It's been 14 days since I took that last dose of Phenibut. Just to reiterate, I was taking about 1-2grams for the first month, and progressively raising it by about a gram each month, until about 3-3.5 months later I was taking about 5-6 Grams of Phenibut. So total of about 3-4 months of Phenibut use, after quitting Xanax a few months before that (It's been 5 months since I quit Xanax, so I would have started Phenibut about 2 months after I quit Xanax).
I'm not condoning this, but I honestly think that Phenibut did help me. I was taking it because the Xanax withdrawals were so terrible. Like I said, it had been 2 months since I had taken Xanax and I still felt like crap. It's not that I was still withdrawing, it's that Xanax damages your GABA A receptors so badly that it takes about a year and a half to heal (if you are a heavy Benzo user). Anyways, Phenibut didn't take away all that crappy feeling, but it definitely took away a lot of the crappiness, but it also made me feel weird, but I'd say it was worth it, it probably stopped a lot of panic attacks during that time, and let me sleep.
So, I quit Phenibut 2 weeks ago. I wanted to quit anyways, but the reason I stopped then was just because I ran out, I already returned the other order of Phenibut that I had coming to my house, and it sat in my house for about a week without me wanting to take any.
Here's a small outline of how the WD went:
Day 1 (24 hours after last use): Felt like I normally did when I didn't dose up on Phenibut, wasn't quite WDs, but I wanted to re-dose. I slept.
Day 2: Still didn't feel that terrible, but I knew the WDs had started, I was panicking, mainly because I thought the WDs would get much worse. They did get worse, but not terrible. Couldn't sleep or focus on anything
Day 3-5: Anxiety and panic attacks started to come regularly, but Clonidine helped stave those away, but my body started itching, and it was hard to sit still. Although it wasn't like when you are WDing from Xanax or Opiates when you can't sit still. It was more just like I couldn't get comfortable, I didn't have that feeling like something was crawling in my skin though, thank god. I honestly did sleep a bit during these days. I got about 1-3 hours each night, it wasn't bad. Obviously I wanted more, but whatever.
Day 6-7: Anxiety was still there, but it wasn't as bad. I finally craved taking a dose of Phenibut. The only thing stopping me was basically knowing that the feeling of it wasn't that great to begin with, and if I took it, I'd have to go through those first 5 days of crap again. Slept about the same (3, maybe 4 hours).
Days 8-12: Still hard to focus, still itching, but day by day, it diminishes more and more. The not being able to focus thing is weird. I
could focus, but I think I was really low on dopamine because I could find nothing to do that was enjoyable. Usually, even when I'm WDing, I can watch movies and/or TV shows and follow them, and I can sympathize and empathize with the characters, which can actually take your mind off the pain of WD. Well not with Phenibut. I couldn't even enjoy stuff that I know I love, it was like I couldn't feel any sort of emotion. But like I said, day by day, this is getting better. Sleep got better too. It's not the best sleep, but I've been getting about 4 hours of sleep, waking up, then going back to sleep for 4 more hours (but I wake up every hour during the second 4 hours).
Day 13: Yesterday was okay, because I got about 6-8 hours of sleep the night before. But this week I had my finals for class, and it's been a stressful past few months anyways, so I really wanted to take some Phenibut, my craving was stronger than it had been during the past 13 days. The thing is though, I had already mailed that package back. Luckily too, because I would've regretted it.
Day 14 (Today): I got a solid 8 hours of sleep last night. My dopamine levels are still not at their fullest, but I can definitely enjoy stuff now, watching TV shows, movies, and playing games. Although I enjoy them less so than I should. I expect this to get better over the next few weeks and months. Also, remember I'm still recovering from Xanax too, so I'm not going to feel 100% no matter what. It's hard to differentiate between them. I can say this is probably one of the least crappy feeling days I've had since I quit Xanax. It feels nice that the only thing in my system is Suboxone and pot.
If anyone ever comes across this topic and needs some advice or help, feel free to email me
[email protected] because like I said, it's hard to find people who have gone through this. From what I've read, it seems like most people have had it worse when it comes to phenibut. I think it might be because I dealt with Xanax WD, so to me this was a cakewalk. But I'm here for anyone who wants support. I am not an expert by any means though. Just a guy looking to share his experience.
