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Treat seizures with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Sun, 08/26/2007 - 22:31
I haven't seen anything here about treating seizure disorders with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT). I'm really quite surprised. I've seen amazing successes for my daughter as well as others with seizure disorders since beginning HBOT treatments several years ago. Has anyone had any experience with HBOT?

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Re: Treat seizures with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Submitted by Ivo on Wed, 2011-06-01 - 20:50
wrong message

Re: Treat seizures with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Submitted by Jan2012 on Sat, 2012-09-15 - 10:28

Hi,

I know you posted quite some time ago, but I was wondering how you are doing.  Would you consider the hyperbaric therapy a success for you?

My son just completed 40 sessions of hyperbaric therapy.  In addition to doing the hbot, we are also working with a doctor who supports him nutritionally and with homeopathics, and we see someone weekly for cranial sacral.  I should mention that he is also taking Keppra and Vimpat.  Prior to hbot the neurologist was talking about starting another medication, now we are looking into lowering his Keppra with no addition of other medication.  His last seizure, thank God, was in June.  Prior to that, he was having at least 2 seizures a month with the average lasting between 3 to 5 minutes.

Would love to get your input.  If anyone else is interested, please feel free to comment.  Thank you in advance for your time and attention.

Hi,

I know you posted quite some time ago, but I was wondering how you are doing.  Would you consider the hyperbaric therapy a success for you?

My son just completed 40 sessions of hyperbaric therapy.  In addition to doing the hbot, we are also working with a doctor who supports him nutritionally and with homeopathics, and we see someone weekly for cranial sacral.  I should mention that he is also taking Keppra and Vimpat.  Prior to hbot the neurologist was talking about starting another medication, now we are looking into lowering his Keppra with no addition of other medication.  His last seizure, thank God, was in June.  Prior to that, he was having at least 2 seizures a month with the average lasting between 3 to 5 minutes.

Would love to get your input.  If anyone else is interested, please feel free to comment.  Thank you in advance for your time and attention.

Re: Treat seizures with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Submitted by Emvie on Tue, 2007-10-16 - 01:24
HBOT Therapy. I have recently been researching HBOT for seizures and have read about its success. I thought I would check this forum for any success stories and I too am surprised there is no one talking about this. My daughter is 4 with generalized tonic seizures. She is on Lamictal and the Ketogenic Diet and has full seizure control since starting the diet Sept. 5/07. She remains, however, globally developmentally delayed but is showing improvements. I'm interested in any information you would like to share. How old is your daughter? What is her seizure type? Is she delayed? What successes have you seen with HBOT? Emvie

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