps $50,000.
Yes, Dr. Murphy! I agree! Why aren’t we offering this kind of treatment here in the US? This should be available for free to anyone suffering from PTSD as another commenter mentioned! The US lags behind so many countries in profound and greatly needed treatments! Other countries medical care is actually focused on helping people as opposed to the US medical system’s focus on profits.
Yes, Dr. Murphy! I agree! Why aren’t we offering this kind of treatment here in the US? This should be available for free to anyone suffering from PTSD! The US lags behind so many countries in profound and greatly needed treatments!
Bc the US depends, and many MDs forced, to use medicine due to the large pharmaceutical corporations. Other treatments are often ignored or not believed in pitiful
Here's my question: does it harm anyone? I can't really see how it would as long as each person is evaluated for general safety. So if its not going to hurt anyone, let's give it a try! You can either stay the same or improve. I see no downside.
I agree 100%, but the powers that be don't want to pay and call me a conspiracy theorist all you want, but drug companies wont be able to sell antidepressants if this works. HBOT is generally only approved for wound care, I guess because there are no drugs that can heal a wound. Sad state of affairs, but the people who promote natural foods and exercise are the crazy ones....
I could not afford any out of pocket cost if it were not subsidised by health care. I have had 8 concussions and I go untreated for 9 years because I got hit by a hit and run driver 9 years ago. I used to run 5 miles a day before this
It’s disappointing that a lot of newer treatments are limited to veterans because the vast majority of cases are due to abuse not war and it’s like we are using veterans as lab rats. Also terror attacks are a single incident PTSD and if they would use survivors of domestic violence with CPTSD especially childhood abuse they would get data that’s more useful for the vast majority of patients.
I am an 80 y/o female who was married to an abuser 25 years. My PTSD is better, but I still scream and jump when I see or hear something from the side or behind me. It happened earlier today, and my breathing remains shallow and fast several hours later. My heart is pounding, and my adrenaline continues to rush. Trauma is trauma, no matter how sudden or gradual, recent or ancient. Your brain is altered at the limbic level, and you cannot CHOOSE to stop attacks any more than you can CHOOSE them to occur.
@@sarahb.6475 Thanks. I’ve been thinking about that. I need connections now, and it’s so difficult to find people like us who understand. Animals give unconditional love, so we can find connection there.
That was one (1) trauma. Imagine if you we subjected to hundreds of traumas, while being chased by military, bombed daily, for more than a year! What help will they get? When the slaughter is over?
I am so very sorry for these peoples' PTSD. Oxygen is hugely important for healing. Three years ago my own PTSD hit me FULL FORCE. I had no idea that PTSD could be so devastating and debilitating. I live in a small town where the sea is nearby. I started to go there as often as possible to breathe in the salt air. In conjunction with this, I bought a small glass box (aquarium) to put tiny pebbles and freshwater in. Then I added little fish and snails. Next, a filter and air bubbles. I watch it a lot especially when old painful memories crop up. It is as if I cried myself a box of lake water, complete with little organisms and gorgeous green plants from the fish store. It helps me IMMENSELY. The BIGGEST help though, has come from my calling on Bubba (my nickname for Jesus). I stay as close to Him as He will let me. He has enabled me to get my sense of humor back, which I sorely needed. He enables me to move past the painful memories and focus on NOW, including fresh air and the little fishes. He also healed me of addictions like smoking and drinking alcohol, decades ago. Those substances are depressants. What we EAT also plays a huge part in our healing. USA
Our life events can have serious consequences for the rest of our lives. I've been diagnosed with severe ptsd and have never been in the military. These things are serious, it exists. Our government has failed the veteran with this condition. They act as though it shouldn't affect them. Ha! You go next time then. Come back and tell how you're ok
I am a veteran. And I have been holding on barely. My faith is what has kept me from committing suicide. However, even that one day will not be enough. This medical treatment is hope for us. And to have so many medical conditions be treated is amazing.
Truly sorry you're struggling, our Vets deserve the best. My father was a POW/ Veteran & his untreated PTSD destroyed our family, not just him. Keep talking. I wish you healing.🙏🕊️
Prayer and exposure therapy would be more beneficial than this. This treatment treats at a physical level (for divers), whereas, PTSD is not physically focused, (although it can have physical manifestations), but it needs a treatment that will be focused on the emotional and spiritual side of a person.
Somehow, I'm not surprised the VA is deliberately NOT attempting a new treatment for PTSD. Why try something that might help heal the trauma? Their methods sometimes seem stuck in the 1900s.
The only thing that makes me hesitant is the claustrophobia. It's a by-product of my PTSD and one of the few things that I still have yet to properly treat because none of the treatment didn't fit my case. I would definitely be willing to try this to see if it helps.
With your PTSD, it's interesting it's coupled with claustrophobia. Mine too and I was never sure if it was related. Do you also have a serious fear of heights too?
I have completed 30 treatments and I had the same concern but the hard chamber I was in was big enough that claustrophobia was not an issue. It is quite expensive but my health is worth it. Treating mold illness and wound healing.
