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?
Pretty much every antidepressant will cause withdrawal symptoms if you stop taking it suddenly.
Same thing happens to me if I forget to pick up my Lexapro refill -- I can miss one day, but I'd better not miss two. Less of a problem if I forget the bupropion, but I once missed it three days in a row -- something I don't want to do again.
Can Bostonistas confirm that cell service has been shut down across the Boston metro area? My brother isn't answering his texts.
Sorry, no -- I just had a cell conversation.
But isn't that partly because you know you wouldn't function as well without it?
Oh yes. I just worry about what would happen if there was some sort of disaster and I couldn't get it. It is actually very silly to worry about, and I am assuming after a few days it would go away. It has only happened to me when I left my meds at work over the weekend. Saturday I always think I am find, but by Sunday morning, I am taking the bus in to pick it up!
Nevermind, he just checked in on FB. They are fine but obviously not going to make their train to NYC tonight.
