Depression and anxiety
Most guests who come for depression or anxiety have tried the medications, the therapy and the apps. Iboga is not a first option, and it is not a pill. It is one long night that many describe as ending an argument in their head, followed by months of measured, supported change.
Why iboga
Ibogaine and its metabolite noribogaine act on several systems at once, including the serotonin transporter that antidepressants target, and raise growth factors linked to neuroplasticity. Noribogaine stays for days. Guests describe the weeks after as a window in which mood is steadier, the loop is quieter, and change is possible.
The night reviews the years with distance; the days after are unusually clear. Guests describe the rumination simply not being there. What the research shows: large reductions in depression scores in the veterans study, observational reports elsewhere, no large controlled trial yet.
Heart-rate variability and resting heart rate are measured before and after; most guests see them move. Panic, for many, is absent in the weeks after and stays absent when the follow-up is done.
Thyroid, iron, vitamin D, inflammation, cortisol, sleep. Some depression is a body running on empty; the diagnostic finds it before the ceremony, and the plan after addresses it.
Who holds it
Tania screens, prepares and integrates; Dr Villarreal reads your diagnostic and keeps the night safe; Michael and Jenny hold the ceremony.
Who it is for
Depression or anxiety that has not responded to what you tried, burnout that turned into something heavier, panic that rules the calendar, a sense of being stuck. Willing to taper medications with your doctor when needed and to do the work after.
Bipolar disorder with recent mania, psychosis, acute suicidality, an unstable eating disorder, pregnancy, a heart condition, or a medication that cannot be tapered in time. Some are a no for now; the psychologist will say which.
I did not come for a miracle. I came because nothing else had moved the weight. The care was clinical without being cold: bloodwork before, vitals during, a real plan after. I have not felt this steady in years.
Pricing, US dollars
All inclusive from Cancún airport: screening, ceremonies, room, meals, three months of follow-up. All payments are final, see the terms. Full pricing.
Questions about depression and anxiety
Most SSRIs and SNRIs need a taper before iboga, planned with your prescribing doctor and our physician, often over several weeks. Never stop on your own. Some medications are compatible; the physician decides.
It acts on some of the same systems, with a single long exposure and a long-lived metabolite rather than a daily dose. It is not a replacement for treatment and it is not for everyone. Guests describe it as a reset; the months after decide whether the reset holds.
Ketamine acts fast and fades fast; psilocybin has good trial data for depression with an afternoon-long session; iboga is a full night with a review of one's life and weeks of tail. See the comparison.
Some guests have a hard week after the openness of the ceremony. The integration day, the calls and the psychologist are there for it. Call before it becomes a crisis; that is what the follow-up is for.
Not physically. The screening is about the heart and medications, not about how anxious you feel. Anxious guests are common; the fire talk, the practitioner and the person beside you exist for that.
You've carried this long enough. Start with a conversation with our medical team.
