Hola- not a current user, but I've had two solid physical dependencies to it (fairly recently)
Given that the usage was recent enough that I can recall the information requested, perhaps still useful...?
1) Daily (2x day, within an hour of waking and approx. nine hours after that)
2) Generally two grams; more (~3g) if I'm looking to feel it, less (~1.5g) if I plan on taking other substances. Two grams was, effectively, just above a maintenance dose.
3) Definitely. Bad. Would sooner withdraw from Etizolam/Zopiclone again. Unbearable akathisia, extreme anxiety (I'm an anxious person, normally, though 40mg Citalopram/day helps keep it under control, under normal conditions), complete (seriously, total) insomnia... all the pleasantries of GABA withdrawal. GABA A agonists helped, but not with the full spectrum of symptoms, as Phenibut effects GABA-B. Withdrawal symptoms manifested in twelve hours on a maintenance dose, sixteen hours on my normal two gram hit. Ended up Rxing Gabapentin, which countered w/d symptoms.
4) Six months (at time of usage)... dependency was achieved after about a week and a half to two weeks after first dose. It works quick :/
5) Yes- at this point in time, I was using alcohol frequently (four to five states of moderate intoxication a week)... nothing else GABAergic.
I feel obligated to say this--- If you're gathering data for the purposes of deciding whether to use it yourself, my unsolicited advice to anyone would be to avoid it if GABAergics are your drugs of choice. If you enjoy GABAergics, it will quickly become difficult to avoid justifying breaking dosage regimen, in my experience (normally pretty good with drugs, but it gets out of hand quickly)
The withdrawal is DRASTICALLY disproportionate to the delivered effects, and until you experience the withdrawal, it can be difficult to form a mental connection between a pretty weak (but enjoyable) functional high and the truly awful discontinuation syndrome
ANYWAAAYS if that's not why you're asking, I hope the data helps!
