Treating Sleep Apnea

[Redgold]

Has anyone had any experience/success treating sleep apnea with hypnosis? I am wondering if its possible to use hypnosis to help mitigate or completely eliminate sleep apnea symptoms through hypnosis.

My thoughts are that a treatment regimen would be to include some combination of the following types of suggestion.

1) Suggestions for the subconscious to shift positions at the first indication of breathing problems.

2) Suggestions for the subconscious to maintain tension in the air passageways, since it is the relaxation of them that causes/worsens sleep apnea.

3) Locating the root cause of the issue through regression to source.

4) If appropriate encourage client to work on weight reduction program (since weight is often an issue with sleep apnea).

Anyone have any other suggestions or successful work with clients with sleep apnea?

[Terry]

Has anyone had any experience/success treating sleep apnea with hypnosis? I am wondering if its possible to use hypnosis to help mitigate or completely eliminate sleep apnea symptoms through hypnosis.

My thoughts are that a treatment regimen would be to include some combination of the following types of suggestion.

1) Suggestions for the subconscious to shift positions at the first indication of breathing problems.

2) Suggestions for the subconscious to maintain tension in the air passageways, since it is the relaxation of them that causes/worsens sleep apnea.

3) Locating the root cause of the issue through regressy ion to source.

4) If appropriate encourage client to work on weight reduction program (since weight is often an issue with sleep apnea).
Anyone have any Robert, your question indicates a grave lack of what is required to treat a problem via therapy of this kind, but I respect the fact that you have likely done some research for yourself in the form of reading, perhaps to treat yourself?
Fact is, unless you know the exact causes your question is impossible to answer, and if you did know the exact causes you would have no need to ask the question... If you asked me a simple question, such as how to dig a hole, I would need to know the composition of the ground in which you were going to dig in order to recommend the aquisition of just a spade, or perhaps the need for a pickaxe to get through hard clay for example.
There is no replacement for seeing the client, and knowing the right questions to ask, except for the client who has already done the homeword and consulted a specialist. The hypnotist does not normally replace the specialist, they just make recovery easier and much faster in cases such as you ask about.

[Merlin]

Yes, hypnosis can help.
But, i'd recommend training with someone who knows how to work in this area.
It can be dangerous!
When you start telling the mind how to do something, you are assuming you know more than it does.

It's usually best to ask the mind WHAT you want it to do, but leave the HOW to the mind to decide.

WHAT might be to breathe as needed.
This way you don't assume that the sleep apnea is even wrong.
We assume apnea is wrong, but did you ask the u/c mind if it's a problem?

[Redgold]

Robert, your question indicates a grave lack of what is required to treat a problem via therapy of this kind, but I respect the fact that you have likely done some research for yourself in the form of reading, perhaps to treat yourself?
Fact is, unless you know the exact causes your question is impossible to answer, and if you did know the exact causes you would have no need to ask the question... If you asked me a simple question, such as how to dig a hole, I would need to know the composition of the ground in which you were going to dig in order to recommend the aquisition of just a spade, or perhaps the need for a pickaxe to get through hard clay for example.
There is no replacement for seeing the client, and knowing the right questions to ask, except for the client who has already done the homeword and consulted a specialist. The hypnotist does not normally replace the specialist, they just make recovery easier and much faster in cases such as you ask about.

Terry. Thank you for your answer. You are correct in that I have never worked with anyone with this type of problem before.

I understand your analogy about the hole and know that each case is individualized with its own specifics. However, I have also experienced that a lot of common problems tend to have similiar unconscious causes...and that is more what I am looking for in this case.

So to use your analogy of the hole, knowing where to look to dig the hole would be easier if I knew where other people successfully dug before. At that point it would be easier for me to assess the situation and determine which tools are best.

[Don]

So to use your analogy of the hole, knowing where to look to dig the hole would be easier if I knew where other people successfully dug before. At that point it would be easier for me to assess the situation and determine which tools are best.

I can't answer for Terry, but if you had asked that of me, I would have to answer that this is not accurate.

To use your analogy, imagine those other people being each separated by 25 miles. The proper tools for one of them to successfully dig may not be appropriate for another to dig. So even if they each dig successfully in their own backyards, that doesn't mean what worked for them will work for any of the other people...or for you.

Everyone, including you, is a unique individual. As such, they, and you, are entitled to have care designed specially for them. That means having a person who is specially trained in knowing what to do under any situation. Such a person will have a spade, a pickax, a small shovel, a post digger, a jack hammer, and even a backhoe. That person will be trained in how to use them all. When they talk with you they'll discover exactly which tools to use with you.

[Redgold]

Yes, hypnosis can help.
But, i'd recommend training with someone who knows how to work in this area.
It can be dangerous!
When you start telling the mind how to do something, you are assuming you know more than it does.

It's usually best to ask the mind WHAT you want it to do, but leave the HOW to the mind to decide.

WHAT might be to breathe as needed.
This way you don't assume that the sleep apnea is even wrong.
We assume apnea is wrong, but did you ask the u/c mind if it's a problem?

Good points.