r/quittingphenibut

Hi everyone, I used Phenibut for 4 days, doses between 1 and 2.5g. I've completely stopped now and I don't want anything to do with it again. I'm on day 2 of withdrawal and yesterday I had some rough symptoms (nausea, cold sweats) but today things feel a bit more manageable, just low mood, agitation and anxiety. I know some cases here are really severe with long term heavy use, but mine was pretty short. Just looking for some reassurance or similar experiences from people who used it briefly and recovered without major issues. Thanks for reading

Not feeling bad. Feel kinda good actually. My mind is clear feel like it was just fried. I started on a gram like a year and a half ago up to 14g and back to 10gpd. Last dose was 9g 60 hours ago. Had a lil anxiety and poor sleep last night otherwise I’m good rn. Does it get worse from here?

Hi.

I finally got off a 15 year benzo habit and next step is quitting phenibut. I take 500 mg every 4 hours about 1.5g a day. Since I'm off the benzos it might be a little more rough than if I were on them I think but that's alright.

I am going to see a doctor for this, since I have a history of alcohol seizures and worried about the glutamate surge from quitting phenibut.

How long should it take? My benzo taper was 1.5 years so I'm no stranger to tapers , but if fast is possible I wouldn't mind.

I've heard about baclofen and pregabalin as a transfer. Is there anyone that quit near my dose range? Any input I can give to the doc because I am sure he won't know what it is, or at least preparing if that's the case.

Also I heard about nac agmatine bromantane etc. And post recovery tips highly appreciated.

I have read many posts already but I haven't really met one where they take small doses spread out like I did.

It's also kind of hard for me to focus rn so I figured making a post might be helpful. I apologize for the repeat I'm sure y'all are annoyed by the same questions

Thank you 🙏

Oh also worried about the depression that might follow. I've been very very stable lately but phenibut is a strong antidepressant for me even if I don't really feel it working as much. Anyone ever have success with ketamine like joyous after quitting ?

Hi everyone, I’m sorry for this being long, but I wanted to give context.

I’ve used phenibut hcl off and on for around 6 months. I would dose every few days at first, never doing it every day. I also never really got high from it, it was more of just a mood boost for me. I’ve never been much of a gaba drug type of person, but this substance is one I do enjoy. Anyways, I ended up using it more often (maybe 3-4 times a week) and obviously my tolerance built up quickly. The first time I did it though, it took 2 full grams to feel anything at all. I know that’s strange considering I don’t use gabaergic drugs, I mean I don’t even like alcohol so it was strange to me.

There was a time where I did use it every day for a full week, but I didn’t get any rebound anxiety or withdrawals or anything. After that, i didn’t use any for around 3 weeks. I never felt like I NEEDED this substance, it just felt like a tool for me. I perform better at work and in the gym when I have some in my system.

Over the last few weeks, I’d use it every other day/every 2-3 days max, and my doses eventually got up to 10g. I’d only ever dose once on the days I DID do it, but that’s still a massive dose. I didn’t do enough research about this substance, so my dumbass didn’t realize that you can still get addicted if you do it that often. Once I started reading people’s withdrawal stories, I started losing my mind, lol. A few days ago, I convinced myself I was addicted. 48 hours after my last dose, I thought I was experiencing that nerve itch feeling because I saw some people say that withdrawals start with that feeling first. I almost had a panic attack and took a 6g dose just in case, but started feeling better about 15 minutes later, so I started to think the “withdrawals” may have been placebo.

I then started to freak out again because I had more phen coming in, but it was still a few days away from being delivered. That was never a problem before because I never thought I was addicted, and I wasn’t. But I didn’t know for sure if I was physically dependent this time or not, so I was getting extremely anxious because if I WAS addicted at these high doses, I may have to be hospitalized to survive the withdrawals. At some point, I was able to calm down by telling myself that I was NOT addicted, but if I was, I would just go to the hospital and tell them what was going on.

48 hours later, I was still pretty calm because I knew I’d survive one way or another, and I didn’t feel any nerve itch or anything. As time passed, I never felt any withdrawal symptoms come on. I have been more anxious because these stories are terrifying, but overall I’m fine. It’s been well over 3 days now, and I haven’t experienced any withdrawals. Nothing has been creeping up on me or anything.

