What is kindling?

[[ti...]]

I have heard that term used, not sure if its restarting your taper, rescue dose, but it doesn't sound pleasant.

[[Va...]]

The definition:

 

Kindling refers to the phenomenon of increasingly severe withdrawal symptoms, including an increased risk of seizures, that occurs as a result of repeated withdrawal from alcohol or other sedative-hypnotics with related modes of action. Ethanol (alcohol) has a very similar mechanism of tolerance and withdrawal to benzodiazepines, involving the GABAA receptors , NMDA receptors and AMPA receptors, but the majority of research into kindling has primarily focused on alcohol.[1] An intensification of anxiety and other psychological symptoms of alcohol withdrawal also occurs.[2]

 

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[[ho...]]

I think of and use the term to mean starting an updose after tapering or cold turkey with accompanying negative side effects, that "kindle" or restart a potentially worse or bigger "fire" each time.  I have kindled and it does get worse for me each time. 

[[ti...]]

For some reason I am not getting notifications.  Sorry for the late response. Good to know on the kindling.  I have updosed but it didn't really affect me.  Maybe because I am just starting out really really slowly.  So I guess this means that benzos will not work ever even long after my body is "clean"?