Chronic pain from a workplace injury. 6 years on opioids that stopped working for the pain but I couldn't stop taking them without getting sick. Classic dependency trap. MindScape addressed both dimensions. The cardiac s...
Opioids, benzodiazepines, cocaine, alcohol. I was using everything to manage everything. Traditional rehab centers didn't know what to prioritize and I'd always relapse on at least one substance. MindScape developed a co...
I'm 54 and I've been drinking since my early 30s. Wine at first, then vodka. I was the kind of alcoholic that nobody suspects because I held everything together on the outside. Inside I was dying. Three rehab stays, coun...
11 years on oxy. 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. Reyes was straight with me ab...
My PTSD came from losing my brother to suicide when I was 22. I couldn't be in crowds. Hadn't slept through the night in two years. Self-medicating with alcohol just to function. A friend who had done ibogaine for grief...
11 years on Effexor XR. When I tried to taper, the brain zaps and dizziness were so bad I couldn't work. My psychiatrist kept saying it was my depression returning but I knew it wasn't. I found research on SSRI discontin...
I was a senior executive drinking two bottles of wine every night to manage stress. When I finally admitted the problem, conventional rehab felt like prison and the 12-step approach didn't resonate with my analytical min...
Multiple substances. Heroin, cocaine, benzos, alcohol. I didn't have one drug of choice I had all of them depending on the day. 12 years of active addiction, 6 rehab stays that never stuck longer than a few months. I cam...
Generalized anxiety disorder since I was a teenager. Klonopin for 8 years which my psychiatrist finally acknowledged was creating its own dependency. I was trapped between the anxiety and the benzo dependence. MindScape...
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...
Alcohol. 15 years of heavy drinking that I kept justifying because I was functional. Still going to work still paying bills. But my wife left, my liver enzymes were climbing and I was drinking a liter of tequila most nig...
I was on 16mg of Suboxone for 4 years. Every time I tried to taper below 4mg the withdrawal was unbearable. My addiction medicine doctor was supportive but said some people just need to stay on maintenance indefinitely....
Traumatic brain injury from a head-on collision in 2021. Persistent post-concussion syndrome, brain fog, light sensitivity, depression that my neurologist said was organic not psychological. I'd tried hyperbaric oxygen,...
Fentanyl patches prescribed for chronic pain that became their own problem. 3 years of escalating doses. My pain management doctor and I both knew I was dependent but neither of us had a good exit strategy. MindScape's i...
Iraq veteran. Came home with PTSD and a shrapnel injury that put me on opioids. By the time the VA acknowledged the addiction I was on 200mg of morphine equivalent daily plus drinking to manage the nightmares. MindScape...
I came to MindScape for the 5-MeO-DMT program specifically. No addiction history, more of a spiritual and personal growth motivation. I'd done extensive reading on the research and felt prepared. The screening was still...
Oxycodone for 7 years after a back surgery. My doctor kept prescribing and I kept needing more. When he finally cut me off I went to the street. I was terrified coming to Cozumel for treatment but the facility felt safe...
Cocaine and adderall. I was using both to keep up at work and then drinking to come down at night. The cycle had been going for about 5 years and I was starting to have heart palpitations that scared me. MindScape did ex...
Diagnosed with Parkinson's at 58. Came to MindScape after reading about ibogaine's potential effects on neuroplasticity and dopaminergic pathways. I want to be clear that I went in with measured expectations. The medical...
Kratom extract shots, 4-5 per day for 3 years. Started because a coworker said it was harmless. I was spending $800+ a month and going into withdrawal every morning before my first dose. Restless legs, anxiety, sweating....
I worked emergency medicine for 15 years and something finally broke. 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...
Two deployments to Afghanistan. PTSD diagnosis in 2015. Nightmares every single night for over a decade. Prazosin helped some but I was still waking up in cold sweats 3-4 times a week. The VA tried EMDR, CPT, prolonged e...
4 years of Adderall that became an addiction. Lost a business and a marriage to it. Came to MindScape after my cardiologist told me I needed to stop. The intake screening paid specific attention to my cardiac history giv...
5 years of Adderall that became an addiction. My nose was damaged and I was having chest pain during any exertion. Came to MindScape after my cardiologist told me I needed to stop. The intake screening paid specific atte...
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