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Misc Stuck on Phenibut

Day 4 completely off phen and ran out of xanax last night.

Feeling much better but definitely still going through phen w/ds. Head feels really weird and extremely depressed, although there is an outside circumstance greatly contributing to that.

No work today, no work tomorrow.

Hopefully on day 6 I feel good enough to work with no phen or benzos. (:
 
Yesterday wasn't too bad, but was glad I had the day off. I even did some weight lifting and felt great after. Anxiety and depression came on hard at night, but I drank chamomile and felt better.

I woke up today, day 5 off phenibut, and I came across gabapentin, 7 100mg caps, and I took 2.

I feel really weird from it I think. I think it's made my palpitations worse which is causing anxiety, there's a ringing in my ears and my vision is weird. I also feel like I'm in a rage like I want to fight someone.
 
Congrats for making it so far. If you feel not able to go back to work, why not signing in ill for 1 or 2 days ? I'd say it's better than reverting the whole w/d process. Or at least try taking low doses, if possible.

How does the l-theanine work in your case ?
 
Thank you. I still feel a bit weird, anxious and detached. And a bit shaky. Gonna try working out soon I think.

I'm glad to have had these days off, and I only have a 4 hour shift tomorrow so I think I'm gonna go for it.

I wish I could say the theanine helped, but I couldn't get it because of money. After paying rent, for phenibut, bentos, doc visits, prescriptions and food with my minimum wage job i was left literally flat broke.

That girl that I said has fallen for me too has been making things worse now. She left a guy to be with me, and things went amazing right off the bat. We kissed, she said it was the most intense first kiss of her life and that she had incredibly strong feelings for me. I already kind of liked her but this made me fall really hard. We were "together" 3 to 4 days and she was acting like she was all in with no regrets.

Then i wake up 2 days ago to a text. Yes a text, saying that she talked to her ex and had a good talk and they're back together now and we should just be friends. Definitely sucks, especially in the midst if a GABA B withdrawal. I do find the timing somewhat humorous though, so I'll have a smile for that at least. :)
 
Great job man, you got off pretty damn easy by being smart about shit, to be honest I thought you were in for a serious trainwreck, glad youre doing so well.

Sorry to hear about your ladyfriend. I always suspected those cute Starbucks baristas were a little bit nutty. I've been in a situation like that before, girl tells me all about how horrible their ex is and suddenly they have a "good talk" and things are back to normal. Makes me think they just used you to make their ex.jealous or to feel special for a while. Lame.
 
Thanks man, it was pretty easy considering I literally felt like I needed to be in a mental institution a week ago. I was getting so delirious. So glad to be coming out on the other side. Hopefully since it was such a negative and scary experience this time around it'll teach me not to phuck with phenibut.

The rebound anxiety will be real too, I'm so used to having phenibut in my blood when dealing with people at work and such. That's why I started working out right away, I think I'll need any added confidence I can get. I've been craving heroin over it, and it would be a temporary fix to only cause me more problems. Been clean for a year off h and down that road so I need to protect myself to not go back.

Will stay clean and keep eating well and working out, then maybe in a week or so when I start to feel more normal ill try noopept again on its own.

Again, I'm just is thankful that I'm here today compared to a week ago. Thank you guys for all your support. I couldn't have done it without this thread, honestly.

And yeah sucks about the girl. Feeling kinda bad about that too right now. I thought we had a really good connection and really saw us getting somewhere. Oh well, I guess it's better to get left after a week of dating then to really fall hard for her to get completely heart broken. I'm just a little saddened over it as all, but I did learn from it and gain some confidence on dealing with women I think.

Looking up. :)

I also started a NoFap streak doing this. I'm on day 12 with no porn or masturbation right now. For those who don't know about NoFap it's pretty much just abstaining from porn and masturbation for an extended period of time (90 days) to "heal" our brains from the damage porn has caused. Things like too much dopamine released from artificial stimuli or something like that. I learned about it from yourbrainonporn.com and nofap.org

It's a controversial subject, some people say its crazy and other swear by it. I can say for that for myself, the longest I've made it is 27 days and I was starting to feel way more energetic, anxiety greatly lowered, calm when speaking, happier, and overall better about myself. So I'm gonna try again.
 
