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gopher
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my psychiatrist would script me triazolams like they were candy, but she dropped me as a client cause she said I was doing better and my family doctor could take over, my family doctor is a square, I doubt im ever getting a benzo again
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morrowasted
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Soularize said: Bumping this cause I have a related question for you guys.
I was a daily phenibut and kratom user for the past year. I'm a recovering alcoholic (2+ yrs clean) but I admittedly traded addictions with these seemingly less destructive substances. I stopped taking high phenibut doses quite a few months back, and tapered the dose down to about 450mg per day, for the last couple months of using it. My kratom dose was pretty light towards the end as well (maybe 2.5 gpd).
So I finally quit the phenibut a month ago, but I didn't want to deal with insomnia or other potential WD's. My doctor had suggested Gabapentin to me way back when I was still drinking and looking to quit, but I never took him up on the offer until now. It's been a couple weeks on about 800-1000mg per day. I have really mixed feelings about it, and I know since its a GABAergic drug, there's real potential for me to abuse it, considering my past.
I did however finally quit kratom, just 5 days ago, which is awesome.
I have been feeling pretty sad and actually somewhat anxious and depressed lately, while on the gabapentin. I just don't know whether this is actually the gabapentin or if it's to be more attributed to kratom WDs.
If any of you have used gabapentin before, I'd like to hear about your thoughts and experiences. As I understand it, this drug and phenibut work on different gaba receptors. I honestly would have to say that, so far, I find phenibut to be warmer and floatier than gabapentin, but gabapentin doesn't seem to have as devastating of a rebound effect the next morning (it does seem a bit sedating though).
Any personal experience and response here is much appreciated. Thanks.
The sadness is the withdrawal. Go check out www.reddit.com/r/quittingkratom and www.reddit.com/r/quittingphenibut
I dont have any experience with phenibut but with respect to kratom, it seems you can expect some feelings of depression, anxiety, terror, and panic for up to 6 months following kratom dicontinuation. Many of those guys are taking 40 to 100 grams per day though so it will likely be shorter for you.
I would personally use baclofen rather than gabapentin to get off phenibut. More similar mechanism, but baclofen is notoriously unsusceptible to tolerance
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Gr33nTree73



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Re: Phenibut [Re: psi]
#27086128 - 12/12/20 05:23 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Gr33nTree73 said: Phenibut is a strange one, it's intense but subtle at the same time for me. All I can say is, if you have any affliction with booze, please, please do not mix the two together.
Off topic but long ago I remember someone with your exact user name posting on a forum about pennies that I used to frequent, was that you by any chance?
Which forum? My memory is a bit fuzzed sometimes lol. Cool to still see you here though, after logging in after many years again I thought this place would be crawling with noobie trippers that soon leave or notice the deceased list increase dramatically.
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psi
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It was the Realcent forum, about sorting pennies for copper value. Still exists but I'm not active in the hobby any more.
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gopher
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Re: Phenibut [Re: psi]
#27086147 - 12/12/20 05:36 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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I dont think any canadians are
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psi
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Re: Phenibut [Re: gopher]
#27086158 - 12/12/20 05:42 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah you can't do it with pennies any more in Canada but nickels up to 1981 are 99% pure nickel. The odd silver dime pops up in circulation too. Might get a few from a $250 box of dimes, at least when I was last doing it.
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Re: Phenibut [Re: psi]
#27086176 - 12/12/20 05:54 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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welp since the thread is bumped I took some last tuesday which was 4 days after my last dose I took less than the last dose and it wasn't really that good
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Re: Phenibut [Re: yeah]
#27086229 - 12/12/20 06:24 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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u can't smoke on wellbutrin so they lock u in the psych ward
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Gr33nTree73



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Re: Phenibut [Re: psi]
#27086406 - 12/12/20 08:29 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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psi said: It was the Realcent forum, about sorting pennies for copper value. Still exists but I'm not active in the hobby any more.
nah brother but, that sounds like some oddball thing that I'd be into
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psi
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Yeah it was a fun hobby, a bit like playing the lottery with the silver ones. Or finding older pennies and nickels.
Anyway, sorry for hijacking your thread OP.
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Gr33nTree73 said:

Miss that dude! does he ever come on here?
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Gr33nTree73



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I asked about coaster years ago, at the time supposedly he still posted once in a while under a different username I think. His posts kept the antics here interesting for sure and his math/theory threads could get you thinking.
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psi
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I wasn't active here at the same time as he was (or I don't remember interacting with him), but people have mentioned that he became a teacher.
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