When you have your mask on and are taking gasping breaths.......is the O2 cold? I've been playing around with the "water treatment" and am wondering if there is a connection between the two.

Lately when I get attacks, I have been drinking as much cold water as possible during my attacks. I have noticed significant relief most times. The intensity and duration is less, and sometimes I feel that they are aborted.

I am wondering if the cold passing through the mouth is causing the nerves to reduce in swelling? So I was wondering if the O2 that you are breathing is cold.

I hadn't particularly noticed that the 02 was cold, but I do notice that the air in the room seems very warm when I take off the mask, so I guess it must be.

Thanks for the replies guys. I was hoping to find a new method of relief. I will say that this water treatment has certainly changed up my cycle when comparing it to the previous ones. This cycle is crazy! I get the small hits (ones that seem that they will be 8+) all the time. However, the beast comes maybe 3 times a week, but will nail me over and over again all day long.

This is very different from my past cycles because, it the past my hits were always severe. When between hit, I had really bad shadows. This cycle is my first with PF hours between hits. My hits are also shorter now. However, last night, the beast entertained me for a little over 3 hours.

You can use the search box for past entries on this subject. 'oxygen chiller' is a start.

Here's a post from 14 years ago from our world famous Bob Kipple, inventor of the KIP scale.

Posted by Bob Kipple (12.77.216.145) on March 31, 2000 at 01:49:23:

In Reply to: So many ways to suffer! posted by Sue H. on March 30, 2000 at 12:11:43:

Hi Sue,
You didn't include an email address in you post so I guess I'll have to bore the board again. O2 wasnn't doing much recently 'till I started using my "chiller" again. Basicly, it's about 20 to 25 feet of plastic tubing coiled in a 2 quart plastic Thermos that is then filled with water and put in the freezer. When the beast attacks, I plug the mask into one end of the tubing and the tank into the other. I'm finding that the "cool" O2 is aborting the attack in about half the time it takes for unchilled O2. Please feel free to email me for details and good luck to you and yours.

Kip