Ksa
Ex-Bluelighter
I can't figure this out...this is the definition of Drug Addiction:
Substance dependence, commonly called drug addiction, is a drug user's compulsive need to use controlled substances in order to function normally. When such substances are unobtainable, the user suffers from substance withdrawal.[1]
I can function normally, back into my ADDish self, without amphetamine and codeine. When I stop taking them I have no withdrawal, so according to the definition, I am not addicted to drugs. My doctor tells me that I am not addicted to drugs. But...it's something fucking weird. If I stop taking anything for 1 month...and then 2 months...my life reaches a level of unbearable bordom that renders the use of those drugs immediate and absolutely required in order to improve my quality of life. It's like a reverse withdrawal, where, instead of the symptoms decreasing as the withdrawal fades away, they increase.
Doctor can't figure it out, says it's my ADD self that needs to be medicated. If you can stop any drug without withdrawals, but you would prefer not to do so for longer than 2 months, are you a drug addict or can you blame it on ADD disorder?
Substance dependence, commonly called drug addiction, is a drug user's compulsive need to use controlled substances in order to function normally. When such substances are unobtainable, the user suffers from substance withdrawal.[1]
I can function normally, back into my ADDish self, without amphetamine and codeine. When I stop taking them I have no withdrawal, so according to the definition, I am not addicted to drugs. My doctor tells me that I am not addicted to drugs. But...it's something fucking weird. If I stop taking anything for 1 month...and then 2 months...my life reaches a level of unbearable bordom that renders the use of those drugs immediate and absolutely required in order to improve my quality of life. It's like a reverse withdrawal, where, instead of the symptoms decreasing as the withdrawal fades away, they increase.
Doctor can't figure it out, says it's my ADD self that needs to be medicated. If you can stop any drug without withdrawals, but you would prefer not to do so for longer than 2 months, are you a drug addict or can you blame it on ADD disorder?