I have had CPTSD for decades, and received various therapies - cognitive, eye movement reprocessing, talk therapy, etc. These have helped only minimally... I wish that hyperbaric oxygen was available to those on Medicaid and the underinsured, also non -veterans throughout the United States. Alternative medicine is proven - but too often, those who are most in need of it cannot get it.
What a great idea! I have an at-home Oxygen Generator (havent unpacked it yet, I just moved) & I had been using it for Anxiety cuz I was getting evicted at the time. The machines aren’t very expensive but they do emit Nitrogen Gas as a ByProduct so you need to put a fan on it & make sure a window is open with fairly clean air wafting in to replace the processed air in the room. But aside from that, the treatment itself, basically just putting purified air into your body is very soothing. I think the treatment described in this video is a little much, just get yourself a simple at-home Oxygen Generator (make sure the machine has an attached Water Cup for distilled water vapor to keep the Oxygen moist cuz, dry Oxygen can burn the inside of your nose). I wash my “Nose Hose” after every use & keep the machine covered with a cloth when I’m not using it. But there yuh go, your welcome
But when you have ASD your brain is actually made different. The brain structure is different with some areas being larger or smaller than the normal brain. Plus some areas are denser or lighter as well. Breathing in oxygen is not going to change the brain structure. I have autism too. Plus breathing oxygen is not going to change how other people treat you. My CPTSD is triggered by how others treat me (mistreatment). The oxygen is not going to change the behavior of other people.
With the VA instituting strict therapy limits, ex only 15-22 sessions to treat PTSD regardless how severe the PTSD is or the sub-types. Vets be vigilant so our treatment does not become a bastardized version of private sector, insurance company model.
I always feel like I need oxygen from being tense. It's about trauma being "held" in the body. I always felt the trauma needs to be released. You try things.
I'm allergic to the medications they give to people for ptsd. I've tried marijuana and CBD and it doesn't help at all. I would gladly volunteer for this. I'll sign whatever wavers necessary to try this. I'd even travel around the world for it. I e suffered for over 20 years. I have extreme ideation. There is no hope for treatment for me.
PTSD can be triggered by being outnumbered by people in a small room. I’d love this for my healing but only if there was a female-only room. May everyone heal and find their path to joy again 🙏
Nighttime is the worst for me but I take a med that helps me sleep and suppresses dreams, I was prescribed it by a South African Doctor in a county jail: I consider myself fortunate today. If you’re struggling ask for help, you don’t need to suffer.
@@ericb8413 I’m not who you asked, obviously, but I am just as eager to hear the answer so I wanted to share one medication that I do know of that is used this way. I was prescribed prazosin for (c)PTSD nightmares that woke me up about a dozen times a night for 2 decades. My dose had to be increased several times, but it ultimately reduced them by 90% where I was only having 2-3 nightmares or occasionally even none. I am also on desvenlafaxine (can be taken together) and it also has a positive effect on reducing my nightmares. Hope the person you asked will also answer because I would welcome any tool to add to my toolkit and be able to share with others. P.S. if you google PTSD and [drug named above] you will find good information. Wishing you good luck and healing.
@@hillsofwi the medication I was prescribed for my nightmares (prazosin) had no noticeable side effects for me. I am also prescribed desvenlafaxine (which my understanding is that it’s more so for the symptoms I experience during waking hours, but it definitely also helps with nightmares) which does have the extremely annoying side effect (for me) of causing extremely frequent hot flashes/severe heat sensitivity (I get overheated and feel like I need to climb into a freezer when it’s 70 degrees Fahrenheit and everyone around me is either comfortable or chilly. But even though it’s annoying and affects me EVERY SINGLE DAY (not like a transient thing that passes) it is still 100% worth it to me and I would definitely recommend it. It has helped my daytime symptoms immensely (especially suicidal ideation) when nothing else nothing else has touched them. Hope this helps and best of luck to you.
Sounds scary and dangerous 😖 If it works for them I’m glad.. What doesn’t make sense to me is that it seems to come back.. So when they say the body and brain repairs itself from the damage of PTSD then I’d like them to explain why it’s still temporary?
This sounds like a treatment that could potentially be provided worldwide wide for all traumatized, neurologically disabled impaired individuals, especially with all the instability experienced by conflicts. They should also provide same treatment for their Palestinian counterparts.❤ Feedback from other health professionals worldwide should be considered.
The problem is that this is not an actual medication that pharmaceutical companies can make money from. If they can’t make money from it it’s very hard to get it covered in the United States by insurance companies . Unfortunately, they care more about money than actual healing.
I hope this treatment is available in the US. I'm willing to try literally anything at this point. I wish that doctor who is all worried about $$ knew what it was like to live with severe PTSD 24/7.
I have PTSD from the Army, am unable to be in a car ,(very rarely) and stay at home almost everyday, i have had PTSD for 27 years....I wish the bureaucracy would be done away with so i could live a more normalized life with this kind of therapy. God bless the USA
I ran one at a naval hospital for a while in the 60s. Works great on the common cold and hangovers too. NFL players sleep in them. I could use some myself now.
Why dont we ever talk about the PTSD women have from rape. It is always Veterans. 40 %of all women are raped by 40. That is an endemic problem, and yet almost all Of the PTSD is focused on Veterans. If your girlfriend or wife is crazy, its probably because she was raped at some point.
