I'm kind of ridiculously qualified to speak on this subject. I've been taking phenibut off and on for over 6 years now. lol back when it was known online as the "crazy russian drug" lol. Before that I was on gabapentin. It's a type of drug known as a gabapentinoid. Phenibut has a reputation, but it is basically just gabapentin/neurotin/ or lyrica/pregaba(Honestly, you might have been able to solve your problem with a perscription to gabapentin. There probably is a cross tolerance.). I was also prescribed benzodiazapines for years. I quit several times basically cold turkey(don't ever do that). I didn't find benzodiazapines in any way psychologically addictive. They are physically addictive. REALLY physically addictive! I feel like all the issues caused by benzodiazapines went away with time. Short term, there were a ton of problems. The human brain is good at adapting to things. Benzos makes you tired and hungry... That isn't recreational to me. I was basically taking benzos because I was so miserable I didn't want to exist anymore. It wasn't recreational, it was self medicating... COCAINE is a recreational drug. I also dont get how people have problems with phenibut. You get a tolerance faster than any drug I have ever taken. You end up having to double the dosage almost everyday... I've had several psychiatrists literally try and diagnose me with bipolar disorder while i was on VERY large dosages of gabapentanoids. The "high" is the most chaotic thing I have ever experienced. Why would you want to feel like that everyday? Anecdotally, I had a very different experience from you. Phenibut also just does crazy, crazy things to your libido. Seriously... It turn's you into a sex maniac... It takes 5 hours to kick in... It doesn't even make since as a solution to the problem you were trying to solve! Take it and maybe you will go to sleep in 5 hours... I'm literally on it right now. Maybe i'm approaching things more from the perspective of an addict. I guess it's understandable that maybe you have had a different experience than me. I'm on seroquel for sleep issues. Maybe give that a try. At low dosages seroquel functions as an antihistamine not a antipsychotic. It's solved my sleep problems better than anything I have ever taken. I've had a very, very different experience from you. The Phenibut for sleep thing doesn't make since. I'm messed up on the stuff atm. I took it yesterday. 24 hours ago! Don't take it for sleep. Maybe take it at gym if you really need to kill it.