470+ Patient Reviews

I came for depression and the team recommended combined ibogaine plus 5-MeO-DMT. The ibogaine session on day 5 was 23 hours of processing personal history. The 5-MeO-DMT booster on day 8 was complete ego dissolution — merging with everything. The combination produced a shift neither substance alone had achieved. My depression scores dropped significantly and the effect has held at 13 months.

I was doing fentanyl pills daily — the pressed kind. My tolerance was insane. The stabilization took 2 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 8 months.

Childhood trauma is insidious because you don't have a 'before' to compare to. The ibogaine session showed me the specific moments when my nervous system learned to be afraid. I could see them clearly, and for the first time I could also see that I was safe now. My therapist measured a 45-point drop in my PCL-5 score. More importantly, I sleep through the night for the first time in my adult life.

I sustained a TBI in a car accident 10 years ago. Persistent post-concussion symptoms hadn't resolved despite extensive rehabilitation. The ibogaine protocol focused on neuroplasticity and BDNF upregulation. Cognitive testing improved by 68 percent. Headache frequency decreased from daily to 3 per week.

The SSRI helped me through a crisis period. But after 8 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. 8 months med-free.

I witnessed a workplace shooting where 5 of my colleagues were killed. Therapy helped me understand why but didn't change the reflexive responses. The ibogaine session was the first time my nervous system actually updated its threat assessment. My PCL-5 dropped 31 points and I can function in public spaces again.

Social anxiety had confined my life to my apartment, work, and the grocery store. The ibogaine addressed the core belief — that I was fundamentally defective. The 5-MeO-DMT booster dissolved the self-consciousness. My GAD-7 went from 15 to 8.

The ibogaine reduced my withdrawal symptoms by maybe 50 percent, which was helpful but not the 90 percent reduction I was led to expect. The physical discomfort lasted about five days post-treatment. The psychological component was actually the most valuable part. I'm 17 months clean, so ultimately it worked, but the recovery was slower and harder than advertised. Dr. Arellano and the nursing staff were compassionate and professional.

The ibogaine session actually increased my anxiety significantly for the first two weeks. 26 hours of being unable to control my thoughts or environment — the exact opposite of what an anxious person needs. The team said this was normal and that anxiety would settle as neuroplastic changes took hold. They were right, eventually. My GAD-7 went from 17 to 5 but it took about six weeks.

I witnessed a workplace shooting where 5 of my colleagues were killed. Therapy helped me understand why but didn't change the reflexive responses. The ibogaine session was the first time my nervous system actually updated its threat assessment. My PCL-5 dropped 46 points and I can function in public spaces again.

I came as a wellness client and the session was more intense than anticipated. 28 hours of introspection was exhausting and at times distressing. The insights were valuable in retrospect but the experience was not the 'consciousness upgrade' I was expecting. It felt more like intensive therapy delivered through a very uncomfortable physical process.

Brain zaps, electric shock sensations, vertigo, crying spells — every time I tried to reduce my Zoloft dose. After 12 years my brain had completely adapted. The brain zaps stopped within 9 days of ibogaine treatment. I've been completely off SSRIs for 30 months.

Coming from a medical background, I was deeply skeptical. But after 9 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 25 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. 20 months later, I remain clean.

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 67 percent. The psychological component gave me resources I never had. I understood for the first time why I kept going back. 10 months clean, employed, housed, and rebuilding.

Everyone told me ibogaine was dangerous quackery. I'd also been through five rehab programs, spent $180,000 on treatment, and was still using within weeks of each discharge. The MindScape medical protocol was more rigorous than any rehab I'd attended. 36 hours into the session, I relived the moment my father died — the event I'd been numbing for 4 years. The emotional release was indescribable. When the ibogaine cleared my system, the cravings had cleared with it. I'm 26 months clean.

I was on methadone for 6 years. Every taper attempt was agony. The MindScape team designed a bridging protocol that transitioned me to short-acting opioids over 6 days. This was critical because methadone's half-life makes direct ibogaine risky. The session was 32 hours of intense processing. The withdrawal was reduced to a manageable level. 27 months methadone-free.

Chronic pain from a spinal injury for 7 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 7 years.

I started kratom to get off opioids and ended up with a 34-gram-a-day habit that was harder to quit. The ibogaine addressed this as effectively as traditional opioid addiction. Physical withdrawal was reduced to maybe 72 percent of previous quit attempts.

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 22 to 6 at my 30-day follow-up.

The ibogaine session actually increased my anxiety significantly for the first two weeks. 28 hours of being unable to control my thoughts or environment — the exact opposite of what an anxious person needs. The team said this was normal and that anxiety would settle as neuroplastic changes took hold. They were right, eventually. My GAD-7 went from 19 to 3 but it took about six weeks.

Fifteen years on opioids. I tried methadone, Suboxone, Vivitrol, cold turkey, three different 28-day programs. Nothing stuck longer than four months. I was skeptical about ibogaine because it sounded too good to be true. The MindScape team walked me through every step of the medical protocol before I committed. The treatment itself was the hardest 28 hours of my life — physically uncomfortable, emotionally overwhelming — but when I woke up the next morning, I knew something fundamental had shifted. The compulsive thinking about pills was gone. Not reduced. Gone. I'm now 14 months clean and my therapist says she's never seen this kind of sustained change in someone with my history.

I'm alive, which is more than I expected six months ago. But the ibogaine session was the most frightening experience of my life. The visions were not healing or insightful — they were terrifying. I spent 19 hours convinced I was being punished. The withdrawal relief was partial — maybe 40 percent reduction. I'm clean at 5 months but I still have nightmares about the session itself.

The physical component was harder than expected. Significant nausea for the first four hours, ataxia that lasted most of the session, and a persistent bitter taste. For someone without addiction or a specific condition, the physical ordeal felt disproportionate to the insights gained. The medical care was excellent, though.

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 34 hours of confronting not just the assault but the institutional failure. My PCL-5 went from 74 to 29. I finally feel like the assault doesn't define me.