8 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 t...
Degenerative disc disease for 4 years. Went through cortisone shots, nerve blocks, and spinal cord stimulation. The pain was real and constant and eventually I was on opioids long enough to develop a dependency that comp...
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...
21 years of it. Started as wine that became anything available. I couldn't get through a work morning without something. Did AA twice, inpatient rehab once, was on naltrexone for a year. All helped partially. Nothing hel...
As a contractor I told myself I had it under control. Functional addict for 5 years on oxycodone. Then my tolerance outpaced what I could afford and things got dark fast. MindScape wasn't cheap and I borrowed money to ge...
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...
12 years of treatment-resistant depression. Tried Zoloft for years until it stopped working. The side effects were often as bad as the depression, weight gain, sexual dysfunction, emotional blunting that made me feel lik...
Started kratom for opioid withdrawal and within 7 years I was taking 20 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...
120mg of methadone for 10 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 was...
Ten years of depression, most of it managed but never resolved with Cymbalta. The medications kept me afloat but I never felt like myself. Flat affect, reduced motivation, going through motions. My therapist and I had do...
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...
On Pristiq for 14 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 years...
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...
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...
Effexor for 10 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. Discon...
My TBI was from multiple concussions over my athletic career. Chronic headaches, sleep disruption, and personality changes that damaged my relationships. I'd been through rehabilitation and medications but the improvemen...
I'd been sober for three years before a bad relapse that lasted four more. My kids had stopped inviting me to things. My doctor told me my liver was showing early damage. I borrowed money to come to MindScape, want to be...
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...
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...
Recreational for years before it became something I couldn't stop. Crack addiction is different from opioids, no physical withdrawal in the same sense, but the psychological craving is relentless. Tried NA, individual th...
I'm writing this for people who are trapped on Lexapro and can't get off. Took it for 10 years and discontinuation syndrome was keeping me stuck. My prescribing doctor kept suggesting the symptoms were just my underlying...
As a contractor I told myself I had it under control. Functional addict for 7 years on Percocet. Then my tolerance outpaced what I could afford and things got dark fast. MindScape wasn't cheap and I borrowed money to get...
I started with prescribed patches after surgery and they became something else. Tried Suboxone twice and methadone once. They managed withdrawal but didn't touch what was driving the using. My sister paid for MindScape a...
I came as someone who works on mental health regularly and wanted to go further. Honest disclosure for anyone considering this as a wellness client: think carefully about whether you're ready for something this demanding...
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