BourbonMac
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I've been tapering Gabapentin for awhile, down to 300mg. I only have 300mg left, my re-fill isn't eligible until the 17th though and my doctor ignored my request to re-fill it. I don't know why I ran out early, but this CVS has been known for shorting me on prescriptions. Otherwise I know there were maybe 2 or 3 times I mistakenly took an extra 300mg before bed forgetting I already had.
I'm not going to be able to sleep at all for the 5 days after tonight. My doctor is such an idiot, I mean I'm sure a lot of you have read about his weird behavior towards me. I just don't know what to do. I even tried calling CVS and they hang up on me every time, like it's possibly the worst CVS I've ever been to but it's the only one in town.
I do happen to have some phenibut capsules. I don't really enjoy the feeling of phenibut very much. I liked it when I was first dabbling with it around December but I started hating the effects after I don't know, 6 times of taking it recreationally. I'm assuming this works very similar in nature to Gabapentin and if I just took one 300mg capsule at bedtime it should help? I know both of these have lowered effects when taken with magnesium and I absolutely noticed this one of the times I took around 1.2g of phenibut.
Wikipedia says this, I'm too flustered to even know what it means: "The α2δ-1 and α2δ-2 subunits are the binding site for gabapentinoids. This drug class includes two anticonvulsant drugs, gabapentin (Neurontin) and pregabalin (Lyrica), that also find use in treating chronic neuropathic pain. The α2δ subunit is also a binding site of the central depressant and anxiolytic phenibut, in addition to actions at other targets" -- it says this "α2δ subunit" in general, does that mean it hits both α2δ-1 and 2?
I did eventually go to CVS myself because they kept dropping my calls. They said talk to the on-call doctor, well, my on-call doctors do not do anything with prescriptions and are total cunts, like the worst attitude ever. They'll just be like "call back on Monday" like bitch what the hell are you even there for if that's all you have to say to people? Hang up and call 911 or don't call us, basically.
It would seem Phenibut is my only option assuming it even hits all the same receptors as Gabapentin. This sucks, my anxiety is out of control right now. I fucking asked him yesterday to fill it, and I asked him 20 minutes ago. They close at 4 but he's usually there till at least 4:30ish especially on Friday. I thought going without Valium for about 5 days was bad, but coming off Gabapentin is WAY harder for me. I basically cold turkeyed the Valium and had mild restless legs, it was more rebound anxiety but some weed is the ticket to that.
Been taking 15mg on average for a year or so, having started on 5-10. The Gabapentin 600mg on average since late 2020, briefly increased to 900 from like February to April due to increase in severe headaches I've suffered from. This is where I think tapering it became much harder. If I'd stayed on 600 I'd likely be fine. In fact I definitely would've, back when I was on that dose, I'd often go days without taking more than 100mg let alone any so that days later I could enjoy a staggered 1200mg or something because it can provide a nice uplifting feeling.
tl;dr: Can't get Gabapentin filled for a week and I need it now. I want to know if Phenibut, as much as I dislike it will have any chance of making this go away, if it's similar enough.
Update: yeah there's ZERO doubt they stole some of my Gabapentin. I only took extra twice, I should not be out given it was filled July 24th. My doctor is a dumbass either way, I'd been getting 180 of them before and I told him like, that's all I'll need to completely taper off but instead he just lowered the quantity to 60 or something. But yeah... they DEFINITELY took some of this, there's this one tweaker looking lady who works there and I've suspected it was her for awhile. Even my Valium is short, I closely monitor how much I take every night and I'm supposed to have 12 left, I have 10. Never made any errors in reporting my doses, I'm extremely precise about it. I need a new pharmacy CVS or better yet to just try Walgreens from now on or something.
I'm not going to be able to sleep at all for the 5 days after tonight. My doctor is such an idiot, I mean I'm sure a lot of you have read about his weird behavior towards me. I just don't know what to do. I even tried calling CVS and they hang up on me every time, like it's possibly the worst CVS I've ever been to but it's the only one in town.
I do happen to have some phenibut capsules. I don't really enjoy the feeling of phenibut very much. I liked it when I was first dabbling with it around December but I started hating the effects after I don't know, 6 times of taking it recreationally. I'm assuming this works very similar in nature to Gabapentin and if I just took one 300mg capsule at bedtime it should help? I know both of these have lowered effects when taken with magnesium and I absolutely noticed this one of the times I took around 1.2g of phenibut.
Wikipedia says this, I'm too flustered to even know what it means: "The α2δ-1 and α2δ-2 subunits are the binding site for gabapentinoids. This drug class includes two anticonvulsant drugs, gabapentin (Neurontin) and pregabalin (Lyrica), that also find use in treating chronic neuropathic pain. The α2δ subunit is also a binding site of the central depressant and anxiolytic phenibut, in addition to actions at other targets" -- it says this "α2δ subunit" in general, does that mean it hits both α2δ-1 and 2?
I did eventually go to CVS myself because they kept dropping my calls. They said talk to the on-call doctor, well, my on-call doctors do not do anything with prescriptions and are total cunts, like the worst attitude ever. They'll just be like "call back on Monday" like bitch what the hell are you even there for if that's all you have to say to people? Hang up and call 911 or don't call us, basically.
It would seem Phenibut is my only option assuming it even hits all the same receptors as Gabapentin. This sucks, my anxiety is out of control right now. I fucking asked him yesterday to fill it, and I asked him 20 minutes ago. They close at 4 but he's usually there till at least 4:30ish especially on Friday. I thought going without Valium for about 5 days was bad, but coming off Gabapentin is WAY harder for me. I basically cold turkeyed the Valium and had mild restless legs, it was more rebound anxiety but some weed is the ticket to that.
Been taking 15mg on average for a year or so, having started on 5-10. The Gabapentin 600mg on average since late 2020, briefly increased to 900 from like February to April due to increase in severe headaches I've suffered from. This is where I think tapering it became much harder. If I'd stayed on 600 I'd likely be fine. In fact I definitely would've, back when I was on that dose, I'd often go days without taking more than 100mg let alone any so that days later I could enjoy a staggered 1200mg or something because it can provide a nice uplifting feeling.
tl;dr: Can't get Gabapentin filled for a week and I need it now. I want to know if Phenibut, as much as I dislike it will have any chance of making this go away, if it's similar enough.
Update: yeah there's ZERO doubt they stole some of my Gabapentin. I only took extra twice, I should not be out given it was filled July 24th. My doctor is a dumbass either way, I'd been getting 180 of them before and I told him like, that's all I'll need to completely taper off but instead he just lowered the quantity to 60 or something. But yeah... they DEFINITELY took some of this, there's this one tweaker looking lady who works there and I've suspected it was her for awhile. Even my Valium is short, I closely monitor how much I take every night and I'm supposed to have 12 left, I have 10. Never made any errors in reporting my doses, I'm extremely precise about it. I need a new pharmacy CVS or better yet to just try Walgreens from now on or something.
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