I used Resperate for several months with mixed results. Seemed to help - a little. But maybe not. Up and down. Who knows?

Then on e day I made a really powerful discovery. What I found may seem obvious, though I haven't seen any recommendations for it on the blog. This is what I discovered in a nutshell.

I was performing regular Resperate sessions four or five times a week. But the sessions were only 10 to 15 minutes long. One day just for the heck of it I decided to prolong each session to 25 minutes. I followed this regime for several weeks, with wonderful results. My BP, which had danced around the 160-170/85-95 level for decades, went down to 130/75 or thereabouts.

It's stayed there now for a while too, and I assume it will continue to do so as long as I keep using longer sessions. Perhaps others who are frustrated with so-so results from the machine may find this method solves their problem. It takes more time and effort, naturally, but the extended session trick has been a life saver, at least for me. Good luck.

david 2 - Thanks for your suggestion. I upped the time to 20 min and my BP dropped. Its normally around 170+/95+. Today my BP showed 142/84. Very encouraging. So thanks you.

I do something similar. Instead of changing the setting, I do two sessions back to back. The break in between gives me a chance to adjust my position and just sort of resettle in. I started doing it almost from the beginning. The single session just left me feeling like I hadn't really done anything yet. Have been making excellent progress with the double sessions and I just got the machine for Christmas.

I was trying to find a post regarding the lengthening of sessions but am also unable to pull it up but will continue my search. There are people who have posted and commented that by increasing the duration of their sessions were finally able to see a substantial reduction in their BP! I will reach out to Dr Benjamin Gavish (inventor, biophysicist and Chief Scientific Officer) to get his feedback on this.
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I look forward to hearing Dr Gavish's thoughts. Maybe successful use requires "loading" -- you use more "doses" of the resparate at first and then maintain at the 15 minutes per day dose.

Below is Dr Benjamin Gavish's feedback on this topic:
"The comment is rather interesting. Intuitively, as long as the user feels OK with a prolonged exercise, I do not see any reason why not to do it. In practice, some of the physiological benefit of an exercise, in general (e.g. walking), takes about 20 minutes to develop. For some people it may take at least 10 minutes for feeling “IN”. I can also tell you that in the CHF study in Sweden they ask the patients to use the device 20 minutes twice daily. The only limitation is that some patients may feel tired when the exercise is too long.
As a conclusion I suggest providing a tip with reference to that evidence stating that users who failing to achieve the benefit or want to enhance it may exercise longer, as long as they not feel tired." - Dr Benjamin Gavish

Question - Is it just as therapeutic to do two 10-minute sessions back-to-back, as to do one 20-minute session? I find that, with the shorter sessions I start at about 10-11 bpms and end at about 4.9 bpms, but don't have the constant pressure of the device pulling down breathing to a very low bpm.

Thanks.

Thanks

SRM,
That is what I recommend people who are finding themselves at too low of a pace. Switch to a 10 minute session then if needed start another one. The interruption of starting a new session shouldn't be all that distruptive.
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Marguerite, as a wrap-up of the CHF study available on this site? It would be interesting to know how long the subjects did the program, how their BP did, if there was a control group that did 15 minutes once a day and how they did, etc.

thanks!

Angel

Angel,
I will find out & let you know!
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