LindaLipsky
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Hi there, I'm new here. I've found discussing this issue on Reddit to be pretty limiting so here I am.
I've been on gabapentin for going on 4 years now. I have several reasons for wanting to be free of it 1.) it really worsens my anxiety to be on a medication that I'm literally dependent on, i feel trapped. 2.) because of my anxiety/paranoia I get on reddit and start believing that the gabapentin is doing lasting damage to my brain. 3.) it has stopped helping in anyway it has in the past. 4.) I'm incredibly lethargic, and just feel "dumb" now.
So I do use phenibut intermittently alongside the gabapentin. While I psyched myself out over the phenibut off and on for the last two years, I've realized I often just confuse my baseline anxiety for phenibut withdrawal or glutimate toxicity. They are both weird drugs, and I've found that for reasons I can't explain I can drop my doses of either sometimes with minimal side effects, while other times I experience awful panic/derealization. I take kratom sometimes, but I build tolerance in just a few days so I've been steering away from it lately.
I've read from some folks that they've found great relief with certain nootropics. I'm mostly interested in attending to the receptors that I've battered so aggressively with gabapentinoids over the years. That and anything that might help low energy, despair, or brain fog.
Sorry for rambling, if anyone has read this I really appreciate it.
I've been on gabapentin for going on 4 years now. I have several reasons for wanting to be free of it 1.) it really worsens my anxiety to be on a medication that I'm literally dependent on, i feel trapped. 2.) because of my anxiety/paranoia I get on reddit and start believing that the gabapentin is doing lasting damage to my brain. 3.) it has stopped helping in anyway it has in the past. 4.) I'm incredibly lethargic, and just feel "dumb" now.
So I do use phenibut intermittently alongside the gabapentin. While I psyched myself out over the phenibut off and on for the last two years, I've realized I often just confuse my baseline anxiety for phenibut withdrawal or glutimate toxicity. They are both weird drugs, and I've found that for reasons I can't explain I can drop my doses of either sometimes with minimal side effects, while other times I experience awful panic/derealization. I take kratom sometimes, but I build tolerance in just a few days so I've been steering away from it lately.
I've read from some folks that they've found great relief with certain nootropics. I'm mostly interested in attending to the receptors that I've battered so aggressively with gabapentinoids over the years. That and anything that might help low energy, despair, or brain fog.
Sorry for rambling, if anyone has read this I really appreciate it.