This dr has a hyperbaric clinic in The Villages, Florida USA called AVIV. They specialize in treating dementia here in this 55+ age town. I understand there is another AVIV clinic in Dubai. $50,000 US dollars for a course of treatment that includes daily sessions, 5 days a week along with diet and exercise program.
I find it gross that it’s all about veterans like other people aren’t traumatized. It just proves that humans are inherently not good. Just the fact that they push the narrative that veterans are the ones with ptsd and need new types of treatment proves it.
I have suffered military induced PTSD for 20+ years. My PTSD symptoms were abated to a significant degree by volunteering as a Humanitarian volunteer in Ukraine. Giving back instead of taking, helped immensely. I believe this effort merits an opportunity concurrently with psychological counseling. I believe, PTSD requires multi-modality efforts. Thanks to Israel for developing another modality.
Like a blind man searching in a strange building for an exit that doesn't exist. PTSD has NO cure. There are only treatments to abate the very worst symptoms. Trauma rewires the brain. You can go weeks, months without issue then WHAM PTSD brick wall. 25 years ago I was diagnosed. Prayers for y'all dealing with it too. Happy Veterans Day? I think not.
Fascinating and scientifically promising. Hopefully the data stated is factual. Lives altered positively, eradicating deep dark nightmares held in our brains.
Inexpensive and Accessible treatments rarely are approved in the united states. Our medical system is upside down and it is ran for profit by insurance and pharmaceutical companies. It will be a long time before anything like this will get approved as a treatment in the united states.
I hope that lawmaker is also a proponent of a federal national healthcare service for all citizens. The issue here is that we in the USA still have a for-profit healthcare system and federal/state/professional regulatory bodies that all need a say before a treatmet is approved *for coverage by insurance*.
This looks like something the U.S. Veterans Hospitals could try and accumulate data about. I guess we might see this used in the U.S. in 10 years or so because first comes years of testing by the FDA, if they even decide to give it research time and monies, and then another delay for insurance to cover it.
Procedures (like this) do not require an approval by the FDA. The only obstacles are the availability of hyperbarics and the way it is funded (enter insurance companies)
I have treated PTSD for years. I have been a hyperbaric oxygen therapy technician for 16 years. At The oxford center . I have seen miracles happen, the military, traumatic brain injuries and strokes. It's been very rewarding to see there healing
Thank you for commenting.
How do you train for and look for this job ?
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can't cure PTSD, because it's emotional, not physical, unlike TBI's and Strokes.
I’ve had diabetic wound patients who achieved 100% closure while doing HBOT.
This was several years ago. I was actually wondering if HBOT would help fertility patients (specifically women who have low AMH/egg quality/DOR). I feel as though it would help repair the damaged mitochondria and decrease oxidative damage in the dna of the egg. I should look into this.
Have you ever seen this in your experience as a tech?
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After an abusive childhood and the loss of a child. PTSD IS REAL . PLEASE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. I HAVE.
They are not taking it serious if they are doing this to people with PTSD. A physical treatment cannot cure an emotional illness. Exposure therapy is more likely to work, along with prayer/meditation.
@@cheryldahl9192
Mind=body. That’s why yoga works.
@@CowboyConan Yoga would not work. Just prayer/meditation. The mind cannot heal the body, but God could.
@@cheryldahl9192 Our brains are organic matter that can absolutely be treated with medical treatments. Your brain isn't magical. It is an organ.
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I’m sorry that you are in denial
This should be available to EVERYONE, not simply Veterans.
It's experimental. Give it to people when it's proven, in peer-reviewed studies, to be safe and effective.
It ought to be-- and, as a veteran myself, it makes sense that they would offer this to us initially -as we are still a more controllable variable over time and technically still ‘property’ of the system, if we contribute or otherwise participate in said system. Harsh language but we are the lab rats -we were when we were active and inactive. It is our continued service.
@@Lesley_TThank you for your service 🇺🇸
@@Lesley_Tthank you for your service.
It's new for fates sake!
They can't just do like a Covid vax and just throw it at everyone UNTESTED.
They're initiating this CORRECTLY!
Calm down, Mary.
Once it has enough research on willing test subjects, it will potentially be inducted here.
Also, America runs medically on treating issues... Seldom on curing them.
A cured person pays no money to get better.
I passed out from menstrual cramps two weeks after my wedding. I got taken to the ER. They gave me oxygen in the ambulance. I felt better instantly, but they made me wait in the waiting room for 4 hours to be sure I didn't have an ectopic pregnancy. I went around asking about the oxygen afterwards and everyone acted like I was a nut case. So what else is new. Many years later I got diagnosed with CPTSD from childhood.
Could it be that the drug companies do not want this to be brought to the US because they will lose drug sales?
duh
100%. Pharmaceutical companies control the health care industry. Sad
Yes, as well as therapists who wouldn’t need to be seen and paid for.
There are already hyperbaric treatment centers in the US. They treat other illnesses. They just have to expand patients of PTSD.
Yes. The US health "care" system is a for profit business model ran by pharmaceutical and insurance companies.
I’d try it in a heartbeat! I deal with things that happened in my childhood. Even if it only helps a little it would be worth it.
