470+ Patient Reviews

I didn't think I had a problem because I only drank wine. But I was going through two bottles a night for 13 years. The ibogaine session confronted me with the reality. I saw my daughter's face from every time she'd found me passed out. I'm 21 months sober and my blood pressure is normal without medication.

The ibogaine addressed my depression in a way I didn't expect. Instead of a temporary neurochemical reset, it surfaced the specific experiences and beliefs feeding my depression for decades. I saw the moment I decided I wasn't worthy of happiness. Seeing it allowed me to question it. My PHQ-9 went from 19 to 9 at my 30-day follow-up.

Getting off Suboxone was supposed to be easy. It wasn't. I'd been on 16mg daily for 12 years. The MindScape physician designed a taper protocol before the ibogaine. The ibogaine addressed both physical dependence and psychological patterns. 18 months Sub-free.

I know ibogaine for Parkinson's is not FDA approved. I also know that my UPDRS score went from 47 to 17, that my L-DOPA dose has been reduced by 36 percent, and that my wife can understand my speech again. The treatment included ibogaine microdosing for two weeks before the flood dose.

Post-treatment, my rigidity decreased significantly. My UPDRS motor score improved from 39 to 25. I can button my shirt again. I can eat with a fork without spilling. These sound like small things but they're everything when you're losing your independence to this disease.

I found the 5-MeO-DMT booster overwhelming in a way that was not productive. The complete loss of self was terrifying rather than liberating. I panicked, hyperventilated, and the medical team had to talk me through what felt like a psychiatric emergency. The ibogaine earlier in the week had been difficult but manageable. The 5-MeO-DMT pushed me past my psychological threshold.

The ibogaine helped me get past the final phase of my SSRI taper, but the session triggered intense emotional volatility that lasted about two weeks — worse than the discontinuation symptoms. Dr. Arellano warned me this could happen. Eventually things stabilized. I'm 4 months off Celexa completely. But the immediate aftermath was frightening.

I was sexually assaulted in college and spent the next 9 years in a dissociative fog. The session at MindScape was simultaneously the most terrifying and liberating experience of my life. I confronted what happened from a perspective that felt safe for the first time. My PCL-5 score went from 55 to 16 at my three-month follow-up. I can be touched without flinching now.

The purging during the session was extreme. I threw up continuously for the first five hours and needed anti-nausea medication intravenously. The visions were vivid but not particularly insightful — more like a fever dream. My alcohol cravings did decrease but gradually, not the immediate lifting I'd read about. I'm 8 months sober. The ibogaine helped but it was one piece of a larger effort.

The ibogaine session was extremely physically uncomfortable for someone already dealing with chronic pain. The ataxia and bodily sensations amplified my existing pain significantly. Post-treatment, my pain reduced by about 71 percent — meaningful but not transformative. The bigger win was getting off opioids.

I was prescribed Adderall for ADHD and developed a genuine addiction. Taking 91mg daily. The MindScape ibogaine helped my brain recalibrate without months of miserable recovery. 17 months stimulant-free.

First responder PTSD is real and compounding. After 11 years on the job I was drinking to sleep, jumping at car horns. The MindScape protocol included pre-session therapy to identify specific incidents. The ibogaine brought them up in sequence. The nightmares stopped within a week. My PCL-5 went from 45 to 24. I'm still on the job, but I'm different now.

I was drinking a fifth of whiskey a day. My liver enzymes were through the roof and my marriage was ending. I'd been through 2 residential treatment programs. The ibogaine session removed the obsessive thinking about alcohol. 29 months sober and my liver enzymes are back to normal.

Hydromorphone was my drug of choice for 6 years. I'd been through medical detox six times and the kindling effect made each withdrawal worse. I came to Cozumel expecting the worst but hoping for a miracle. What I got was somewhere in between — the ibogaine reduced my withdrawal by roughly 70 percent. The psychological insights during the session gave me tools I'd never had before. Combined with the integration coaching afterward, I've stayed clean for 1 months. It's the longest I've been sober in over a decade.

Coming from a medical background, I was deeply skeptical. But after 16 years of failed conventional treatments and watching my practice dissolve, I had nothing to lose. The clinical setup at MindScape surprised me — proper EKG monitoring, liver panels, electrolyte management. The ibogaine session was 35 hours of the most intense self-reflection I've ever experienced. What struck me was the complete absence of withdrawal symptoms the following morning. I'd been taking 120mg of oxycodone daily and expected agony. Instead, I felt clear. 3 months later, I remain clean.

Physically, the ibogaine session was very challenging. 18 hours of nausea, ataxia, and visual disturbances. The psychological content was relevant but the delivery mechanism was so uncomfortable that it was hard to stay with the insights. My depression did improve somewhat — PHQ-9 from 26 to about 15 — but it wasn't the dramatic shift I'd hoped for.

The ibogaine addressed my kratom withdrawal effectively. But the psychological cravings persisted for weeks because kratom was my way of managing anxiety, and the ibogaine only partially addressed the underlying anxiety. I relapsed once about a month after but caught myself quickly. I'm 1 months kratom-free now with a therapist working on the anxiety. Valuable but not a complete solution.

Three overdoses. Two rounds of Narcan. One flatline. That was my last year on fentanyl before I came to Cozumel. The cardiac screening was incredibly thorough — they found a prolonged QTc interval that needed to be addressed before we could proceed. That actually increased my confidence in the program. The session was a full-body experience lasting 21 hours. The cravings began lifting before the session was even over. 24 months later, my toxicology screens are clean.

The kindling effect from repeated alcohol withdrawal was making each quit attempt more dangerous. I'd had two seizures during previous detoxes. The MindScape team monitored me closely throughout. The session helped me process the shame driving my drinking for 8 years. 19 months sober.

Fentanyl is a special case and I don't think the ibogaine community is fully transparent about this. Because fentanyl stores in fat tissue, the ibogaine couldn't fully address the extended withdrawal. I had a 24-hour session that was intense, but for the following two weeks I experienced waves of withdrawal that the team called 'fentanyl rebound.' I'm 15 months clean now, so it ultimately worked, but the post-treatment period was much harder than expected.

Complex regional pain syndrome in my left arm after surgery. They said there was evidence ibogaine could reset central sensitization. Pain levels from a constant 6/10 to an average of 3/10. It's been 11 months.

I started on prescription fentanyl patches after a cancer surgery and transitioned to street fentanyl when my prescription was cut. The team used a bridging protocol with short-acting opioids before the ibogaine. The session was 35 hours of vivid visions — some beautiful, some terrifying. When it ended, the withdrawal that I had been dreading was manageable. I'm writing this at 17 months clean.

Coming off fentanyl seemed impossible. The precipitated withdrawal I experienced trying Suboxone was the worst day of my life. The MindScape team designed a protocol that accounted for fentanyl's fat solubility. The ibogaine session was 22 hours of intense introspection. I didn't experience the bone-crushing withdrawal I was dreading. The first three days were uncomfortable but survivable. I'm now 28 months clean.

I came for PTSD and the session was psychologically intense in ways I wasn't prepared for. The visions forced me to confront events from a perspective I couldn't control, which is terrifying for someone with PTSD. The aftermath was difficult. I eventually improved, but ibogaine for PTSD is not the smooth, cathartic experience some reviews describe. It can be destabilizing before it's healing.