Has anyone else had an experience like this before? It seems very strange to me. I know some people say it can take even longer than 3 days, but generally withdrawals start to creep up on you. Either way, the worry of withdrawals was enough to scare me into not using it again, so if I AM in the clear, I’m absolutely done. I got that package today, and I’m keeping it for a few days just in case the withdrawals do hit me after 4/5 days lol. If that’s the case, I’ll taper and go to a doctor to get off asap, but from what it looks like so far, I’m in the clear. Also, phenibut hcl does take around 2 hours to kick in for me, but it feels like it only lasts maybe 2-4 hours max. Everyone seems to say it lasts 6-8, but for me it’s nowhere near that long. I’ll be in a good mood for a couple of hours and then just be tired for the rest of the day. But again, I never actually got high from it.

Let me know if anyone has an explanation for this extremely weird shit. Thank you for your time 🙏🏻

i took phenibut for 5 days at 2-3g doses, its been 4 days since my last dose, although my anxiety isnt bad at all i feel mentally fine but i havent slept at all in the past 48 hours i maybe did for an hour with very vivid crazy dreams then woke up at 3 am and been up

i am at work right now i feel weirdly drugged up and jus paranoid. i really want to get sleep tonight and im scared i wont get that.

Binged for 5 day total 15g plus alcohol

Man this is really taking a toll on me. I just feel like I’m living in a dream right now, I’m not anxious or anything just I can’t sleep and when I do I wake up in 2-3 hours and that sleep is very choppy like waking up ever 20 min and the dreams are so weird and random nothing makes sense.

I have deep dark circles on my eyes my head is so heavy tonight is gonna be the 4th night I hope I can get some more sleep

I can’t get any helper meds or anything too maybe just Benadryl

I’ve been taking phenibut for about 5-6 weeks. I started doing 3g a day, quickly ramped up to 6, then the last 2 weeks 8-10gpd.

I was tapering for 4 days on a fast taper about 1/2 of my normal dose 2x a day. On Tuesday I took only 1,500mg. After that my package got delayed until Friday.

I have been completely cold turkey now for 50 or so hours, nothing but low dose Klonopin which has been helping a lot, but is slowly helping for shorter periods of time, and I’m really scared for tonight. I also do not have many benzos left so this is what I’m wondering;

When my package comes I want to finish the actual taper I started. Where do I start since I’ve been off 4 days?? How do I know what dose is right?

I abused phenibut and pregabalin everyday for 5 years. I’d alternate between the two to prevent building too much tolerance and to prevent running out of my pregabalin script. Doing 300mg pregabalin on day one, 400mg pregabalin day two, 6g phenibut day three, repeat the cycle everyday. It was exhausting having to keep track of this cycle every single day and to live a lie of my use for 5 years. I finally admitted to my use when I was admitted to the psych ward 2 years ago. They tapered me off pregabalin very rapidly, 50mg twice daily for 2 days, 50mg once daily for 2 days, 25mg once daily for 1 day, then off. I struggled a lot getting off of it, I bet my glutamate levels were through the roof. But now I’m glad I don’t depend on these substances anymore. I don’t have to lie, I don’t have to be so calculating, I don’t have to worry about getting caught. If you’re still struggling quitting, just know it’s possible!

I’m back here again sadly. (Yes I’m an idiot) about 3 months or so ago I successfully came off 5-6 months of high daily phenibut by using baclofen. I was 2 weeks off everything and felt great so figured I could still use occasionally. I ended up doing 3 days in a row cause first two days had no effect so I figured it’d be fine. Within 48 hours I was full blown withdrawals and I assume kindled myself so started using low dose baclofen again. Worked great but now 3 months later I’m really struggling to shake the baclofen.

My question is how do I know how much I can white knuckle it before it’s dangerous and seizure territory? I’m 5 days off completely and the withdrawals keep getting worse. Fasoracetam helped the withdrawals but made me feel super crappy in other ways.

