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Fibromyalgia had reduced my quality of life to nearly zero. The ibogaine produced a 69 percent reduction in symptom severity that has held for 7 months. I was also able to discontinue gabapentin and tramadol.

I've used 5-MeO-DMT before but the clinical context was completely different. Having Dr. Arellano's team present made the ego dissolution deeper and more complete than ceremonial contexts. 21 months later, my therapist says I've made more progress than in 15 years of weekly sessions.

I was doing fentanyl pills daily — the pressed kind. My tolerance was insane. The stabilization took 5 days with careful monitoring before they administered the ibogaine. The session was overwhelming — waves of nausea, visual distortions that lasted hours, and then profound clarity where I could see my entire life laid out. The withdrawal after was subdued. Like having a bad flu instead of feeling like I was dying. I'm at 23 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 24 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 4 months clean.

I was sexually assaulted in college and spent the next 10 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 62 to 24 at my three-month follow-up. I can be touched without flinching now.

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 31 hours. The cravings began lifting before the session was even over. 1 months later, my toxicology screens are clean.

I was on Suboxone for 8 years and the ibogaine reduced but did not eliminate the withdrawal. The team was transparent that long-acting opioid cases are more complex. The protracted withdrawal — weeks of insomnia, low mood, and physical discomfort — was harder than most reviews suggest. I'm clean at 21 months, but the recovery was longer and harder.

The ibogaine lifted my depression temporarily. For about six weeks after treatment, I felt genuinely better — my PHQ-9 dropped from 22 to 3. Then it started creeping back. By three months, I was at about 13. Not as bad as before, but not the sustained remission I was hoping for. The team recommended a follow-up session, which is additional cost.

Fibromyalgia had reduced my quality of life to nearly zero. The ibogaine produced a 44 percent reduction in symptom severity that has held for 17 months. I was also able to discontinue gabapentin and tramadol.

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 26 months sober. The ibogaine helped but it was one piece of a larger effort.

Getting off Suboxone was supposed to be easy. It wasn't. I'd been on 16mg daily for 14 years. The MindScape physician designed a taper protocol before the ibogaine. The ibogaine addressed both physical dependence and psychological patterns. 29 months Sub-free.

My experience was mixed. The brain zaps resolved quickly, which was wonderful. But the emotional instability that followed was intense — days of unexplained crying, irritability, and anxiety. It took about six weeks for things to truly stabilize. I'm 12 months medication-free, but the transition period was significantly rougher than expected.

Getting off methadone with ibogaine was not the clean break I was hoping for. The bridging protocol took 7 days, and the ibogaine addressed maybe 60 percent of the withdrawal. The remaining was still significant. I spent ten days at MindScape and another three weeks at home feeling genuinely unwell. I'm 11 months methadone-free now, but the post-acute withdrawal was substantially longer than expected.

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.

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 23 to 10 at my 30-day follow-up.

I served 4 tours in Afghanistan and came home with PTSD that the VA rated at 70 percent. I did 9 years of therapy — CPT, PE, EMDR, stellate ganglion blocks, ketamine infusions. My PCL-5 score was 71 when I arrived. The ibogaine session was 25 hours of reliving deployments I'd spent years trying to forget. But this time I was processing them, not just re-experiencing them. Three months later, my PCL-5 dropped to 19. My wife says I'm present in a way I haven't been since before my first deployment.

I did the full MindScape protocol: preparation, ibogaine flood on day 5, integration, 5-MeO-DMT booster on day 9. The ibogaine was archaeological — digging up buried material. The 5-MeO-DMT was architectural — rebuilding my relationship with consciousness. My treatment-resistant depression has been in remission for 14 months.

Methamphetamine had rewired my brain so nothing natural produced pleasure. The ibogaine seemed to accelerate dopamine system recovery. Within two weeks I was experiencing natural pleasure again. 20 months clean.

Fentanyl is a different beast and the team at MindScape understood that. They had me on a stabilization protocol for 3 days before the ibogaine session because fentanyl's lipophilic nature means it lingers in fat tissue. The session was 25 hours of intense psychological experience. The physical withdrawal was reduced to maybe 30 percent of what cold turkey would have been. I'm 18 months clean from fentanyl. Every day I wake up is a day I didn't expect to see.

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 2 years. 17 months sober.

The SSRI helped me through a crisis period. But after 5 years, the side effects — sexual dysfunction, emotional blunting, weight gain — were hard to justify. The MindScape team understood the neurochemistry and addressed serotonergic dysregulation directly. 21 months med-free.

I'd been depressed for so long that I'd forgotten what normal felt like. The ibogaine session cracked my performance of wellness wide open. For 33 hours I couldn't maintain any pretense. I felt everything I'd been suppressing — grief, anger, loneliness, and eventually, hope. My PHQ-9 before treatment was 24. At my 90-day follow-up it was 4. My wife said it's like living with a different person.

Fentanyl withdrawal is described as the worst physical experience a human can endure and I can confirm that. I'd tried to quit 3 times. What MindScape offered reduced the acute phase by roughly 73 percent. The psychological component gave me resources I never had. I understood for the first time why I kept going back. 26 months clean, employed, housed, and rebuilding.

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 36 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 16 months clean.