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Total Reviews
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4.1
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191 five-star reviews
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Conditions covered
2023–2026
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Lily U.
Minnesota · 12 days stay
Parkinson's Disease

Post-treatment, my rigidity decreased significantly. My UPDRS motor score improved from 46 to 16. 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.

Apr 14, 2025 · Treated 20252 found helpful
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Mason X.
Arkansas · 8 days stay
Depression
Reconnected to life after 9 years

Depression after my divorce became year-round. The MindScape program included a 5-MeO-DMT booster session on day 6. That booster was where the real breakthrough happened — a 20-minute ego dissolution that permanently shifted my relationship with my own suffering. PHQ-9 from 23 to 10.

Apr 10, 2025 · Treated 202513 found helpful
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Trevor J.
Arkansas · 8 days stay
Methadone & Suboxone
No more liquid handcuffs

Methadone maintenance saved my life but after 7 years I was trapped. The preparation took 4 days. The treatment worked. I'm 16 months free of methadone and I feel emotions I forgot existed.

Apr 10, 2025 · Treated 202513 found helpful
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Isaiah F.
Arkansas · 8 days stay
Traumatic Brain Injury
TBI recovery accelerated

I sustained a TBI in a car accident 4 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 75 percent. Headache frequency decreased from daily to 3 per week.

Apr 5, 2025 · Treated 202515 found helpful
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Amber U.
Manitoba, Canada
Opioid Addiction

After 16 years bouncing between pills, heroin, and methadone maintenance, I found MindScape through a friend. The pre-treatment protocol was extensive — blood work, cardiac screening, psychological evaluation. The session itself lasted about 25 hours. I experienced vivid autobiographical visions that helped me understand why I kept returning to opioids. The physical reset was remarkable but the psychological shift was even more significant. 9 months later, I attend NA meetings by choice.

Mar 30, 2025 · Treated 202518 found helpful
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Jeffrey F.
Wyoming · 12 days stay
Methadone & Suboxone

I was on methadone for 16 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 35 hours of intense processing. The withdrawal was reduced to a manageable level. 8 months methadone-free.

Mar 26, 2025 · Treated 202510 found helpful
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Peter Z.
Illinois · 10 days stay
Opioid Addiction
The withdrawal I was dreading never came

After 13 years bouncing between pills, heroin, and methadone maintenance, I found MindScape through a friend. The pre-treatment protocol was extensive — blood work, cardiac screening, psychological evaluation. The session itself lasted about 34 hours. I experienced vivid autobiographical visions that helped me understand why I kept returning to opioids. The physical reset was remarkable but the psychological shift was even more significant. 27 months later, I attend NA meetings by choice.

Mar 20, 2025 · Treated 202525 found helpful
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Linda Y.
Nova Scotia, Canada · 10 days stay
Fentanyl Addiction

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 36 hours convinced I was being punished. The withdrawal relief was partial — maybe 40 percent reduction. I'm clean at 20 months but I still have nightmares about the session itself.

Mar 17, 2025 · Treated 20257 found helpful
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Gary X.
Bristol, UK · 7 days stay
Cocaine & Stimulants
The stimulant cycle finally broken

Methamphetamine had rewired my brain so nothing natural produced pleasure. The ibogaine seemed to accelerate dopamine system recovery. Within two weeks I was experiencing natural pleasure again. 20 months clean.

Mar 7, 2025 · Treated 20253 found helpful
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Brooke F.
Alabama · 10 days stay
5-MeO-DMT Therapy
Beyond what I thought was possible

I came for depression and the team recommended combined ibogaine plus 5-MeO-DMT. The ibogaine session on day 3 was 31 hours of processing personal history. The 5-MeO-DMT booster on day 7 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 7 months.

Mar 2, 2025 · Treated 202514 found helpful
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Heather F.
Nevada · 10 days stay
Cocaine & Stimulants
Cocaine cost me everything — ibogaine gave it back

I was prescribed Adderall for ADHD and developed a genuine addiction. Taking 81mg daily. The MindScape ibogaine helped my brain recalibrate without months of miserable recovery. 11 months stimulant-free.

Feb 27, 2025 · Treated 202510 found helpful
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Raymond K.
Quebec, Canada
Alcohol
The purge was extreme

The ibogaine session was eye-opening psychologically. I understood things about my drinking that 2 years of therapy hadn't surfaced. But understanding why you drink doesn't automatically stop you from drinking. I relapsed three weeks after coming home. I went back to meetings and I'm now 5 months sober using a combination of AA and what I learned. The ibogaine was valuable but not sufficient on its own.

