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Total Reviews
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4.9
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530 five-star reviews
16
Treatment Types
Conditions covered
2023–2026
Review Period
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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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Maria T.
Maine · 7-day stay
5-MeO-DMT Therapy

Came for the combined ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT protocol, primarily for depression that wasn't responding to anything. Dr. Reyes spent real time on my history before designing the session. The ibogaine came first, about 30...

Sep 6, 2023 · Treated 2023
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John L.
Maine · 12-day stay
Alcohol

I started drinking at 14 and was dependent by 20. 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 work at MindSca...

Sep 2, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Christopher J.
Illinois · 10-day stay
Fentanyl Addiction

After waking up not knowing how I got there I didn't think I had much runway left. I weighed 110 pounds when I arrived. The staff didn't comment, just got me on IV nutrition for two days while running cardiac screening....

Aug 24, 2023 · Treated 2022
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Carl R.
Texas · 7-day stay
PTSD & Trauma

I worked emergency medicine for 15 years and something finally broke. 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...

Aug 20, 2023 · Treated 2023
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David Y.
South Carolina · 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 34 hours. Honestly brutal in the physic...

Aug 9, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Brittany G.
Iowa · 10-day stay
Opioid Addiction

The chronic back pain was legitimate. I need to say that because I've been dismissed before. I was prescribed hydrocodone for 7 years and the dependency happened gradually and then completely. By the end I was buying ext...

Aug 7, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Elizabeth F.
Vermont · 7-day stay
5-MeO-DMT Therapy

I had done ayahuasca twice but nothing prepared me for this. The combination protocol is thoughtfully sequenced. The ibogaine session is substantial on its own, about 34 hours of deep introspection. I had significant nau...

Aug 4, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Vincent R.
Idaho · 7-day stay
5-MeO-DMT Therapy
Combined protocol exceeded what I hoped for

Came for the combined ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT protocol, primarily for a general disconnection from myself I'd been carrying for years. Dr. Reyes spent real time on my history before designing the session. The ibogaine cam...

Aug 1, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Lawrence W.
Missouri · 7-day stay
Depression

18 years of treatment-resistant depression. Tried Wellbutrin and Lamictal in combination and still barely functional. The side effects were often as bad as the depression, weight gain, sexual dysfunction, emotional blunt...

Jul 13, 2023 · Treated 2022
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Henry P.
California · 16-day stay
Methadone & Suboxone

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

Jul 2, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Jordan J.
West Virginia · 7-day stay
Traumatic Brain Injury

My TBI was from a football injury in my college years. Light sensitivity, memory issues, and treatment-resistant depression. I'd been through rehabilitation and medications but the improvement had plateaued. The medical...

Jun 28, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Christian B.
Montana · 7-day stay
Depression

9 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...

Jun 15, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Harold Y.
Washington · 7-day stay
Depression

I run a small business and I've been managing high-functioning depression for 13 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 tri...

Jun 13, 2023 · Treated 2023
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Sara F.
South Dakota · 7-day stay
PTSD & Trauma

I was a paramedic for 12 years. The PTSD had been running my life for years. EMDR helped some but never got to the root of it. A colleague who had done ibogaine for addiction mentioned MindScape specifically for trauma w...

Jun 7, 2023 · Treated 2022
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