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581+
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4.9
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521 five-star reviews
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Treatment Types
Conditions covered
2023–2026
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Janet M.
Mississippi · 10-day stay
Fentanyl Addiction

I got into fentanyl through a dealer who switched without telling me. Tried Suboxone twice and methadone once. They managed withdrawal but didn't touch what was driving the using. My sister paid for MindScape after my se...

Aug 1, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Christina D.
Montana · 7-day stay
Chronic Pain
Off opioids and more functional than in years

Complex regional pain syndrome for 13 years. Went through years of physical therapy and pain management combined. The pain was real and constant and eventually I was on opioids long enough to develop a dependency that co...

Jul 23, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Richard X.
Indiana · 14-day stay
Opioid Addiction

Started on hydrocodone after a car accident and never got off. 4 years later I was broke and lying to everyone I loved. Did two rehabs and a Suboxone program before my brother found MindScape. Skeptical doesn't cover it....

Jul 22, 2024 · Treated 2024
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James V.
Maryland · 10-day stay
SSRI Discontinuation

I'm writing this for people who are trapped on Celexa and can't get off. Took it for 4 years and discontinuation syndrome was keeping me stuck. My prescribing doctor kept suggesting the symptoms were just my underlying d...

Jul 21, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Julia L.
Indiana · 18-day stay
Methadone & Suboxone

Getting off methadone was harder than anything I'd been through in recovery. 7 years at high doses. The standard taper is measured in months or years and the withdrawal that comes anyway is relentless. I found MindScape...

Jul 13, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Catherine V.
Hawaii · 10-day stay
Fentanyl Addiction
Narcan twice, then ibogaine

I got into fentanyl through a dealer who switched without telling me. Tried Suboxone twice and methadone once. They managed withdrawal but didn't touch what was driving the using. My sister paid for MindScape after my se...

Jul 12, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Ethan P.
New Mexico · 12-day stay
SSRI Discontinuation

On Cymbalta for 11 years. My psychiatrist and I agreed it was time to come off, but every attempt failed. Emotional flooding and then numbness alternating without warning. I'd been trying to discontinue for over two year...

Jul 10, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Margaret A.
California · 14-day stay
Parkinson's Disease

I'm a retired nurse so I approached this with professional skepticism. Diagnosed with Parkinson's four years ago, progressing faster than average. The MindScape team sent me their protocol documentation before I committe...

Jul 8, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Jacob N.
Massachusetts · 7-day stay
Depression

I've had it since my teens, probably earlier. Two hospitalizations after attempts. My psychiatrist and I had exhausted most options. A family member found MindScape while researching psychedelic-assisted therapy. I was n...

Jul 6, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Samantha V.
North Carolina · 10-day stay
Fentanyl Addiction

After two Narcan reversals I didn't think I had much runway left. I weighed 118 pounds when I arrived. The staff didn't comment, just got me on IV nutrition for two days while running cardiac screening. They found a prol...

Jul 6, 2024 · Treated 2023
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Marcus E.
Bristol, UK · 5-day stay
General Wellness

I came as a wellness client, no addiction history, for burnout from a decade of high-pressure work. The medical screening was just as thorough as I understand it is for addiction patients. They asked detailed questions a...

Jul 5, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Ralph Y.
Utah · 12-day stay
Alcohol

16 years of daily drinking. I was a high-functioning version until I wasn't anymore. Tried naltrexone, Antabuse, AA, inpatient. Something always brought me back. My sister found MindScape and paid for the deposit before...

Jun 27, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Richard E.
Illinois · 14-day stay
Parkinson's Disease
Moderate improvement, being realistic

I've had Parkinson's for eleven years so I'm further along than most people who go to MindScape for this. I want to set realistic expectations for others in a similar position. The low-dose protocol was well administered...

Jun 25, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Sara U.
New Jersey · 10-day stay
Alcohol

I was a binge drinker, not daily, but the damage was the same. By the time I came to MindScape I had more failed sobriety attempts than I could count. The longest stretch was 11 months. The pre-treatment psychological wo...

Jun 22, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Tiffany S.
Illinois · 5-day stay
General Wellness

I came out of genuine curiosity and a desire for deeper self-understanding. Honest disclosure for anyone considering this as a wellness client: think carefully about whether you're ready for something this demanding. I w...

Jun 21, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Edward Z.
California · 7-day stay
Anxiety

Generalized anxiety disorder for 7 years. On Buspar and beta blockers in combination. Anxiety managed but not resolved, and medication side effects were their own burden. My therapist suggested researching ibogaine after...

Jun 21, 2024 · Treated 2023
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Sharon J.
Idaho · 14-day stay
Methadone & Suboxone
Finally free of maintenance medication

80mg of methadone daily for 4 years. The clinic kept recommending I lower my dose but every attempt ended with withdrawal severe enough to derail everything. I'd given up on ever being off methadone completely. MindScape...

Jun 18, 2024 · Treated 2023
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Amanda C.
West Virginia · 12-day stay
Alcohol

Alcohol for 9 years. The trajectory is familiar but living it is different from reading about it. I lost a business, a marriage, the trust of people I loved. I was in outpatient treatment when someone mentioned ibogaine....

Jun 7, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Deborah N.
Mississippi · 7-day stay
PTSD & Trauma

I'm a survivor of childhood abuse that I kept buried for years. The PTSD had been running my life for years. Exposure therapy helped some but never got to the root of it. A colleague who had done ibogaine for addiction m...

Jun 5, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Henry O.
Washington · 10-day stay
Fentanyl Addiction

Fentanyl doesn't give you a lot of time. I knew that and kept using anyway. The withdrawal is what kept me trapped, every attempt at sobriety ended the same way. A friend from my old using circle was 18 months clean afte...

Jun 3, 2024 · Treated 2023
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Linda B.
Arizona · 16-day stay
Methadone & Suboxone

5 years on buprenorphine. It was the right call at the time, it got me off heroin and stabilized my life. But I reached a point where I wanted to be completely free of maintenance medication. Coming off buprenorphine is...

May 27, 2024 · Treated 2023
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Sara M.
Delaware · 12-day stay
Kratom
Kratom withdrawal is real and ibogaine helped

Kratom at 20 grams daily for 7 years. I kept telling myself it was natural so it couldn't really be a problem. But I was planning every day around dosing, spending hundreds of dollars a month, snapping at people when I w...

May 23, 2024 · Treated 2023
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Frank N.
Oregon · 7-day stay
Cocaine & Stimulants
Clean from cocaine, actually

8 years of cocaine. I'd burned through my savings and was starting to borrow from the wrong people. Came to MindScape after my cardiologist told me I needed to stop. The intake screening paid specific attention to my car...

May 20, 2024 · Treated 2023
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James T.
Virginia · 14-day stay
Parkinson's Disease

Retired Marine, diagnosed with Parkinson's at 56. I've dealt with worse things but watching your body slowly stop listening to you is its own kind of battle. My VA neurologist was supportive when I told him about the ibo...

May 10, 2024 · Treated 2024
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