I agree. Oxygen therapy is good for anyone. Just keep exercising. The more you push yourself to deep breath, the better you will feel.
It works on everyone
You don’t need that amount of technology. Kundalini yoga and now Wim Hof and other methods are more effective and cost practically nothing.
I’ve helped many many with hypnotherapy, done in a specific way. Once the mind sees things differently the brain processes those past events and future responses differently. There are ways to heal those childhood traumas.
20yrs as an EMT/FireFighter. Diagnosed with PTSD in 2016. Lost everything. Slowly losing the battle of life. Help doesn’t exist. Just more videos of treatments us commoners will never receive and if we’re so fortunate it’s so expensive it’s not feasible.
💔 I'm sorry you are going through this😔
@@n.d.7931thank you
if that ain’t the damn truth. i am struggling to go to work on a regular basis, have found myself stuck in bed for weeks at a time. no help is coming. solidarity.
@@crowsong8097I’m sorry my friend. I wish I had an answer to ease your pain and suffering. Just know you’re not alone. There’s a ton of us out here dying to live and losing. Please don’t give up or lose hope. One day we will be saved.
@@n.d.7931thank you
Having PTSD, I believe a lot of people are having it without knowing. It would be beautiful if it was common to get tested and treated without any shame or disrespect in the system. This is so wonderful to see. No one way will heal everyone, but having any options at all is a miracle.
Yes! ❤
Well said ❤….it is a miracle 🌈🙏💜
The bottom line is - this is helping people. Work done in Israel shows this. This is the problem in the US. It was clearly stated that the "insurance companies" don't think there is enough evidence to show that it works. That is BS!! That is the doctor's job to determine for their patients. Not a corporation who's single goal is to find reasons NOT to pay for things!! I work in medical billing so I see this up close. The amount of reasons these companies deny claims is truly mind-blowing. #singlepayersystemnow!!!!!
They don’t make any money if we get better. Insurance companies should be outlawed.
The only thing my health insurance has given me is a card with my name on it. I get a bill in the lobby and in the mail plus they need more money for blood drawing and lab work. The US health care is out of hand.
@@TheTonialadd Actually insurance companies do make more money of you get better. That's less of the premiums paid to them that they have to give up.
There is no health insurance system in the world that does not have some king of regulation of care. If you get rid of insurance companies, then it becomes the government, and they will apply similar rules of evidence for effectiveness. Choose your poison. I am not defending insurance companies; the $300 billion plus we spend on the administration of healthcare/profit is extremely wasteful and inefficient. $ that could go elsewhere.
@@dr.johnvogel3430 exactly. Was watching a clip of CEO of BC/BS testifying in Congress. The cash cow is the Medicare "advantage" plans. The US government pays them to take care of patients medical needs for the year & if a patient is healthy for the year, they just cashed in big time $$$.
I think this helps explain why exercise works for my PTSD
Exercise is the only thing I've found that works and more people should know about it.
The only issues I have is something that started happening recently; I went through more trauma, and now when I jog, my speech filter stops working. I start saying just about every derogatory term you can think of with no control or awareness I'm doing it until I eventually do notice and feel shame about it. Sometimes I even say nonsensical phrases "I f---ed your brothers mother" type nonsense. I have no clue what's going on, just think I'm losing it a bit more than usual, and I do think that lack of control is bleeding into other areas.
Exercise helps me as well. Especially with the insomnia. I've tried every sleep med out there, and none have worked for me. (Aside from general anesthesia from the surgeries to repair my body. BEST NAP EVER. 😂)
That sounds like tourettes, my friend. 😢 @@RoganBits
I was a victim of a very violent episode when I was a kid. I suffered from PTSD for a long time until I was diagnosed as an adult and treated. In my case I was treated with EMDR. Spent close to two years in treatment and it was by far the best investment on time I could have done. I still have episodes of PTSD, and even the occasional nightmare; but feel 10x better. So I hope this treatment is implemented here soon, I would love to try it
EMDR would have better results anyway. This isolates a person in a box, and reduces oxygen. How would this treat anything? If anything, it would cause more anxiety. EMDR sounds more therapeutic. I personally find Exposure therapy best, if done right.
@@cheryldahl9192I think multiple methods shold be aviable, since each individual human with ptsd responds different to various methods. There shold be everything aviable and combinations of treatments, to help the most people possible.
@@cheryldahl9192I think multiple methods shold be aviable, since each individual human with ptsd responds different to various methods. There shold be everything aviable and combinations of treatments, to help the most people possible.
EMDR helps me, too.
So sorry, I wish you all the best 🤍
I hope it works. PTSD is a terrible problem I wouldn't wish on an enemy.
My son has PTSD related to service in Afghanistan in the USMC. He has woken up with his hands around his much loved girlfriend’s neck at night because of his PTSD. He has tried all available methods offered by the VA. Please, Please get our VETS help.
Has he tried Ketamine therapy.
People with PTSD shouldn’t have to pay a dime to get treatment like this. People are suffering.
I agree. Healthcare should be provided free by the government (Original Medicare for all). Instead, Trump lowered insurance company taxes and deregulated them allowing them to squeeze every dollar out of small hospitals and patients. Open your eyes people.
