Phenibut taper advice

[sweettea]

I've been taking about 10g/day of phenibut for about 6 months now and want to taper off of it. The past 5 days I've been taking 2g once a day and didn't get any withdrawal until yesterday when I got the shakes about 12 hours after dosing. I think I am going to start dosing 1g twice a day and want to taper down from that.

I just don't know how fast to do it and how much to decrease the dose at a time. I've got about 450mg baclofen and 100g phenibut, I'd like to get off it without getting more, if possible.

 

[oar9fi]

Basically, take the minimum dose that you need, and taking it only when you feel you need it. The long duration of phenibut's action makes tapering easier than shorter acting substances. Low dose NMDA antagonists are also a big help (at least for me) for preventing the anxiety. Maybe 60-100 mg DXM for 5 days or so. If you have sleep issues there's unisom, valerian etc.

That's what worked for me at least. I used MXE but DXM might be a better option as long as you don't take tripping doses. With the NMDA antagonism I didn't even have to taper really because I simply didn't need the phenibut. I still take it occasionally (1 or 2 times a month.) There were never any real cravings, just a desire to make the icky feeling go away. I hope it's as easy for you.

 

[Toucan]

I've drawn up a 10 week taper plan for you sweattee. I would avoid using the baclofen if possible.

Week 1: 2g/day
Week 2: 1.8g/day
Week 3: 1.6/day
Week 4: 1.4g/day
Week 5: 1.2g/day
Week 6: 1g/day
Week 7: 0.8g/day
Week 8: 0.6g/day
Week 9: 0.4g/day
Week 10: 0.2g/day

Week 11: phenibut free

Total Phenibut required for taper: 77g

best of luck

 

[sweettea]

Ugh this was harder than I thought. I'm having hotflashes and mild tremors and haven't even dropped below 2 yet. Going on 2 weeks at 2g...