Hello everyone,
I am looking for people with PTSD who have taken Ibogaine.
I would like to know if it is a good thing for someone who has PTSD to take Ibogaine.
Do you know someone who has PTSD and has taken Ibogaine?
Thank you very much.
G
I,ve been on this board a long time and I only heard of 1 person who ever did that Ibogaine. (The person on the post you brought up), Personally,it sounds like a dangerous thing to do. Any kind of substance -legal or not that brings on the reactions that Ibogaine does,just doesnt sound right to me. -and this is from someone who dosed more times following the Greatful Dead around the States, than I care to mention
I,ve done a little research on it and it sounds a little scary. There must be more conventional ways to deal with Ptsd. Maybe someone else can point you in that direction
All the best-
with peace& respect
jack
A good question, Is it just to deal with the ptsd or to detox as well? Reason I ask I took ibogaine to detox which it helped me with as I wrote in those rather spaced out posts from last year which you dug out. Now I took it solely to detox from heroin, not really realizing at the time the full extent of my situation. That being I was running on emotional overdrive from a near fatal accident 4 years prior, with issues I had never dealt with, since then standing back and with the Dr's around me etc etc it has become apparent I have/was/am suffering with ptsd and the using become a way of self medicating and the ibogaine became a tool to help undo all that, but that has all come with hindsight, and taking along hard look at myself and finally opening up. Yes it is true that ibogaine has great potential for one aiding your detox and two helping you find your emotional needs and giving you the oppertunity to deal with them. But having to do those both at the same time is a rather tough call as I found out. One thing Ibogaine is not is recreational and I beleive it does have amazing properties. The only thing is it may be a little to good if you know what I mean. It can't be taken light hartedly and is in one way or another a life changing experience. The only concern I would have for people with ptsd is it could be to emotionally and phsycologically demanding, there's no easy does it with that stuff, if one substance is full on it's definatly ibo. It could work wonder's for example to help you deal with isssues and help you come to terms with thing's, except them for what they are, see the full picture with great clarity,etc etc but it does need alot of support as it does bring on alot and what it needs afterwards is proccessing all this and this can take month's, and this is where the problem could lie. If there isn't the right person or people to help you understand or proccess what's come up then you could find yourself in the same state as before if not worse. Remember, I took Ibogaine to detox, and was forced to deal with my ptsd at the same time, double bubble, or two for the price of one, great. A year on, emotionally, i'm alot more mature and have dealt with a whole heap of stuff although I am using again, but definatly not like I was before, blocking out what I couldn't face and deal with before. I am starting another detox at the end of next week which I feel extremly positive about and confident as In some way's I feel like I dealt with alot of the hard stuff before, now Iv'e just got the physical aspect to get around (just I know). But last year I feel I took a little two much on and now it's time to finish the second half of the journey and hopefully put an end to this physical side of the addiction. It is sometimes recomended that people take two goes at the ibo, as you can pick up more on the second time around and close some of the doors that were opened.This time I detox though I am going to use sub's as they are far less demanding and I feel they suit my needs more now as my life isn't in pure turmoil as it was last year and last year I needed something drastic and ibo is certainly that. If you have any questions feel free, I just thought i'd give you an outline of my experience to maybe help you get a better understanding of the substance and it's caperbilities. All the best in what youare looking for and I hope it all works out, Carl
Hi Jack,
You are right, it sounds scary.
I know of the conventionnal ways, psychotherapy, medication, and EMDR. Actually EMDR gives good results. But with one session a week, it is a slow process.
Medication, I hate.My husband, who has ptsd, feels as depressed on or off anti-depressants. And since he has been off them, he feels more like himself.
Zopiclone, he uses them to help him sleep but mostly during the day when he feels anxiety or rage. I hate Zopiclone because, I believe that he would be able to cope with anxiety and rage by using his personnal forces. But by taking a zopiclone, he is not using his personnal power, and everyday, every week, every month that goes on he uses less and less his personnal power and after 2 years of zopiclones, he has come to believe that he has no resource within himself to help go through his bad emotions. The less you use something the less good it is. (forgive my bad English, I am French). And the only way to help yourself is from your personnal power and not from a pill. So I hate, I hate, I hate, I hate zopiclone.
