postr/StutterJuly 4, 2019

Phenibut - MY positive experience using this substance

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Phenibut - MY positive experience using this substance TL;DR: Phenibut has increased my fluency and decreased my social anxiety significantly. ​ Hi everyone, I am currently 26 years old, a male, and have stuttered my whole life. On the spectrum of stuttering severity, I would say Im 95% fluent but could not say the same 4 years ago. This is when I attended group speech therapy in college. I would say I was around 70% fluent at that time. Gaining more fluency naturally just required putting myself out there, and my anxiety decreased which also helped to decrease the amount that I stuttered. However, there are still specific everyday instances that I have not overcome such as introducing myself, ordering foods with specific sounds or sound blends, and more. On top of stuttering, I also have underlying social anxiety (partly due to stuttering). I have been searching for something to just give that little extra push to make putting myself out there easier. Ive tried many many different things, until I finally tried Phenibut for the past week... And may I say... wow.... It literally squashes all feelings of social anxiety for me and helps with my stuttering tremendously in the following ways: * I don't walk into situations thinking about which words I might stutter on, and how to avoid them. * Im not as inclined to say no to invites/activities if I don't know people that are going to be there. * You know that feeling when you're speaking and a word is coming up that you know you're going to stutter on, then you start saying "um" until it comes out? Or stutter through it? I still feel the initial onset of that feeling, but it dissipates when its time to actually say the word. * It is much easier for me to think about things to talk about because Im not constantly trying to control which words I will be saying. * I can actually say my mother fucking name. This is not a cure all, but I find that this substance has helped me tremendously with no side effects thus far. You will read conflicting information about phenibut saying that you can take it everyday versus you cant take it everyday. I am deciding to try and take it everyday and cycle off of it one day out of the week. My research has shown that at 750mg taken once daily is safe enough for this practice. I recommend you do your own research and ask a doctor if this is safe for you to take. ​ My routine is: 1. Wake up 2. Take 750 mg of Phenibut on an empty stomach 3. Shower, get ready, and drink my coffee ​ Its a not a hard one at all. If you are skeptical about trying this everyday then just try it during isolated instances. This is amazing for job interviews, dates, or any social event that makes you nervous. I have asked someone out on a date for the first time in almost 2 years within the week that I began trying this. Phenibut is suppose to be addictive, please do your own research, but I really wanted to share with you all what has been an absolutely amazing experience. Literally the first time in my life that I have felt this confident going into social situations.

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