Not with Trump
that's right, bcuz at least for men and often for non men, suicide is what happens in the longer lasting or more potent PTSD. This is unconscionable for the US gvt to not intervene and require those with suicide-high-risk disorders to not use "off-label" use, and REQUIRE insurance co's to cover it! It's absolutely derelection of gvt responsibiluty and ignorant of the psychiatric community to not push this like hell!
I have cPTSD from child abuse and a serious assault, coupled with PMDD. I'm expected to fake it until I make it, but can't anymore.
People, just because _you_ have issues, never abuse your kids! You'll change their brain and chemical makeup. Even in adulthood, the childhood still haunts
Wish you healing, from someone who knows. Keep shining! 🙏🕊️
Same. I’ve had more success giving up on western medicine completely and learning yoga and getting a dog.
God bless all with peace, love, health, safety, prosperity, and protection!
Giant hugs without touching. May good feelings surround you day and night. Watch your breathing patterns. It helps. I stopped RLS and TMJ just using that.
@@jcook2433 For people who have undergone abuse; you've just basically told them "I'm a manipulative person". Nobody wants your hugs, and they won't be manipulated by the false platitudes.
Your manipulation only works on naive people.
To me it makes some sense in how it may teach people to just breathe through panic attacks and high stress situations.. Just being aware of your breathing and oxygen intake can help. It’s about criminal how hard it is to even get anxiety and panic attacks properly treated in this nation which just causes more anxiety.😖
They dont want us USING the INSURANCE just PAYING INTO IT FOR THE CEO BONUS DEAR....
Cost over $50,000.00 for treatment in the United States is crazy. How much does the company selling the oxygen to the hospital charge them ? 😱👍
yeah, it's definitely a money making scheme. It won't help PTSD. It is for divers, and they just want to scam the vulnerable/desperate people of society. Prayer/meditation and exposure therapy by a support group where the person is safe, and feels safe, is best for PTSD.
I can see that chamber is expensive to purchase. But I feel that if they charged small amounts, they could be making profit quickly. Because so many of us could be helped by this!
Hyperbaric oxygen is a therapy in search of a malady. It's proven efficacy is very small. But every charlatan loves it. Why? Altruism? Perhaps $50,000.
So needed for so many
Yes, Dr. Murphy! I agree! Why aren’t we offering this kind of treatment here in the US? This should be available for free to anyone suffering from PTSD as another commenter mentioned!
The US lags behind so many countries in profound and greatly needed treatments! Other countries medical care is actually focused on helping people as opposed to the US medical system’s focus on profits.
Yes, Dr. Murphy! I agree! Why aren’t we offering this kind of treatment here in the US? This should be available for free to anyone suffering from PTSD!
The US lags behind so many countries in profound and greatly needed treatments!
Bc the US depends, and many MDs forced, to use medicine due to the large pharmaceutical corporations. Other treatments are often ignored or not believed in pitiful
Here's my question: does it harm anyone? I can't really see how it would as long as each person is evaluated for general safety. So if its not going to hurt anyone, let's give it a try! You can either stay the same or improve. I see no downside.
I agree 100%, but the powers that be don't want to pay and call me a conspiracy theorist all you want, but drug companies wont be able to sell antidepressants if this works. HBOT is generally only approved for wound care, I guess because there are no drugs that can heal a wound. Sad state of affairs, but the people who promote natural foods and exercise are the crazy ones....
Maybe if the US wasn’t sending $13 billion or more a year to Israel, we could afford it too.
Sounds good but nobody here in the US will ever be able to afford that treatment.
"nobody"?
Because insurance companies won’t cover it.
@@julierogers1155 MOST 🤦
I could not afford any out of pocket cost if it were not subsidised by health care. I have had 8 concussions and I go untreated for 9 years because I got hit by a hit and run driver 9 years ago. I used to run 5 miles a day before this
Only rich people.
It’s disappointing that a lot of newer treatments are limited to veterans because the vast majority of cases are due to abuse not war and it’s like we are using veterans as lab rats. Also terror attacks are a single incident PTSD and if they would use survivors of domestic violence with CPTSD especially childhood abuse they would get data that’s more useful for the vast majority of patients.
Yes!!! I agree. It's like women's point of view being ignored in medicine all over. We need to push for a better review system.
It’s not even just women most cases are due to child abuse.
I am an 80 y/o female who was married to an abuser 25 years. My PTSD is better, but I still scream and jump when I see or hear something from the side or behind me. It happened earlier today, and my breathing remains shallow and fast several hours later. My heart is pounding, and my adrenaline continues to rush. Trauma is trauma, no matter how sudden or gradual, recent or ancient. Your brain is altered at the limbic level, and you cannot CHOOSE to stop attacks any more than you can CHOOSE them to occur.
There are millions of girls and women with ptsd from SA in America, could this help them?
How wonderful this could be for so many people
I have complex PTSD, from abuse and bullying in my childhood. Maybe this could help me too.
I had Cognitive Behavioral therapy that helped a lot and got rid of my nightmares.
I have CPTSD and horse therapy helps a lot. It doesn't fully go away but it helps a lot.
@sarahb.6475 I can see how that helps. I think my gardening and cats helped me too.
