Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Turns Mathew's Long COVID / ME/CFS / POTS Around
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 4 years
- Published
- Dec 2024
Summary
Mathew developed long COVID with ME/CFS and POTS after a COVID infection in February 2020 and cycled through severe crashes for four years, at times 20 hours a day in bed, despite midodrine, low-dose naltrexone, Abilify and Paxlovid. In late 2023 he completed a 60-session hyperbaric oxygen protocol at the Aviv Clinic paired with structured exercise and cognitive training. He reports being completely symptom-free seven months after finishing. The post notes the protocol cost him somewhere between thirty-six and fifty-one thousand dollars.
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What they credit
Credits Hyperbaric & oxygen, Low-dose naltrexone, POTS medication, Paxlovid, Brain retraining, Other prescription drugs, Brain retraining programs (DNRS, Gupta, ANS Rewire, Primal Trust), Hyperbaric oxygen (HBOT), Low-dose Abilify / aripiprazole, Low-dose naltrexone, Midodrine, Paxlovid / nirmatrelvir.
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