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My first real phenibut withdrawal

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iconoclast56

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The previous times I quit phenibut, I always had enough to taper down and I got benzos to help counteract the w/d symptoms and sleep. This time I had nothing besides alcohol. Alcohol didn't really help at all. Its day 2 and I didn't sleep at all last night. The anxiety, akithisia and dysphoria was a bitch. I had once again found myself in a neurochemical hell and no escape plan. Well I did come up with an escape plan I went to a doctor and told him I was having trouble sleeping and he gave me a months script of zolpidem. It just kicked in and now I'm in heaven. Everyone recommends benzos for phenibut w/d. I've never tried them but z drugs seem to work real well. This is pretty amazing. My heart was palpitating like a mad thing, I checked my pulse and BP at one point and my resting pulse was 160 beats/min and my pressure was something like 145/110. My face and ear was going cold and I could feel it going numb, like a stroke was imminent. Was having all kinds of harsh symptoms and alcohol seemed to do more harm than good. After taking 5mg of zolpidem I feel great. They have really short durations so longer lasting benzos would be better but z drugs are pretty good if you have no alternative. So if you ever have to quit phenibut cold turkey, a viable option is to get a prescription sleep aid. This is how I got out of my last withdrawal, I got a months script for zopiclone the same day I quit phenibut so I didn't have much of a withdrawal.

EDIT: Do GABA A agonists counteract all phenibuts w/d symptoms though? I still feel something weird going on with my heart and head. I can feel good and sleep now which will make the withdrawal fun. Without the zolpidem, this w/d wouldn't be too much fun lol
 
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hers the question, are you going to stay off of phenibut??what doses were you using and for how long??

zolpidem, i never heard of it, its just a sleep aid??it has taken all withdrawals away???it must be anti-anxiety as well??
 
phenibut is a sneaky little bastard before you know it you're addicted and cant stop and its effects are so "subtle but powerful" and the tolerance builds up soooo fast.
 
I'm sick of this drug, I usually get good effects the first day then its all downhill from there. I had been on it for 2 weeks straight before but I was off it for a week before doing it for 5 days again. I think the w/d I have no is a result of both binges. Its day 3 now and I can feel the w/d symptoms come back once the zolpidem (a very short acting GABA A agonist) wears off. I have a months prescription of it so I'll be able to stave off the w/d but I don't want to end up addicted to this stuff so how much longer would you say it will take for the w/d to wear off? People who'd been on it for months usually report at least 5 days. In total, I've only been on it for about 3 weeks but my doses have been pretty heavy, never less than 2g per day. I'm gonna stop taking zolpidem tomorrow and see what happens.
 
I've started spacing out my doses of ambien now and 4 hours after my last dose anxiety started hitting me. This is pretty insane. Its been 3 days since my last dose of phenibut. How long can phenibut withdrawals last? Do the symptoms get less bad each day?
 
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