Npj mental health research

Faster recovery from brain and mental health disorders using magnesium ibogaine: describing the personal healing experience

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Abstract

Magnesium-ibogaine treatment resulted in rapid clinical improvements for U.S. Special Operations veterans with TBI and PTSD.

  • Post-session narratives from 30 veterans revealed four key experiential themes related to their healing process.
  • Veterans reported a dialogic trauma re-appraisal involving guided replay of personal memories.
  • Experiences of altered-self and mystical connectedness were commonly described.
  • Many participants experienced emotional resolution characterized by feelings of forgiveness, love, and renewed purpose.
  • A vivid sense of neural repair and cognitive clarity was associated with the treatment.
  • The themes suggest a potential self-directed psychotherapeutic process linked to rapid neuroplastic change.

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