I am pretty sure I am addicted to my anti-depressant- I do go through withdrawal if I do not take it for a couple of days. In fact, I was listening to This American Life, where they were talking about a doctor who murdered his father, and kept saying that he needed citalopram, and describing his symptoms. Everyone thought he was faking, but it turns out he actually had Huntingtons. Anyway, his symptoms are mine-- weird electrical zaps through my brain, feeling like I have facial ticks (although it doesn't show) and just general not being able to think.

I am pretty sure I am addicted to my anti-depressant- I do go through withdrawal

I wouldn't really call that addiction, except in the most technical sense.

I'd kinda be interested if there was a med I could just take for the worst week of the month. Don't think so though.

I think you can do that with one of the kinds of generic Prozac. Ask the doctor. Serafem, I think? Not sure how it's spelled.

And congratulations on the job! I don't think I said that yet.

In Boston news, I just started following Eliza Dushku this weekend, and her mom seems to live right in the Watertown area. She seems a little freaked out. I also started following Margaret H. Willison, pop culture happy hours librarian superfan who lives in Boston, and she is very informative.

I am pretty sure I am addicted to my anti-depressant

Withdrawal symptoms generally indicate physical dependence, which is not the same thing as addiction. Pretty much every antidepressant will cause withdrawal symptoms if you stop taking it suddenly. (That can actually be extremely dangerous, which is why it's strongly recommended that people taper off antidepressants rather than stop them suddenly.)

Uh, I'm not trying to lecture; I just don't know if you mean you have an addiction in the sense of a behavioral disorder, or just that the drug has affected your body in such a way that if you don't take it, you have adverse effects.

Somerville still isn't on lockdown, but the police would prefer us to stay indoors. I may decide to go out into my backyard anyway. I'm a rebel that way.

In more realistic news, I have to fill a prescription and get Kat Fud.

Kat Fud

I always write it that way on the grocery list!

Can Bostonistas confirm that cell service has been shut down across the Boston metro area? My brother isn't answering his texts.

, or just that the drug has affected your body in such a way that if you don't take it, you have adverse effects.

This- Although I think if I couldn't get it, I would be very upset.

Although I think if I couldn't get it, I would be very upset.

But isn't that partly because you know you wouldn't function as well without it?