Hope you are all feeling good in yourselves today :-)
Does anyone have any knowledge or experience of where the use of meds becomes an addiction? Is there a point where you want the meds but no longer need them?
I am on and off meds (normally on during winter) every year but sometimes get them at other times of the year for stress/anxiety based relapses. At the moment, I have just shaken the discontinuation syndrome from Citalopram after not doing any for a month. I can feel the dark clouds circling again (no motivation, irritability, no focus, lathargy etc) but I am not sure if its just my head missing the comfort of the meds. The disont. syndrome was my brain trying to adjust (which it clearly didnt want to) to the lack of meds.
If I went back on meds to appease my brain and restore comfort I would essentially be giving in, to what could prove to be a long-term need for meds without yearly breaks.
Am I addicted? do I give in to the Dark clouds too easily? do I just need long term meds? or is there something else?
Its a bit of an odd post but I thought i would put it out there anyway.