I love holistic approaches like acupuncture, yoga, meditation and shamanism.
I was intrigued by Ibogaine because of its psychoanalysis effects. I was considering it hoping this was the 10 years therapy in one night that would exorcise his demons.
I am open to it. But when psychotherapies take years to be beneficial, I am looking for other ways.
Yes, Ibogaine seems like a very difficult experience.
But I thought that the very difficult 6 hours experience of Ibogaine was better than a lifetime of suffering.
And I too am very concern about the safety issue, And unfortunetaly I think his heart would not support it. But I am still investigating this option, to see if it is maybe possible.
Thank you Jack for your interest in my post and for taking the time to write.
Genevive
You are right, it sounds scary.
I know of the conventionnal ways, psychotherapy, medication, and EMDR. Actually EMDR gives good results. But with one session a week, it is a slow process.
Medication, I hate.My husband, who has ptsd, feels as depressed on or off anti-depressants. And since he has been off them, he feels more like himself.
Zopiclone, he uses them to help him sleep but mostly during the day when he feels anxiety or rage. I hate Zopiclone because, I believe that he would be able to cope with anxiety and rage by using his personnal forces. But by taking a zopiclone, he is not using his personnal power, and everyday, every week, every month that goes on he uses less and less his personnal power and after 2 years of zopiclones, he has come to believe that he has no resource within himself to help go through his bad emotions. The less you use something the less good it is. (forgive my bad English, I am French). And the only way to help yourself is from your personnal power and not from a pill. So I hate, I hate, I hate, I hate zopiclone.
I love holistic approaches like acupuncture, yoga, meditation and shamanism.
I was intrigued by Ibogaine because of its psychoanalysis effects. I was considering it hoping this was the 10 years therapy in one night that would exorcise his demons.
I am open to it. But when psychotherapies take years to be beneficial, I am looking for other ways.
Yes, Ibogaine seems like a very difficult experience.
But I thought that the very difficult 6 hours experience of Ibogaine was better than a lifetime of suffering.
And I too am very concern about the safety issue, And unfortunetaly I think his heart would not support it. But I am still investigating this option, to see if it is maybe possible.
Thank you Jack for your interest in my post and for taking the time to write.
Genevive
Hi Carl,
I was thinking of Ibogaine for the ptsd. My husband has alcool dependency and (in my personnal opinion) zopiclone (sleeping pills) dependency also.
But I was thinking about it regarding the ptsd.
As in if it could help him revisit the traumatic events and help him process them properly.
I know Ibogaine is really rough.
But I thought it was worth it if it could heal his suffering.
Thank you very very very much for your post, all the information, the time you took to write, I appreciate it very much,
Genevive
I was thinking of Ibogaine for the ptsd. My husband has alcool dependency and (in my personnal opinion) zopiclone (sleeping pills) dependency also.
But I was thinking about it regarding the ptsd.
As in if it could help him revisit the traumatic events and help him process them properly.
I know Ibogaine is really rough.
But I thought it was worth it if it could heal his suffering.
Thank you very very very much for your post, all the information, the time you took to write, I appreciate it very much,
Genevive
You do not need to take the full Iboga dose to get the therapeutic benefits of Iboga; you can take regular microdoses of Iboga instead.
Microdoses start at around 50 mg of Iboga root bark. At this dose level, there will be no nausea and sickness, and you do not go on any "trip", you will barely notice any changes in mental state while youtake this, but will noticed some improvements in you emotional condition within a day or two.
You can take such microdose every few days, and you should get accumulating benefits.
Microdoses start at around 50 mg of Iboga root bark. At this dose level, there will be no nausea and sickness, and you do not go on any "trip", you will barely notice any changes in mental state while youtake this, but will noticed some improvements in you emotional condition within a day or two.
You can take such microdose every few days, and you should get accumulating benefits.
Military Trauma PTSD & Ibogaine ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJSUR9eHb0s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJSUR9eHb0s
