Veteran Joe Hudak, grappling with severe PTSD after two decades in the Green Berets, found life-threatening despair despite traditional therapies. His situation changed when a friend suggested using psychedelics. Participating in a Stanford study involving ibogaine, Hudak experienced a dramatic reduction in his mental health symptoms, describing the absence of troubling thoughts. The treatment yielded profound results for participants, showing an average 88% reduction in PTSD and notable improvements in mood and anxiety, according to Dr. Ian Kratter, a co-leader of the study.
"I couldn't be happy. I was angry and fearful all the time, white-knuckling it through life," he said. "Then, out of the blue, a buddy from the counterterrorism unit called me up one day..."
"That voice in my head was gone. It [ibogaine] saved my life," he said. "And I don't mean that flippantly; I mean that, legitimately, it saved my life."
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