I am in the heat of withdrawal from Phenibut and it's actually painful to even write this....but here we go
Phenibut had an effect on me which I can only describe as miraculous... At the time I was unemployed and couldn't even get out of bed bc of depression. I felt, and still do, that my life long battle with anxiety and depression was due to a problem with my GABA-B.... I literally thught that this was a gift from god
I was taking tianpetine at the time as well and needed to stop it....what happened then I can only describe as pure hell....Opiate withdrawal on par with heroin....I don't want to hear from the tianpetine naysayers bc I know what happened to me and you don't...so many others have gone through....Anyway I was using about 8g of phenibut daily (yes I know this is a very high dose) and increased it even more to battle withdrawal. This was a huge mistake as I blew the gasket off my gabab receptors...
I know phenibut has lost its magic bc I am not really withdrawing.... several months ago I didn't have phenibut for several days and I went through significant withdrawals....Now If I don't take I get certain symptoms, which I will talk about here today, but dont get thata writhing pain like before
My current symptoms are beyond weird..The odd thing is I am still taking 9g phenibut but am still going through the portion of withdrawal I am being exposed to....and I need help with them...need meds to combat this
1. Slight pulstate felt in my hands where they twitch slightly. It doesn't happen when I focus on them but rather when I look at the tv ...then I feel like slightly twitch....its scary and absurdly annoying... I am currently taking baclofen but it doesn't seem to be helpful
2. Whenever I fall asleep I wake up like I have taken 20 valium.... Can't speak correctly..incoherent...slurred speech....I am completely exhausted.... I have fallen asleep on the road twice and obviously this cannot go on
2. Not funny - noticed the past few weeks of high dose phenibut led to excessive porn watching....I can't get enough and the sexual fantasies have become weird and unhealthy
I refuse to believe that these symptoms are uncommon....While medicines always have a unique aspect to them they also cause similar symptoms ..always...I have read other posts with near identical symptoms... I have no issues with being dependant on it for the rest of my life so I am will be utilizing bacopa & fascoracetam to try and up regulate receptors...but really need somethign for the hand twitching...please help