A Letter from the Founder

We are currently in 2025, but back in 2014, everything in my life had collapsed.

On the outside, I looked like a man holding it all together: businesses, responsibilities, family, momentum — but inside, I was running on fumes.

Years of burnout had stripped away my energy and clarity, and a crippling addiction was grinding down what was left.

This letter is the story of what followed: how I met iboga, what it taught me, and why that journey led to mesodosing and the tinctures we make today.

During the worst of that spiral, I was pointed toward an obscure West African shrub: Tabernanthe iboga.

I didn’t approach it as a trend or shortcut. I approached it like a drowning man reaching for a rope.

Across two separate full flood treatments, ibogaine changed the trajectory of my life. It interrupted my cravings, softened withdrawals, and gave me enough quiet to listen.

That grounding and clarity didn’t solve everything, but it finally gave me enough space to start doing the real work.

Here’s the uncomfortable truth I discovered: no plant medicine is a one-step cure.

Not iboga, not psilocybin, not ayahuasca.

They can open a door, but you still have to walk through it — and keep showing up for yourself.

Healing wasn’t fireworks. It was the day-in, day-out business of living a little better than yesterday.

After those intense, deep dives with iboga that took a week out of my life each time, I didn’t want to keep swinging between extremes.

I wanted something steady. That’s where mesodosing came in.

Mesodosing lives in the middle — more noticeable than microdosing, far gentler than a flood dose. Sustainable. Functional. Real life compatible.

From 2016 onward, I co-founded and ran ibogaine centres across Europe and Mexico.

People needed something simple, consistent, and respectful of the plant — something that fit actual daily life.

So we created tinctures that keep the character of the root intact while making daily use straightforward.

Three principles guided us: simplicity, safety & respect, and empowerment.

Ibotincture TA carries more of the plant’s original ‘voice,’ grounded and steady — ideal for mesodosing.

Ibotincture RB preserves the raw, earthy essence of the root bark for those who prefer a gentler profile.

These two tinctures are the foundation. Everything else we make begins here.

TANIA (TA + Niacinamide) was built with burnout in mind: steadiness and emotional resilience.

LUCIA (TA + Saffron) offers a gentle lift and warmer outlook while remaining grounded and functional.

They’re companions — extensions of the same core idea: simple, supportive, human-centred formulations.

Mesodosing is about choosing consistency over heroics: a few drops, twice a day, with intention.

Alongside the tincture, you build steady habits: sunlight, movement, honest conversations, supportive routines.

Mesodosing isn’t the star of the show — you are. The tincture simply steadies your hand while you make the next right choice.

Healing thrives in community, and the Mesodose Movement was created to give people a place to learn and be seen.

Not as patients or projects, but as humans doing the work.

Mesodose is the middle path — sustainable, grounded, and kind to your nervous system.

I know what it’s like to burn out.

I know what it’s like to slide into addiction and lose the plot.

I also know the power of getting back up — slowly, steadily — and building a life you don’t need to escape.

That’s what mesodosing is for: not to dazzle you, but to steady you.

Be safe, — Alvaro de Ferranti