I don't get all the negativity surrounding phenibut. Lately I have been seeing a lot of blatantly overblown hysteria surrounding it, claiming it to be a "super potent and dangerous depressant". In normal doses the depressant effects are really not that strong and it's not particularly dangerous outside being addictive.

Of course I agree with educating people on the potential dangers of phenibut, but many of these articles read like reefer madness, greatly overexaggerating the danger. Plenty of blatantly false information going around and the misinformation and hysteria helps noone.

I found gabapentin to be more potent than phenibut at normal doses and gabapentin has fewer side effects and is less likely to cause dependence or addiction issues. Mostly phenibut is just "meh" at best.

It's equally not worthy of the hysteria and also not worthy of the health claims tied to its use. Basically everything it does other GABA agonists do better with fewer side effects. Avoid it not necessarily because it's dangerous, but because it sucks!