Justin Bieber Uses Hyperbaric Chambers and Infusions to Stay Sober From Weed, Lean, and Pills: Does It Really Work? – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Justin Bieberhas been one for tabloid headlines andcontroversiesover the past few years. A young talent with a great voice, the teen being thrust into fame at such a young age took its toll. Bieber dealt with addiction as a teen and young adult, abusing substances like weed and opioids. In the new YouTube seriesSeasons, Bieber takes fans behind the scenes on his life. One recent episode showed the 25-year old getting NAD+ infusions and sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber to help with his anxiety and other long-term effects of addiction. What are these treatments, and does this stuff actually work, medically speaking?

Bieber is sober now, thankfully. But the singer has dealt with some serious consequences of his past use of marijuana, lean, and pills. Hes been diagnosed with anxiety, chronic mono, and Lyme disease, writesInsider. The symptoms? Lethargy, anxiety, and heart palpitations.

In Seasons, which consists of fifteen-minute episode about Justin Biber and his wife Hailey Bieber (formerly Baldwin).

Hailey Bieber talks sympathetically about her husbands past experience:

I think when you take somebody very young and they start to get horrible, crazy, crippling anxiety and you dont know what it is that youre feeling, you start to self-medicate because it makes you feel better, she said.

Bieber goes on to demonstrate in Seasons what he does to deal with the fact that he no longer self-medicates.

He swears by sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber and getting NAD+ infusions administered through an IV. reported Insider. The publication said this treatment is a common, though unproven, treatment for people battling substance abuse.

Bieber is sparing no expense for his mental and physical health. He has one hyperbaric chamber at his studio and one in his home. (Each chamber is priced in the thousands of dollars).

Insider writes that hyerpbaric chambers are rooms or pods in which patients sit while the air pressure is increased to three times more than normal ground-level air pressure.

The most common use is for deep-sea scuba divers who experience huge changes in air pressure. Mayo Clinic also says hyperbaric chambers are used as treatmentsfor burns, brain abscesses, gangrene, and other forms of infections in the body.

People are going to think this is some rich people sh*t, Hailey Bieber jokes in Seasons. But she thinks theyre helping the What Do You Mean? singer.

Mental health is so important to get on top of, Justin Bieber says in YouTube series. If you have ADHD if you have something and you dont want to take medicine, I strongly believe in it, he says of hyperbaric chambers.

While some recent and limited studies show chamber treatment to be useful for things likedepression, anxiety, andPTSD, theres not enough for solid proof.

American Addiction Centers Dr. Mark Calarco told Insider, there are no clinical studies that prove hyperbaric oxygen therapy can help with anxiety.

If its done properly and in a safe environment, the risks are low, so maybe theres some benefit there on an individual level, Calarco offered. But we dont know.

Bieber also admitted to getting weekly NAD+ infusions via an IV drip. What now?

NAD+, ornicotinamide adenine dinucleotide,is a molecule that helps enzymes in the body function properly to give people energy, Insider explained. The molecule tends to diminish in amount as we age, causing symptoms of depression in some.

NAD+ is also not commonly used for addiction treatment. (Doctors tend to use the infusions to treat Parkinsons and Alzheimers.)

But Justin Biebers wife argues that they help to rejuvenate and rebalance the pleasure center in the brains of former addicts in Seasons.

But medical experts dont necessarily agree.

Insider reported is no research that proves NAD+ helps with the impacts of addiction on pleasure centers of the brain.

One medical professional explained it this way:

If people feel better after they have an infusion and their behavior is more aligned with recovery and they feel healthy and theyre able to perform at a higher level, I think thats a good thing. But I dont think we can go so far as to say its a direct treatment for recovery.

So, maybe its not real. But, Justin Bieber has enough money and influence that maybe he will just go make it real. Whatever works to stay healthy!

How to get help:In the U.S., contact theSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrationhelpline at 1-800-662-4357.

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