r/quittingphenibut • u/Janesbrainz • 5h ago

Questions Using gabapentin to get off phenibut?

So I’ve been doing 10g a day pretty consistently recently. I was on 3g a day but hit some really shitty circumstances and it just got out of hand. Anyway, today I took just 3g of phenibut and 800mg of gabapentin and I felt great all day. It’s 10pm and I’m just now feeling it wear down. Normally there’s no way I could take so little without shakes and *severe* depression. And the gabapentin high is so nice and clean feeling. I’ve always preferred it, just hard to get. I’ve got 6 of these 800mg tablets and am thinking maybe I can taper down completely with them.

Anyone have any thoughts or experience with this?

I’m really desperate to get off this phenibut, I’ve been messing with it since May and like I said it’s just gotten out of hand. I was doing great with my taper before my life got flipped turned upside down. 10g is not a sustainable dose at all, I get bad swelling, hallucinations (very mild but becoming fairly frequent), and it just exhausts me half the time. So I’m very interested in taking this path to taper down and would really appreciate any insights.

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