470+ Patient Reviews

Post-treatment, my rigidity decreased significantly. My UPDRS motor score improved from 46 to 18. 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.

Brain zaps, electric shock sensations, vertigo, crying spells — every time I tried to reduce my Paxil dose. After 10 years my brain had completely adapted. The brain zaps stopped within 7 days of ibogaine treatment. I've been completely off SSRIs for 11 months.

I did the full MindScape protocol: preparation, ibogaine flood on day 3, integration, 5-MeO-DMT booster on day 5. 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 17 months.

I'm a functional alcoholic — or I was. I maintained a high-level career while drinking a handle of vodka every three days. The ibogaine showed me exactly how much energy I was spending hiding my addiction. 30 months sober and my work has never been better.

Military sexual trauma is the thing nobody wants to talk about. The VA wasn't equipped to help me. The MindScape team was. The ibogaine session was 27 hours of confronting not just the assault but the institutional failure. My PCL-5 went from 58 to 13. I finally feel like the assault doesn't define me.

Chronic pain from a spinal injury for 14 years. The ibogaine addressed both the addiction and the pain perception. My brain's relationship to pain signals changed fundamentally. Average daily pain from 6/10 to 3/10. Managing without opioids for the first time in 14 years.

I was on Suboxone for 7 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 16 months, but the recovery was longer and harder.

I've had Parkinson's for 13 years and was on the medication treadmill. I researched ibogaine's effects on GDNF and neuroplasticity. My UPDRS motor score went from 30 to 17 at my two-month follow-up. My handwriting improved to the point where I can take notes again. My neurologist is cautiously intrigued.

My son convinced me to try MindScape after I overdosed for the second time. I'd been on opioids since a car accident in 2019. I was terrified of the experience but Dr. Arellano's team made me feel safe. The cardiac monitoring was constant. The ibogaine session was like watching a movie of my life from the outside — I could see exactly when and why the drugs became more important than everything else. I left after 7 days and I have not used since. That was 19 months ago.

The 5-MeO-DMT experience was the most terrifying thing that has ever happened to me. The ego dissolution was not peaceful — it felt like dying. I genuinely believed I was dead for what felt like an eternity. In the weeks after, I experienced significant anxiety about the experience itself. My depression did eventually improve, but the path was traumatic.

Military blast exposure resulted in TBI with persistent symptoms for 14 years. The session was about 37 hours. Improvement in cognitive clarity was gradual but unmistakable. Neuropsych testing confirmed improvement across 4 cognitive domains.

I was prescribed Vicodin after knee surgery and never stopped. By year three I was crushing and snorting them, by year five I'd switched to heroin because it was cheaper. I came to MindScape weighing 140 pounds at six foot two. The team put me on nutritional support for three days before the session. The ibogaine experience was physically rough — significant nausea for the first four hours — but the psychological component was transformative. I saw my addiction as something outside of myself for the first time. I'm 17 months clean, back to 185 pounds.

I was on buprenorphine for 5 years. Dr. Arellano's team understood buprenorphine's ceiling effect and receptor affinity. They used a careful bridge protocol. The session was 30 hours of processing the shame of addiction. 4 months later, I'm medication-free.

I was skeptical about the 5-MeO-DMT. The team explained the rationale — ibogaine for processing specific content, 5-MeO-DMT for releasing attachment to self. The session was the most profound experience of my life. When I returned, the anxiety and depression felt like a story I no longer needed to tell. 30 months later, the shift persists.

I was sexually assaulted in college and spent the next 7 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 52 to 21 at my three-month follow-up. I can be touched without flinching now.

Coming from a medical background, I was deeply skeptical. But after 4 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 32 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. 11 months later, I remain clean.

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 21 months kratom-free now with a therapist working on the anxiety. Valuable but not a complete solution.

I hoped ibogaine would address my chronic pain directly. It didn't — my pain levels are about the same. What it did do was help me discontinue the opioids, which is significant. But the pain itself remains. The team was upfront that ibogaine's primary application is addiction interruption, not pain relief. I'm glad I'm off opioids (24 months now) but still dealing with chronic pain through other modalities.

The MindScape team was professional, the facility was excellent. But for my particular depression, the ibogaine produced only modest improvement. My PHQ-9 went from 24 to about 17. That's clinically meaningful but I spent significant money and endured a difficult 35-hour session for an outcome that medication changes might have achieved.

I was using heroin, cocaine, and alcohol. The ibogaine addressed opioid withdrawal comprehensively but the cocaine and alcohol components were harder. I'm 12 months fully sober now. MindScape was part of my solution but not the whole thing.

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 23 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 20 months clean.

The 5-MeO-DMT experience was the most terrifying thing that has ever happened to me. The ego dissolution was not peaceful — it felt like dying. I genuinely believed I was dead for what felt like an eternity. In the weeks after, I experienced significant anxiety about the experience itself. My depression did eventually improve, but the path was traumatic.

I was on methadone for 8 years. Every taper attempt was agony. The MindScape team designed a bridging protocol that transitioned me to short-acting opioids over 3 days. This was critical because methadone's half-life makes direct ibogaine risky. The session was 24 hours of intense processing. The withdrawal was reduced to a manageable level. 11 months methadone-free.

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 2/10. It's been 20 months.