It's only recently that I have became interested in nootropics and the like. As somebody dealing with social anxiety, I was very excited to test out phenibut. I do recognize that isn't considered a nootropic by many and that tolerance and addiction can build rapdily. However I wanted to at least experience its effects and perhaps save it for emergencies. The first time I tried it, I felt nothing. The second time, exactly a week after, nothing. I endured a period of not eating for 16 hours (to ensure I was on a completely empty stomach) and gradually worked my way up to 3g. Despite this I felt absolutely nothing, not even any nausea or tiredness.
For the record I have never messed with benzos and drink rarely. Alcohol has the expected and desired effects and I'm pretty 'lightweight'. I'm curious about what this means relative to my anxiety, whether perhaps it means that GABA is or is not a root problem. I have never been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD but my focus levels are usually awful and I maladaptive daydream both to point where it would certainly be considered abnormal. I am 'zoned-out' most of the time leading to people reguarly asking whether I am ok or high. I'm not really depressed, and my baseline anxiety levels are relatively mild but I have many many obsessive thoughts, after all, I can't stop thinking, and it's usually about menial stuff.
It jsut doesn't make sense how it's like my GABA receptors are fried without using any drugs. I'm considering taking fasoracetam to see if it can have any positive effects on this.