What ibogaine treatment actually is, where I went, and how to get there, including funding resources if you're a first responder or veteran. This is the same path I walked.
I was treated at Ambio Life Sciences in January 2025. This is the clinic and the treatment I can speak to directly, from personal experience.
"I found Ambio through a podcast conversation about ibogaine among veterans. A year of integration followed before I ever turned on a camera. This channel exists because of what happened there."
Ambio Life Sciences (Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) runs medically supervised ibogaine treatment programs. As of my research, they describe three main tracks: a Foundational Program for life-change work, a Detoxification Program for substance cessation, and a Neuroregenerative Program for conditions like Parkinson's, MS, and TBI.
Ibogaine is a plant-derived psychoactive compound found in the root bark of Tabernanthe iboga, a shrub native to the rainforests of Gabon and Cameroon in Central West Africa. It's been used for centuries by the Bwiti, a Gabonese spiritual tradition, as part of initiation ceremonies. Its path into modern medicine traces back to 1962, when an American named Howard Lotsof took it and discovered, by accident, that it also stopped his heroin withdrawal and cravings entirely, the discovery that's driven decades of interest in its use for addiction interruption since.
It is not FDA-approved in the United States, which is why treatment happens at clinics outside the US, including Ambio in Mexico. This is not medical advice. Talk to a doctor and do your own research on the risks (ibogaine carries real cardiac risk and requires medical screening and supervision) before considering any treatment like this.
Ambio's co-founder Trevor Millar has been part of a couple of real documentaries on this, worth watching if you want more than my own story.
In Waves and War (Netflix, 2025) follows three U.S. veterans through ibogaine treatment at Ambio itself, the same clinic I went to. DOSED (2019) follows one woman's recovery from depression, anxiety, PTSD, and opioid addiction using psilocybin and ibogaine, and features Trevor as well.
Treatment like this isn't cheap, and it's not covered by insurance. If that's what's standing between you and getting help, here's where to look. If you're a first responder, start with the 343 Fund, it's the one I used myself. If you're a veteran, VETS is the closest equivalent.
Not everyone who applies gets approved. Both of these run on donations, so if you're able to give, it helps.
Casey Skudin was a NYC firefighter who died June 17, 2022. His wife Angela started the fund in his memory. It provides grants so first responders can access holistic and alternative treatments, including psychedelic-assisted therapy, that most insurance won't touch. This is how I got to Ambio.
Has funded over 1,200 veterans since 2019 for ibogaine, psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine treatment, plus preparation and integration coaching. I have not personally used this organization, but it's real, active, and well-documented.
I'm a Fire Captain, not a physician. Nothing on this page is medical advice, it's my own experience plus publicly available information. Ibogaine carries real medical risk and requires proper screening and supervision. Talk to a doctor before pursuing any treatment discussed here. Links to outside organizations are provided as information, not endorsements, and I have not independently verified every claim made on their websites.