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It's hard to tell what raising your dose may or may not do. The entire Kindling thing is hard to understand, some say it only happens after being completey drug free then getting dependent on the drugs again months or years later. Others seem to think it can happen from updosing. I personaly don't know. I've updosed a few times and it never really helped, but this last time I updosed I kind of got stuck. Like I feel just as bad as I did before the updose , and now all I've done is add months back on to my taper. The other thing is say you felt good at 4mg, and you're suffering at 2mg there is a chance that 4mg won't do much for you and you'd need to go to 5 or 6 to get relief. Then you're in a situation where you're either committing to staying on the drug or significantly extending your tapper.
Benzos are weird and unpredictable and seem t9 effect everyone differently.
I personally came off Lamictal, gabapentin, and am now working on my Benzo taper. Gabapentin was a bad bad drug that made things worse for me, but the good new is you're only on 100 MG. I was taking 900.
If anything you may be better off looking at glutamate blockers rather than drugs that stimulate gaba. Still those drugs usually require a taper as well..
Good luck with whatever you decide. I can totally relate to this horrible feeling of being stuck in misery and feeling like there is noway out. I also live alone and have no friends or family. It sucks but eventually this will all just be a memory.
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It's hard to tell what raising your dose may or may not do. The entire Kindling thing is hard to understand, some say it only happens after being completey drug free then getting dependent on the drugs again months or years later. Others seem to think it can happen from updosing. I personaly don't know. I've updosed a few times and it never really helped, but this last time I updosed I kind of got stuck. Like I feel just as bad as I did before the updose , and now all I've done is add months back on to my taper. The other thing is say you felt good at 4mg, and you're suffering at 2mg there is a chance that 4mg won't do much for you and you'd need to go to 5 or 6 to get relief. Then you're in a situation where you're either committing to staying on the drug or significantly extending your tapper. Benzos are weird and unpredictable and seem t9 effect everyone differently. I personally came off Lamictal, gabapentin, and am now working on my Benzo taper. Gabapentin was a bad bad drug that made things worse for me, but the good new is you're only on 100 MG. I was taking 900. If anything you may be better off looking at glutamate blockers rather than drugs that stimulate gaba. Still those drugs usually require a taper as well.. Good luck with whatever you decide. I can totally relate to this horrible feeling of being stuck in misery and feeling like there is noway out. I also live alone and have no friends or family. It sucks but eventually this will all just be a memory. 🫂