My worst symptoms are bad insomnia obviously and the scary ones are the internal vibration shaking feelings that get really bad when attempting to go to sleep. Insane sweating and overheating and then also randomly super cold chills fever like. I can tough it out if it’s safe but idk how to tell. It’s worse than last time when I jumped ship and felt great 4 days later.

I’m really sorry I’m so confusing I feel pretty crappy and foggy but any advice would be appreciated. I just wish I could know how safe it is to keep pushing through. Thank you guys.

I’ve been doing a slow taper the last week, but now my package got delayed. It will not be here for 3 days. I was on about 6-10g daily for a little over a month. My last dose was about 1.5g. It’s been about 30 hours and I just feel shaky mainly but I know it’ll get worse. My question is WHAT DO I DO? Do I just thug it out? Is that too dangerous. I wouldn’t mind getting some help but I’m unfortunately also tapering down on 7oh, which I’ve gotten to a pretty low dose. I was planning on quitting both and fixing my life. Do I go to ER?

Been using Phenibut for 5 years of which the first 3 years responsible until life got stressful.. rebound got so bad i started using daily up to 6-7 grams, but most of the time it was 5gpd. Tapered to 2,5g and was on that for a month. Tapered 0,1 a day Till I was at 0,3G.
Below 1 gram I started feeling some emotions again and now im a week off the stuff and as happy as ever! Dumbest thing ever for me to stay on this shit for so long. Last week I had goosebumps again from a simple song. That made me realise how numb the stuff makes you. Had not had that in over a year..
Bite the bullit!

It's been 40 months since I last took phenibut. It ruined my life. But I'd give anything to trade places with that person 46 months ago who just started. It gave me unbelievable insight and happiness when I had started it. But it was also the worst thing I've ever done. I think it was my lack of knowledge and self control that really fucked me over.

I'm addicted to kratom (2-5g a day) and weed (40-60mg a day) and my life is absolutely horrible. I've had multiple botched surgeries and I'm stuck in a room in a house where everyone hates me because I'm trans. I'm homeless and can't work because of my physical issues. I want to take phenibut so I can get off the kratom (why is it so hard this time?) and experience a moment of peace for once. But I'm afraid of falling down the hole again.

I'm sitting here looking at the smallest possible order. 15 grams. I don't want that much in my possession. I want like 2 grams.

Please talk me out of this. I'm so close. My life is so fucking horrible I really want to feel different. I'll probably just end up in the hospital again.

I'm tapering and I take .6 grams phenibut in the morning and .6 at night. Been taking a total of 900mg gabapentin a day for only 2 weeks.

Yesterday morning I took 1 gram agmatine. I felt depressed all day after taking it.

Today I took woke up anxious. Took phenibut and the anxiety got worse. Took kratom and the anxiety got REALLY bad. Ive staggard doses of gabapentin in the last hour and a half and it has done nothing for my anxiety it may have made it worse PLEASE HELP WITH INFO OR SUGGESTION!

Today I
gram agamatine and 1200 grams NAC).

Started taking it as cheer up capsules & addall xr classic, then moved to 2-3 scoops of somatomax (2-6g per day, probably less because it claims roughly 2g per scoop)

I know most is fake these days but I definitely get strong effects from the somatomax and cheer up as well so whatever it is, I am DEEPLY addicted. Been taking daily 1-2x per day for around 3 weeks at this consistent dosage

Just barely survived 7oh withdrawals & now here we are… I know I need to quit but I’ve heard so many horror stories. How bad is this? What am I in for? Any advice? Am I going to need a hospital? I have BPD, bipolar disorder, and a ketamine addiction.

I used gabapentin to help with the anxiety of getting off phenibut. Some days I took 900, some days 1200.
I'm scared to take it any longer because of withdrawals.
How bad will they be at 2 weeks and 1100mg a day?
How long should I taper? I only have fifty 100mg capsules left and I don't believe the doc will prescribe more any time soon.

3.5 years on phenibut. Highest I got was about 5gpd. I tapered down over about 3 months. Last week I was the doing .1gpd. Saturday I did .7g. That was my last dose. I slept horribly last night. Woke up every 30 minutes despite taking 150mg trazodone. What can I expect moving forward? When will sleep return to normalish? Thanks for any info or advice.

Edit Saturday I did .07g