@@sarahb.6475 Thanks. I’ve been thinking about that. I need connections now, and it’s so difficult to find people like us who understand. Animals give unconditional love, so we can find connection there.
@@Martinbeef so sorry, no one should ever go through that 🙏❤️
Bureaucracy! This is ridiculous we should have this in USA especially for veterans
How many children suffering from PTSD in Gaza will be helped? Any? Innocent children? Any?
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PTSD would have never been mainstreamed in US culture if it had not been for Vietnam combat veteran activists.
And WW1 “shell shock” victims, before it was called PTSD.
The insurance company decoded: "We don't want to pay for it"
1000 of Palestinians are in need of this treatment to treat their PTSD too!!
Neither the Israelis or the us jeneciders care.
Maybe they should stop voting for Hamas.
Yes, I can only imagine how traumatic it would be to live under Hamas 💔💔💔
I need this treatment.
sending good vibes to the survivors of 11 of October, you are in good hands now!
Has this ever been used to treat depression that isn't responsive to treatment?
Just google HBOT and depression.
Also look up microdosing with psilocybin- lots of studies and articles. No side effects.
That was one (1) trauma. Imagine if you we subjected to hundreds of traumas, while being chased by military, bombed daily, for more than a year! What help will they get? When the slaughter is over?
Trauma is trauma is trauma. One is not better or worse than another. Then again you don't want to talk about the trauma people got from Hamas.
@@eh1843free palestine from the jeneciders.
I am so very sorry for these peoples' PTSD. Oxygen is hugely important for healing. Three years ago my own PTSD hit me FULL FORCE. I had no idea that PTSD could be so devastating and debilitating. I live in a small town where the sea is nearby. I started to go there as often as possible to breathe in the salt air. In conjunction with this, I bought a small glass box (aquarium) to put tiny pebbles and freshwater in. Then I added little fish and snails. Next, a filter and air bubbles. I watch it a lot especially when old painful memories crop up. It is as if I cried myself a box of lake water, complete with little organisms and gorgeous green plants from the fish store. It helps me IMMENSELY. The BIGGEST help though, has come from my calling on Bubba (my nickname for Jesus). I stay as close to Him as He will let me. He has enabled me to get my sense of humor back, which I sorely needed. He enables me to move past the painful memories and focus on NOW, including fresh air and the little fishes. He also healed me of addictions like smoking and drinking alcohol, decades ago. Those substances are depressants. What we EAT also plays a huge part in our healing. USA
FIY:, Amazon sells canned oxygen. I saw Walmart started carrying them too. Maybe they can be of help.
@@doradean3097 Awesome. Thank you so much!!
Thank you for sharing this!!!
Imagine all the people in Gaza who will have PTSD.
70 percent of the dead in Gaza are women and children, with children representing the largest single group killed by Israel.
Exactly. Every generation has it. For thousand years now. No wonder they are the way they are.
Shhhh we're not allowed to speak up for children and women in Gaza or we'll be labeled terrorists!
And do you honestly believe the Israeli government will allow Palestinians to be medically treated for their PTSD?
Highly doubtful.
How about people who survived the Holocaust? Well you don't care about them and never did.
CPTSD here 😢
Same. Sending you love. ❤
I hope eventually it is offered to anyone with PTSD and cPTSD such as I have.
Thanx I needed some hope. Best regards from cluster ptsd me❤
Our life events can have serious consequences for the rest of our lives. I've been diagnosed with severe ptsd and have never been in the military. These things are serious, it exists.
Our government has failed the veteran with this condition. They act as though it shouldn't affect them. Ha! You go next time then. Come back and tell how you're ok
Trump & RFK Jr are going to take all of this away.
I have C-PTSD as well - Barbara in Colorado
@joeybaseball7352 opposite he's all for helping ther American people
Yea. I don't know about Trump. But I would assume RFK jr. Would be all for this if
@@dean9327 no he's not. he's racist.
There are many treatments for various conditions practiced in Israel that aren't available in the United States.
Why?
Could this help people suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)?
I am a veteran. And I have been holding on barely. My faith is what has kept me from committing suicide. However, even that one day will not be enough. This medical treatment is hope for us. And to have so many medical conditions be treated is amazing.
Truly sorry you're struggling, our Vets deserve the best. My father was a POW/ Veteran & his untreated PTSD destroyed our family, not just him. Keep talking. I wish you healing.🙏🕊️
Prayer and exposure therapy would be more beneficial than this. This treatment treats at a physical level (for divers), whereas, PTSD is not physically focused, (although it can have physical manifestations), but it needs a treatment that will be focused on the emotional and spiritual side of a person.
@@catherinebrown7299 so sorry, you are loved and important, don’t lose hope, we are here to serve a purpose 🙏❤️
Somehow, I'm not surprised the VA is deliberately NOT attempting a new treatment for PTSD. Why try something that might help heal the trauma? Their methods sometimes seem stuck in the 1900s.
Yep
So what about in the US? Does anyone know of an insurance accepted place to be treated like this?
The only thing that makes me hesitant is the claustrophobia. It's a by-product of my PTSD and one of the few things that I still have yet to properly treat because none of the treatment didn't fit my case. I would definitely be willing to try this to see if it helps.
