Pre-Session Checklist

48 hours before

• Confirm your clinic appointment time and address.
• Confirm your sober ride home — friend, partner, or rideshare paid in advance.
• Stop alcohol and recreational substances.
• Review your intention or focus for the session (one sentence is enough).
• Notify a trusted person of your plan.

The day before

• Hydrate well.
• Get to bed early; protect sleep.
• Set out comfortable clothes and your eye mask / headphones if used.
• Clear the next morning of any high-stakes meetings or decisions.

Morning of

• Eat lightly per your clinic's instructions (often nothing for 4–6h pre-IV).
• Take only medications your clinician has cleared.
• Use the bathroom right before the session.
• Arrive 15 minutes early.