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"Addcited" is a dirty word to many people. It doesn't mean you're a junkie, and it doesn't mean you don't need what you're addicted to. Lots of people with chronic pain are addicted to painkillers... that has nothing to do with the perfect legitimacy of their need for them. You don't take them away, you just make sure their pain is managed effectively.
Addiction is simply a medical term which means your body needs a continual supply of something or else it has extreme withdrawal symptoms. No one is calling you a junkie if they call something an addiction, or say you're experiencing addiction-like reactions. it's just a medical term to define the severity of your condition's need and drive for pain management.
Having said that, I'll go ahead and say it straight out: you indicate, through explanation of your withdrawal symptoms, an addiction to the drug.
You're not a junkie, you're not a doper, and you're not any of the other negative connotations you think of when you see the word "addiction". Most reasonable medical professionals would see your description of the withdrawal symptoms as a traumatic physiological dependence to the drug. Again, being addicted to something doesn't mean you don't actually need it, nor does it mean everyone thinks you're just looking to get high. It's just a word.
Technically, breathing would fall under the definition of an addiction. Don't get hung up on your negative perceptions of words, just focus on your pain management.
Additional: The other reason that not taking the medicine regularly, and "saving some to take more when needed" is frowned on is because- especially in the case of reuptake inhibitors- the general issue is that it's harder to kill off intense pain once it's there... so it's usually more efficient stay on a more steady level of medication so that the pain doesn't have a chance to increase to a severe level to begin with. Because of the way reuptake inhibitors work, it's generally much more efficient and effective if taken as directed, rather than as needed.
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