With your PTSD, it's interesting it's coupled with claustrophobia. Mine too and I was never sure if it was related. Do you also have a serious fear of heights too?
Amazon and Walmart sell canned oxygen online for exercise and home use. Maybe they can help.
I have completed 30 treatments and I had the same concern but the hard chamber I was in was big enough that claustrophobia was not an issue. It is quite expensive but my health is worth it. Treating mold illness and wound healing.
I have had CPTSD for decades, and received various therapies - cognitive, eye movement reprocessing, talk therapy, etc. These have helped only minimally... I wish that hyperbaric oxygen was available to those on Medicaid and the underinsured, also non -veterans throughout the United States. Alternative medicine is proven - but too often, those who are most in need of it cannot get it.
If it creates new blood vessels… could it treat/possibly cure pulsatile tinnitus as well?
What a great idea! I have an at-home Oxygen Generator (havent unpacked it yet, I just moved) & I had been using it for Anxiety cuz I was getting evicted at the time. The machines aren’t very expensive but they do emit Nitrogen Gas as a ByProduct so you need to put a fan on it & make sure a window is open with fairly clean air wafting in to replace the processed air in the room. But aside from that, the treatment itself, basically just putting purified air into your body is very soothing. I think the treatment described in this video is a little much, just get yourself a simple at-home Oxygen Generator (make sure the machine has an attached Water Cup for distilled water vapor to keep the Oxygen moist cuz, dry Oxygen can burn the inside of your nose). I wash my “Nose Hose” after every use & keep the machine covered with a cloth when I’m not using it. But there yuh go, your welcome
I thought the same thing!
Thank you for covering this. It's a very expensive treatment used for anti aging in the US and only the rich can afford it.
VA declined to interview...what else is new...smh!
Cure anxiety ...... Please
Wimhof breathing and similar breathing methods also have beneficial effects. Research and see if it's for you.
Have they considered doing this treatment for ASD or ADHD?
But when you have ASD your brain is actually made different. The brain structure is different with some areas being larger or smaller than the normal brain. Plus some areas are denser or lighter as well. Breathing in oxygen is not going to change the brain structure.
I have autism too.
Plus breathing oxygen is not going to change how other people treat you. My CPTSD is triggered by how others treat me (mistreatment). The oxygen is not going to change the behavior of other people.
With the VA instituting strict therapy limits, ex only 15-22 sessions to treat PTSD regardless how severe the PTSD is or the sub-types. Vets be vigilant so our treatment does not become a bastardized version of private sector, insurance company model.
I always feel like I need oxygen from being tense. It's about trauma being "held" in the body. I always felt the trauma needs to be released. You try things.
Please..I’m 54 and would love to try this. I would give anything to spend my last years at peace ❤ …please give it to us also in the USA.
Makes sense to me. Especially knowing the extra problems of air quality.
I'm allergic to the medications they give to people for ptsd. I've tried marijuana and CBD and it doesn't help at all. I would gladly volunteer for this. I'll sign whatever wavers necessary to try this. I'd even travel around the world for it. I e suffered for over 20 years. I have extreme ideation. There is no hope for treatment for me.
Reminds me of the Wim Hof breathing method
PTSD can be triggered by being outnumbered by people in a small room. I’d love this for my healing but only if there was a female-only room. May everyone heal and find their path to joy again 🙏
Could this help people with dementia?
Maybe. It has helped one of my family members who has Parkinson’s. Hasn’t cured it, but it has helped some of the symptoms.
Nighttime is the worst for me but I take a med that helps me sleep and suppresses dreams, I was prescribed it by a South African Doctor in a county jail: I consider myself fortunate today. If you’re struggling ask for help, you don’t need to suffer.
I’m curious what med you got for sleep. I have PTSD and would love to know. Thank you.
Does the dream suppression have negative side-effects?
@@ericb8413 I’m not who you asked, obviously, but I am just as eager to hear the answer so I wanted to share one medication that I do know of that is used this way. I was prescribed prazosin for (c)PTSD nightmares that woke me up about a dozen times a night for 2 decades. My dose had to be increased several times, but it ultimately reduced them by 90% where I was only having 2-3 nightmares or occasionally even none. I am also on desvenlafaxine (can be taken together) and it also has a positive effect on reducing my nightmares. Hope the person you asked will also answer because I would welcome any tool to add to my toolkit and be able to share with others. P.S. if you google PTSD and [drug named above] you will find good information. Wishing you good luck and healing.
@@hillsofwi the medication I was prescribed for my nightmares (prazosin) had no noticeable side effects for me. I am also prescribed desvenlafaxine (which my understanding is that it’s more so for the symptoms I experience during waking hours, but it definitely also helps with nightmares) which does have the extremely annoying side effect (for me) of causing extremely frequent hot flashes/severe heat sensitivity (I get overheated and feel like I need to climb into a freezer when it’s 70 degrees Fahrenheit and everyone around me is either comfortable or chilly. But even though it’s annoying and affects me EVERY SINGLE DAY (not like a transient thing that passes) it is still 100% worth it to me and I would definitely recommend it. It has helped my daytime symptoms immensely (especially suicidal ideation) when nothing else nothing else has touched them. Hope this helps and best of luck to you.
