I have sort of two questions here...

I'm relatively new to therapy - about 2 months in now, and she keeps nudging me in the direction of getting anti-anxiety/depression medication. I'm worried about taking anything because about 8 years back I had a pretty serious addiction to hydrocodone/soma.

I haven't had the urge in at least 5 - 6 years. But since I've never taken anti-anxiety/depression meds, I'm worried if any of these might be habit-forming for me.

On the other hand, I'm really concerned about whether I should tell the therapist about my history of dependence - I knew a guy once that told me about how telling a doctor/healthcare professional made it damn near impossible to get painkillers when he needed them after a car accident.

Is this true? I don't want to **** myself in case I have health problems down the road and really need them. Does anyone have experience with this?