Feb 24, 2025 · Treated 202515 found helpful
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Dennis O.
Illinois · 7 days stay
Methadone & Suboxone

I was on methadone for 13 years. Every taper attempt was agony. The MindScape team designed a bridging protocol that transitioned me to short-acting opioids over 4 days. This was critical because methadone's half-life makes direct ibogaine risky. The session was 36 hours of intense processing. The withdrawal was reduced to a manageable level. 11 months methadone-free.

Feb 16, 2025 · Treated 202512 found helpful
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Sierra Y.
Michigan · 10 days stay
Opioid Addiction

After 3 years bouncing between pills, heroin, and methadone maintenance, I found MindScape through a friend. The pre-treatment protocol was extensive — blood work, cardiac screening, psychological evaluation. The session itself lasted about 36 hours. I experienced vivid autobiographical visions that helped me understand why I kept returning to opioids. The physical reset was remarkable but the psychological shift was even more significant. 14 months later, I attend NA meetings by choice.

Feb 12, 2025 · Treated 202528 found helpful
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Samantha Z.
Nebraska · 8 days stay
Methadone & Suboxone

Getting off Suboxone was supposed to be easy. It wasn't. I'd been on 16mg daily for 3 years. The MindScape physician designed a taper protocol before the ibogaine. The ibogaine addressed both physical dependence and psychological patterns. 1 months Sub-free.

Feb 12, 2025 · Treated 20258 found helpful
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Teresa Z.
Edinburgh, UK · 8 days stay
PTSD & Trauma

First responder PTSD is real and compounding. After 14 years on the job I was drinking to sleep, jumping at car horns. The MindScape protocol included pre-session therapy to identify specific incidents. The ibogaine brought them up in sequence. The nightmares stopped within a week. My PCL-5 went from 52 to 28. I'm still on the job, but I'm different now.

Feb 12, 2025 · Treated 20259 found helpful
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Peter R.
Pennsylvania · 10 days stay
Cocaine & Stimulants

Stimulant use started as performance enhancement in finance. Occasional Adderall became daily, then cocaine on weekends. MindScape treated the underlying performance anxiety. The 5-MeO-DMT booster dissolved the ego structure demanding constant achievement. 4 months clean.

Feb 11, 2025 · Treated 202518 found helpful
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Isabella M.
Ohio · 10 days stay
Fentanyl Addiction
Difficult but I'm alive

Fentanyl is a special case and I don't think the ibogaine community is fully transparent about this. Because fentanyl stores in fat tissue, the ibogaine couldn't fully address the extended withdrawal. I had a 21-hour session that was intense, but for the following two weeks I experienced waves of withdrawal that the team called 'fentanyl rebound.' I'm 15 months clean now, so it ultimately worked, but the post-treatment period was much harder than expected.

Feb 7, 2025 · Treated 202513 found helpful
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Ronald C.
British Columbia, Canada · 8 days stay
Parkinson's Disease
Tremor reduction I didn't think was possible

I was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's at 36. My symptoms had progressed to the point where I was considering deep brain stimulation. The ibogaine session was 29 hours and was the most profound experience of my life. Two months later, my tremor had reduced by roughly 58 percent and my UPDRS went from 30 to 20. DBS is now on hold.

Jan 27, 2025 · Treated 202516 found helpful
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Elijah J.
Nebraska · 10 days stay
SSRI Discontinuation
Free from Lexapro after 9 years

SSRI discontinuation syndrome is a medical reality that too many psychiatrists dismiss. I was on Lexapro for 9 years. The ibogaine combined with the medical taper protocol helped my brain recalibrate. 17 months off Lexapro and my mood is more stable than it was on the medication.

Jan 25, 2025 · Treated 20259 found helpful
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David Y.
Florida · 7 days stay
Multiple Substances
Uneven results across substances

I was using heroin, cocaine, and alcohol. The ibogaine addressed opioid withdrawal comprehensively but the cocaine and alcohol components were harder. I'm 10 months fully sober now. MindScape was part of my solution but not the whole thing.

Jan 9, 2025 · Treated 20251 found helpful
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Vincent N.
Alaska · 14 days stay
PTSD & Trauma

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 52-point drop in my PCL-5 score. More importantly, I sleep through the night for the first time in my adult life.

Jan 8, 2025 · Treated 20254 found helpful
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Philip N.
Virginia · 14 days stay
Opioid Addiction

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 29 months clean, back to 185 pounds.

Jan 7, 2025 · Treated 202553 found helpful
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Jennifer Y.
Illinois
Fentanyl Addiction
Street fentanyl to sobriety

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 31 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 24 months clean.

Jan 4, 2025 · Treated 20257 found helpful
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