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581+
Total Reviews
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4.9
Average Rating
521 five-star reviews
16
Treatment Types
Conditions covered
2023–2026
Review Period
3+ years of feedback
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Vincent G.
Minnesota · 10-day stay
Fentanyl Addiction
Two overdoses and then this

After two Narcan reversals I didn't think I had much runway left. I weighed 127 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...

Feb 6, 2024 · Treated 2023
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Joe T.
Minnesota · 10-day stay
Opioid Addiction

I came to Cozumel expecting the worst and hoping for something I couldn't name. The medical staff at MindScape ran a proper cardiac workup before approving my case. The session was 24 hours. Honestly brutal in the physic...

Feb 6, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Keith N.
Nevada · 7-day stay
PTSD & Trauma
Processing what no therapist could reach

I'd been through intensive outpatient EMDR before coming to MindScape. The trauma was real and the treatment helped partially. But there was a layer I couldn't access through conventional work. My therapist actually sugg...

Jan 12, 2024 · Treated 2023
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Joshua X.
Arizona · 7-day stay
PTSD & Trauma
Combat PTSD after five failed treatments

I'm a combat vet and the cumulative exposure caught up with me. My relationships were suffering. I was irritable, hypervigilant, unable to relax anywhere. Sleep was impossible without medication. A colleague from my unit...

Jan 12, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Sierra A.
Arkansas · 7-day stay
PTSD & Trauma

My PTSD came from losing my brother to suicide when I was 22. I couldn't be in crowds. Hadn't slept through the night in two years. Self-medicating with alcohol just to function. A friend who had done ibogaine for grief...

Jan 8, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Carolyn Z.
Texas · 10-day stay
Opioid Addiction

I came to Cozumel expecting the worst and hoping for something I couldn't name. The medical staff at MindScape ran a proper cardiac workup before approving my case. The session was 30 hours. Honestly brutal in the physic...

Jan 4, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Janice A.
Montana · 12-day stay
SSRI Discontinuation

Cymbalta for 15 years. Made 7 serious attempts to discontinue. Each one ended with reinstatement because the symptoms were unbearable. I'm a pharmacist and understood the mechanism, which didn't make it any easier. Disco...

Jan 4, 2024 · Treated 2024
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Denise X.
Louisiana · 7-day stay
Depression

7 years of treatment-resistant depression. Tried six different antidepressants with diminishing returns. The side effects were often as bad as the depression, weight gain, sexual dysfunction, emotional blunting that made...

Dec 26, 2023 · Treated 2022
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Eric Z.
New Mexico · 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...

Dec 9, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Samantha Z.
Alaska · 7-day stay
Cocaine & Stimulants

Recreational for years before it became something I couldn't stop. Meth addiction is different from opioids, no physical withdrawal in the same sense, but the psychological craving is relentless. Tried NA, individual the...

Dec 7, 2023 · Treated 2022
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Maria M.
Wisconsin · 7-day stay
PTSD & Trauma
The nightmares are finally fading

The accident that killed my best friend while I was driving has been with me every day for six years. The hypervigilance, the dreams, the way I couldn't be fully present anywhere. Tried everything the VA offered. My psyc...

Dec 6, 2023 · Treated 2022
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Brian Y.
Minnesota · 7-day stay
Depression

I run a small business and I've been managing high-functioning depression for 6 years. Showed up, did the work, kept commitments. Inside running on empty. ECT wasn't something I wanted and I wasn't eligible for most tria...

Dec 3, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Brandon R.
Connecticut · 10-day stay
Fentanyl Addiction
Fentanyl almost took everything

Got into fentanyl through buying what I thought was oxy off a friend. 3 years later I was using just to stay out of withdrawal. The sickness from fentanyl is relentless, sweats, restless legs that don't stop, vomiting, b...

Dec 2, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Pamela R.
Oregon · 12-day stay
Kratom

Started kratom for chronic pain and within 3 years I was taking 15 grams a day just to function. The online forums told me it wasn't addictive and I believed that far longer than I should have. When I tried to stop I had...

Nov 26, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Louis L.
Virginia · 14-day stay
Opioid Addiction

12 years on hydrocodone. Lost a job I loved, almost lost my marriage, stopped recognizing myself. Tried everything short of ibogaine. My wife sent me the MindScape link after my second ER visit. Dr. Martinez was straight...

Nov 23, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Nicholas Z.
Utah · 7-day stay
Cocaine & Stimulants

5 years of Adderall that became an addiction. My heart was showing strain and my cardiologist was direct about what that meant. Came to MindScape after my cardiologist told me I needed to stop. The intake screening paid...

Nov 18, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Morgan E.
Indiana · 14-day stay
Opioid Addiction
Off opioids after 12 years

6 years on hydrocodone. Lost a job I loved, almost lost my marriage, stopped recognizing myself. Tried everything short of ibogaine. My wife sent me the MindScape link after my second ER visit. Dr. Arellano was straight...

Nov 11, 2023 · Treated 2022
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Henry H.
California · 7-day stay
Depression

I've had it since my teens, probably earlier. One hospitalization that scared me into trying something different. My psychiatrist and I had exhausted most options. A family member found MindScape while researching psyche...

Nov 4, 2023 · Treated 2022
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Natalie O.
Texas · 7-day stay
PTSD & Trauma

Three tours of Iraq. I came back different and never fully came back. The hypervigilance, the dreams, the way I couldn't be fully present anywhere. Tried everything the VA offered. My psychiatrist had run through six med...

Oct 13, 2023 · Treated 2022
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Russell F.
Pennsylvania · 7-day stay
Cocaine & Stimulants
The compulsive craving is genuinely different now

Recreational for years before it became something I couldn't stop. Cocaine addiction is different from opioids, no physical withdrawal in the same sense, but the psychological craving is relentless. Tried NA, individual...

Oct 11, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Lori U.
Maine · 10-day stay
Opioid Addiction
The withdrawal I feared never came

7 years on fentanyl patches. Lost a job I loved, almost lost my marriage, stopped recognizing myself. Tried everything short of ibogaine. My wife sent me the MindScape link after my second ER visit. The medical team was...

Oct 1, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Frank N.
Vermont · 7-day stay
Depression
The persistent darkness finally lifted

Ten years of depression, most of it managed but never resolved with SSRIs. The medications kept me afloat but I never felt like myself. Flat affect, reduced motivation, going through motions. My therapist and I had done...

Sep 22, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Roy Q.
Arizona · 7-day stay
Traumatic Brain Injury

The TBI from an IED in Afghanistan changed my life in ways I'm still adapting to. Emotional dysregulation and word retrieval problems. My family pushed me to try ibogaine after reading about neuroplasticity research. Min...

Sep 18, 2023 · Treated 2022
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Louis D.
Montana · 7-day stay
Traumatic Brain Injury

My TBI was from a motorcycle accident. Chronic headaches, sleep disruption, and personality changes that damaged my relationships. I'd been through rehabilitation and medications but the improvement had plateaued. The me...

Sep 17, 2023 · Treated 2022
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