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Lol, I've never heard of "NoFap", sounds like utter blasphemy to me. You might have noticed that withdrawal from phenibut and other GABA B's tends to cause an almost total loss of libido, so that might be making it a little easier for you.

I don't need porn anyways, I've got plenty of good material in the spank bank from real life. But no fapping whatsoever? That's just being cruel to yourself!
 
This is i think, Day 7 off phenibut....maybe 8 by now. Feeling a lot better, anxiety but its manageable. I am still having terrible insomnia though..getting a lot of adrenaline when i try to sleep.
I've also been getting depression and lack of motivation in waves..last a couple hours each time. I've been craving phenibut but don't want to take anymore. ESPECIALLY right now. I have about 90 g on hand, should i flush it?
 
You're doing well man, 8 days and no phen is pretty much over the hump. I say give it another week. Really sorry to hear the gabapentin didn't help for you. Although 200mg is a really low dose. IDK, it really helped me.
 
You're doing well man, 8 days and no phen is pretty much over the hump. I say give it another week. Really sorry to hear the gabapentin didn't help for you. Although 200mg is a really low dose. IDK, it really helped me.

I should note that my following doses of gabapentin DID help a LOT. Only 300 mg doses though and it went quick. I can see how it would've helped a ton but I don't think it was nearly as helpful as the Xanax. The Xanax kind of put me in a "I don't care that I'm withdrawing it's all in my head anyway" mindset. Which was nice. I reckon a longer lasting benzo (Valium) would've worked even better, but I had no access. I have no previous history of benzo addiction either, which is probably an important factor.

And I got rid of my tub of phenibut, definitely feels better knowing its not there. And I did reread my first posts and I do NOT want to be there again. I wouldn't wish that on anyone it was literally hell on earth.

I'm feeling a lot better. I still get anxiety and depression in waves...sometimes severe. Definitely worse in public or around people. I really feel like being alone all the time right now. That's been making work hard, and causing anxiety, although I haven't felt like I was going to die or pass out which is a great improvement I'd say lol. But it's taking soo much longer. It's crazy how much phenibut affects time perception. 8 hr shifts felt like 4 hours. Now 4 hour shifts feel like 8 hours.

At the point where I'm feeling a little better day by day now though.
 
I'd wait at least three months before even considering phenibut again, but, I swear by twos at the most...if that.

I got away with a extra day here and there in the past, but not even worth it, this drug can be a godsend and obviously a nightmare if you choose to not respect it.
 
This drug has been a godsend in the past..and it's one of the only things that can damn near completely wipe away all my social anxiety.

I still feel way off, but yesterday and today I started really feeling like myself again, which has been AWESOME. Still getting waves of anxiety and depression and such but when i feel normal and like my old self again i feel soooo good and happy and relieved. I forgot who I was for a while there and I really like seeing myself starting to come back. :)
 
I tend to become addicted to phenibut when coming off my DOC (opioids) and I've never had a big problem getting off of it as I NEVER take it 2 days in a row - every third day dosing (at 6g per dose) seems to lead to about 5% the withdrawals of daily use, and every other day dosing seems to lead to about 15% the withdrawals of daily use.

Better yet, I have found that phenibut doesn't really lead to any post acute withdrawal syndrome like opiates/benzos with me. Once I've detoxed (via gabepentin and kava), I feel back to normal in a week.

Not to overrule the experiences of others, thats just my experience.

Phenibut is like a mildy attractive street whore, whereas opiates are like a famous porn star.
 
I tend to become addicted to phenibut when coming off my DOC (opioids) and I've never had a big problem getting off of it as I NEVER take it 2 days in a row - every third day dosing (at 6g per dose) seems to lead to about 5% the withdrawals of daily use, and every other day dosing seems to lead to about 15% the withdrawals of daily use.

Better yet, I have found that phenibut doesn't really lead to any post acute withdrawal syndrome like opiates/benzos with me. Once I've detoxed (via gabepentin and kava), I feel back to normal in a week.

Not to overrule the experiences of others, thats just my experience.

Phenibut is like a mildy attractive street whore, whereas opiates are like a famous porn star.

Agree with you there, opiates are everything I'm looking for and more but they tend to fuck up my life way too fast, mostly due to cost I think.
 
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