470+ Patient Reviews

I was using pressed fentanyl pills, sometimes laced with xylazine. My veins were collapsing. I had been Narcan'd 4 times in the past year alone. The medical team at MindScape spent four days stabilizing me before the session. The ibogaine session lasted 28 hours and was deeply uncomfortable physically but profoundly healing psychologically. I processed the abuse that started my using. The withdrawal was maybe 40 percent of what I'd experienced before. 12 months clean.

The ibogaine session was eye-opening psychologically. I understood things about my drinking that 10 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 15 months sober using a combination of AA and what I learned. The ibogaine was valuable but not sufficient on its own.

The ibogaine lifted my depression temporarily. For about six weeks after treatment, I felt genuinely better — my PHQ-9 dropped from 20 to 10. Then it started creeping back. By three months, I was at about 15. Not as bad as before, but not the sustained remission I was hoping for. The team recommended a follow-up session, which is additional cost.

Fentanyl withdrawal is described as the worst physical experience a human can endure and I can confirm that. I'd tried to quit 7 times. What MindScape offered reduced the acute phase by roughly 43 percent. The psychological component gave me resources I never had. I understood for the first time why I kept going back. 17 months clean, employed, housed, and rebuilding.

My son convinced me to try MindScape after I overdosed for the second time. I'd been on opioids since a car accident in 2006. I was terrified of the experience but Dr. Arellano's team made me feel safe. The cardiac monitoring was constant. The ibogaine session was like watching a movie of my life from the outside — I could see exactly when and why the drugs became more important than everything else. I left after 12 days and I have not used since. That was 22 months ago.

I was using pressed fentanyl pills, sometimes laced with xylazine. My veins were collapsing. I had been Narcan'd 2 times in the past year alone. The medical team at MindScape spent four days stabilizing me before the session. The ibogaine session lasted 21 hours and was deeply uncomfortable physically but profoundly healing psychologically. I processed the abuse that started my using. The withdrawal was maybe 40 percent of what I'd experienced before. 25 months clean.

I didn't think I had a problem because I only drank wine. But I was going through two bottles a night for 9 years. The ibogaine session confronted me with the reality. I saw my daughter's face from every time she'd found me passed out. I'm 16 months sober and my blood pressure is normal without medication.

I started on Percocet after a back surgery in 2008 and within eighteen months I was buying pills off the street. By the time I arrived at MindScape I was spending $400 a day and had lost my job, my apartment, and most of my relationships. The cardiac screening was thorough — Dr. Arellano personally reviewed my EKG and blood work before clearing me. The ibogaine session itself was intense, lasting about 33 hours. I saw things I cannot easily put into words, but when I came out the other side, the physical craving was simply not there. I've been clean for 14 months. I still do the integration coaching calls every two weeks and they've been essential for staying on track.

I've had Parkinson's for 13 years and was on the medication treadmill. I researched ibogaine's effects on GDNF and neuroplasticity. My UPDRS motor score went from 39 to 24 at my two-month follow-up. My handwriting improved to the point where I can take notes again. My neurologist is cautiously intrigued.

SSRI discontinuation syndrome is a medical reality that too many psychiatrists dismiss. I was on Paxil for 2 years. The ibogaine combined with the medical taper protocol helped my brain recalibrate. 24 months off Paxil and my mood is more stable than it was on the medication.

I want to be specific. My GAD-7 was 16 before the combined protocol. The ibogaine reduced it to 12. The 5-MeO-DMT further reduced it to 8 at 30 days. The ibogaine was content-specific healing. The 5-MeO-DMT was a perspective shift. Both were necessary.

Mixed results. The ibogaine surfaced memories I had repressed. But the emergence was violent and disorienting. In the weeks after, I was more symptomatic — more nightmares, more flashbacks. It took about two months for the integration to catch up. My PCL-5 did eventually drop 54 points but the weeks immediately after treatment were the worst of my life.

Methadone withdrawal is uniquely brutal. The MindScape protocol acknowledged this. They didn't promise painless — they promised manageable. The withdrawal was reduced by roughly 36 percent. I'm 11 months off methadone.

Went back to using two weeks after leaving Cozumel. The ibogaine eliminated my withdrawal but not my underlying desire to use. I went back a second time and the second session, combined with intensive therapy, has kept me clean for 25 months. My criticism isn't of MindScape — the team was excellent — it's of the narrative that ibogaine is a one-and-done cure. The cost of two sessions is significant.

I was using heroin, methamphetamine, and alcohol simultaneously. No treatment program wanted the complexity. MindScape designed a protocol addressing opioid dependence first, then integration work and 5-MeO-DMT for stimulant and alcohol components. 30 months clean from all three. First time in 10 years completely sober.

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 4.

Getting off methadone with ibogaine was not the clean break I was hoping for. The bridging protocol took 5 days, and the ibogaine addressed maybe 60 percent of the withdrawal. The remaining was still significant. I spent ten days at MindScape and another three weeks at home feeling genuinely unwell. I'm 7 months methadone-free now, but the post-acute withdrawal was substantially longer than expected.

My doctor told me I had about two years before my liver failed. The ibogaine session was 37 hours of understanding why I was slowly killing myself. Since treatment, 8 months ago, I haven't had a drink. My latest labs show my liver function improving.

I had significant improvement in tremor for about three months post-ibogaine. Then it gradually returned to near baseline. My UPDRS went from 45 to 21 at two months but was back to about 33 at six months. The team recommended maintenance sessions every six months, which adds substantial ongoing cost.

The ibogaine session was eye-opening psychologically. I understood things about my drinking that 13 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 6 months sober using a combination of AA and what I learned. The ibogaine was valuable but not sufficient on its own.

Treating multiple addictions simultaneously was ambitious and the results were uneven. The ibogaine effectively addressed my opioid dependency but my alcohol and stimulant cravings persisted. I left clean from opioids but still struggling with the other substances. It took three more months of intensive outpatient at home. The ibogaine was a crucial first step but the marketing around treating all addictions equally doesn't match my experience.

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 29 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.

Alcohol and I had a 16-year relationship. The ibogaine session revealed the anxiety disorder underneath my alcoholism. When that underlying driver was addressed, the compulsion evaporated. I'm 29 months sober.

Physically, the ibogaine session was very challenging. 18 hours of nausea, ataxia, and visual disturbances. The psychological content was relevant but the delivery mechanism was so uncomfortable that it was hard to stay with the insights. My depression did improve somewhat — PHQ-9 from 22 to about 14 — but it wasn't the dramatic shift I'd hoped for.