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When therapeutic substance use becomes compulsive

I have been microdosing to help with depression but I am starting to need it more often and I cannot tell if this is medicine or just another addiction.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The line between healing and dependency becomes blurred when the substance provides relief from suffering but creates new patterns of reliance.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Addiction as mental health condition?”

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