I am 30 years old and I am in daily, debilitating chronic pain from Lyme Disease and 7 herniated discs. I have been in University for computer science for 5 years and I graduate in 6 months. I absolutely need to finish, but because my pain meds are not working I cannot concentrate anymore and I fear I will have to drop out. I am becoming suicidal because of this. I spoke to my pain management doc and he will not give me anything stronger than what I already have.
I find that about 1.5 g of phenibut in addition to my normal meds totally destroys my pain but I have only been taking it about 3-4 days a week for the past year (I take the other few days of the week off for fear of addiction). I need to be in less pain to get through the last 6 months of my computer science bachelor's. I've been toying with the idea of taking phenibut about 1 g per day, 7 days a week because it is so good for my pain. I am on many other meds, but without the phen I am still in horrible pain. I have a prescription to baclofen and I take lyrica daily, so when I am finished school I could use it to withdraw myself off the phenibut. My long-term plan is to get better pain management treatment, but right now that's just not possible as there are no good facilities near my school. I do NOT want to drop out because I know I will never come back and finish.
What do you guys think about this? Will tolerance eventually prevent the phenibut from helping?
Edited by jcalderaio, 10 July 2016 - 01:12 AM.