We all need to get behind the Dr's here in US to get this going
read "The Body Keeps the Score". A wonderful book that addresses trauma and natural ways to cope with it.
GREAT book.....
Sounds scary and dangerous 😖 If it works for them I’m glad.. What doesn’t make sense to me is that it seems to come back.. So when they say the body and brain repairs itself from the damage of PTSD then I’d like them to explain why it’s still temporary?
Imagine the brain a sponge.
DOD needs to fund this NOW!
Why can't we be doing this all over the U.S?
Bc medical costs and care are a major financial business in the US. We are afteral, a capitalist country. Unfortunately.
And over the german peopel!
This sounds like a treatment that could potentially be provided worldwide wide for all traumatized, neurologically disabled impaired individuals, especially with all the instability experienced by conflicts. They should also provide same treatment for their Palestinian counterparts.❤ Feedback from other health professionals worldwide should be considered.
Sounds hopeful.
This is me! Its been years and multiple traumas all my life. But ive also got chiari so this is a no go.
The problem is that this is not an actual medication that pharmaceutical companies can make money from. If they can’t make money from it it’s very hard to get it covered in the United States by insurance companies . Unfortunately, they care more about money than actual healing.
physiotherapy is not a medication and lots of companies make money from it. This treatment is not free also, nor the doctors time.
TRE is the best treatment ive tried and basically free.
I hope this treatment is available in the US. I'm willing to try literally anything at this point. I wish that doctor who is all worried about $$ knew what it was like to live with severe PTSD 24/7.
I have PTSD from the Army, am unable to be in a car ,(very rarely) and stay at home almost everyday, i have had PTSD for 27 years....I wish the bureaucracy would be done away with so i could live a more normalized life with this kind of therapy. God bless the USA
I ran one at a naval hospital for a while in the 60s.
Works great on the common cold and hangovers too.
NFL players sleep in them.
I could use some myself now.
I wonder if this could treat dementia/altzheimers?
So innovative...Dr. is great
Why dont we ever talk about the PTSD women have from rape. It is always Veterans. 40 %of all women are raped by 40. That is an endemic problem, and yet almost all Of the PTSD is focused on Veterans. If your girlfriend or wife is crazy, its probably because she was raped at some point.
We are paying for this treatment in hypocritical chosen ones yet do we get it here in the usa? No!! 💔🤢
This dr has a hyperbaric clinic in The Villages, Florida USA called AVIV.
They specialize in treating dementia here in this 55+ age town. I understand there is another AVIV clinic in Dubai. $50,000 US dollars for a course of treatment that includes daily sessions, 5 days a week along with diet and exercise program.
What about brain injury? Can it help a TBI or an ABI?
Deep as voice
This is wonderful news. I wish the corrupt US medical insurance industry was not such a hindrance to revolutionary treatments helping people.
I find it gross that it’s all about veterans like other people aren’t traumatized. It just proves that humans are inherently not good. Just the fact that they push the narrative that veterans are the ones with ptsd and need new types of treatment proves it.
Why don’t they offer it to refugees in Gaza?
Because they’re not responsible for them. Let the government they chose-HAMAS-deal with their issues.
I have suffered military induced PTSD for 20+ years. My PTSD symptoms were abated to a significant degree by volunteering as a Humanitarian volunteer in Ukraine. Giving back instead of taking, helped immensely.
I believe this effort merits an opportunity concurrently with psychological counseling.
I believe, PTSD requires multi-modality efforts.
Thanks to Israel for developing another modality.
Completely agree. You need a tool box. And, use all the tools. Be creative too.
Tbi survivor, wish i could try this here in Fla!!
Like a blind man searching in a strange building for an exit that doesn't exist. PTSD has NO cure. There are only treatments to abate the very worst symptoms. Trauma rewires the brain. You can go weeks, months without issue then WHAM PTSD brick wall. 25 years ago I was diagnosed. Prayers for y'all dealing with it too. Happy Veterans Day? I think not.
Yes that's true. And this treatment looks like it may well rebuild parts of the brain damaged by trauma.
Fascinating and scientifically promising. Hopefully the data stated is factual. Lives altered positively, eradicating deep dark nightmares held in our brains.
Will this help for brain injuries?
Generation of new neurons... Is truly insane. This could be used as a treatment for people suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's.
Inexpensive and Accessible treatments rarely are approved in the united states. Our medical system is upside down and it is ran for profit by insurance and pharmaceutical companies. It will be a long time before anything like this will get approved as a treatment in the united states.
I hope that lawmaker is also a proponent of a federal national healthcare service for all citizens. The issue here is that we in the USA still have a for-profit healthcare system and federal/state/professional regulatory bodies that all need a say before a treatmet is approved *for coverage by insurance*.
This looks like something the U.S. Veterans Hospitals could try and accumulate data about. I guess we might see this used in the U.S. in 10 years or so because first comes years of testing by the FDA, if they even decide to give it research time and monies, and then another delay for insurance to cover it.
Procedures (like this) do not require an approval by the FDA. The only obstacles are the availability of hyperbarics and the way it is funded (enter insurance companies)
Fascinating
It can also be used for Lyme.