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591+
Total Reviews
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4.9
Average Rating
530 five-star reviews
16
Treatment Types
Conditions covered
2023–2026
Review Period
3+ years of feedback
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Melissa V.
Texas · 7-day stay
Depression

8 years of treatment-resistant depression. Tried Prozac, Lexapro, Effexor, none of which fully worked. The side effects were often as bad as the depression, weight gain, sexual dysfunction, emotional blunting that made m...

Jun 18, 2026 · Treated 2026
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Julia G.
Idaho · 10-day stay
Opioid Addiction
Off opioids after 12 years

17 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...

Jun 17, 2026 · Treated 2026
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Betty R.
Delaware · 7-day stay
Depression

Postpartum that became something else entirely and never lifted. Two hospitalizations after attempts. My psychiatrist and I had exhausted most options. A family member found MindScape while researching psychedelic-assist...

Jun 15, 2026 · Treated 2026
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Larry W.
Kansas · 10-day stay
Multiple Substances

My addiction involved oxycodone, Xanax, and alcohol in various combinations at various points, often simultaneously. 9 years of that. Polydrug dependence makes most treatment programs difficult because they're designed f...

Jun 11, 2026 · Treated 2026
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Margaret L.
South Carolina · 7-day stay
Traumatic Brain Injury

The TBI from a bad car crash changed my life in ways I'm still adapting to. Executive function problems, memory gaps, and crippling headaches. My family pushed me to try ibogaine after reading about neuroplasticity resea...

Jun 8, 2026 · Treated 2026
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Marie V.
Washington · 10-day stay
Fentanyl Addiction

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...

May 9, 2026 · Treated 2026
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Olivia F.
Arkansas · 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...

May 6, 2026 · Treated 2026
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Eugene L.
Oregon · 10-day stay
Opioid Addiction

Started on heroin after a knee injury and never got off. 5 years later I was broke and lying to everyone I loved. Did two rehabs and a Suboxone program before my brother found MindScape. Skeptical doesn't cover it. The i...

May 2, 2026 · Treated 2026
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Carol J.
Florida · 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...

Apr 15, 2026 · Treated 2026
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Carl Y.
Connecticut · 7-day stay
PTSD & Trauma
Processing what no therapist could reach

I'd been through residential trauma treatment 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 s...

Apr 12, 2026 · Treated 2025
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Hannah B.
Idaho · 7-day stay
5-MeO-DMT Therapy

I'm a veteran so I came with some background knowledge about what I was considering. Came for burnout that had become something closer to depression. The ibogaine portion was about 30 hours of intense psychological work,...

Apr 11, 2026 · Treated 2026
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Daniel R.
Phoenix, Arizona · 10 days stay
Opioid Addiction
Finally free after 12 years

I spent twelve years battling opioid addiction. Three rehab stays, countless relapses, and a marriage that almost didn't survive. MindScape was unlike anything I'd experienced before. The medical team monitored me around...

Apr 5, 2026 · Treated 2025
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Rebecca M.
Manchester, England · 8 days stay
Opioid Addiction
Worth every mile I traveled

Coming from the UK I was nervous about travelling to Mexico for treatment but the team made everything seamless. Airport pickup, comfortable room, and a nurse with me from the moment I arrived. My oxycodone addiction had...

Apr 5, 2026 · Treated 2025
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Marcus T.
Detroit, Michigan · 12 days stay
Fentanyl Addiction
Ibogaine saved my life, literally

Fentanyl had me at rock bottom. Two overdoses in six months, my family was planning my funeral. My sister found MindScape and convinced me to try one more time. The cardiac screening and medical workup they did before tr...

Apr 5, 2026 · Treated 2025
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Ashley K.
Calgary, Canada · 14 days stay
Fentanyl Addiction
From fentanyl to freedom

I was using fentanyl daily for three years. Every conventional treatment failed because the withdrawals were unbearable. At MindScape they tapered me carefully before the ibogaine treatment and the transition was managea...

Apr 5, 2026 · Treated 2025
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James W.
San Diego, California · 10 days stay
PTSD & Trauma
A combat veteran's second chance

22 years in the Marines left me with severe PTSD. Nightmares every night, hypervigilance that made normal life impossible, and a VA system that just wanted to medicate me into a zombie. I did the ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT p...

Apr 5, 2026 · Treated 2025
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Sophia L.
Sydney, Australia · 9 days stay
PTSD & Trauma
Healing childhood trauma at 38

I carried childhood trauma for decades. Therapy helped me understand it intellectually but I couldn't feel the healing. The ibogaine journey at MindScape took me straight to the root. I cried for hours and the nurses jus...

Apr 5, 2026 · Treated 2025
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Nathan H.
Toronto, Canada · 8 days stay
Depression
The fog finally lifted

Treatment-resistant depression for fifteen years. I tried every SSRI and SNRI on the market, ketamine therapy, TMS, and nothing stuck. Ibogaine at MindScape was my last resort and it turned out to be the answer. The expe...

Apr 5, 2026 · Treated 2025
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Elena V.
Madrid, Spain · 7 days stay
Depression
Gradual but genuine improvement

I came to MindScape for severe depression that had resisted medication for years. The ibogaine treatment was more physically challenging than I expected and the first two days after were rough. But by day four something...

Apr 5, 2026 · Treated 2026
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Brian P.
Dublin, Ireland · 10 days stay
Alcohol
30 years of drinking, ended in 10 days

I started drinking at 16 and by my mid-forties I was a full bottle of whiskey a day. AA, inpatient rehab twice, and nothing could break through. My GP warned me my liver was failing. MindScape's medical team got me safel...

Apr 5, 2026 · Treated 2025
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Yuki S.
Tokyo, Japan · 9 days stay
Alcohol
Alcohol-free for the first time in my adult life

In Japan there is enormous social pressure to drink and very little understanding of alcoholism as a disease. I was drinking daily for over a decade before my family intervened. MindScape was recommended by a friend who...

Apr 5, 2026 · Treated 2025
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Christina F.
Portland, Oregon · 5 days stay
5-MeO-DMT Therapy
The most profound experience of my life

I came for the 5-MeO-DMT protocol after years of meditation practice and personal development work. The preparation at MindScape was thorough and they clearly screen for safety first. The experience itself was beyond any...

Apr 5, 2026 · Treated 2026
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Omar R.
Dubai, UAE · 6 days stay
5-MeO-DMT Therapy
Not what I expected, better than I hoped

As someone from the Middle East I had significant cultural reservations about psychedelic therapy. MindScape treated my concerns with respect and never pressured me. The medical briefing was comprehensive and I felt full...

Apr 5, 2026 · Treated 2025
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Robert C.
Melbourne, Australia · 10 days stay
Parkinson's Disease
Significant improvement in motor symptoms

I was diagnosed with Parkinson's five years ago. My neurologist was skeptical when I mentioned ibogaine but supported my decision to explore it. MindScape's medical team worked with my existing treatment plan. The result...

Apr 5, 2026 · Treated 2025
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