Magic Withdrawal

Magic withdrawal is the first sign of magic poisoning. Common in highly magical areas, the amount of magic exposure that triggers it in a person varies by many factors including their natural magical ability, how much magic they grew up around, their species, and if they took any precautions to protect against it. Not as common among animals, it is still rarely seen as a cause of death in the wild.
Most people are treated away from cities to reduce the background magic and in theory speed the recovery from magic withdrawal, however it has not been conclusively confirmed to help or hurt recovery because of how much variance there is between people's acquiring the disease as well as recovering from it, although generally the more magic a person can handle the longer they take to recover which many scholars use to argue that magic dissipates from a person at a constant rate. Although others argue that more powerful magic users are actually better at retaining their magic than less powerful users.

Transmission & Vectors

Using magic, or being around a lot of magic.

Causes

Excessive use of or sometimes exposure to magic.

Symptoms

jittery, easily irritated, strong urges to cast more spells.

Treatment

People with this disease are isolated and watched, in extreme cases even gagged and restrained to stop them from casting spells so their body can let it's magic dissipate into the environment. Sometimes the wood of the Shreaf Tree is used or brought in to help absorb the natural magic in the area.

Prognosis

If left untreated, someone with the disease will eventually die from magic poisoning. If an individual does manage to stop using magic, and stay away from it for long enough for them to return to normal, accept they will likely not be able to use as much magic safely.

Affected Groups

Most sentient species are capable of using magic, and some nonsentient species that are very magical. Apparently however there are some species which rather than get poisoned by extreme magic exposure manage to feed off it, however there has not been much study of such species.
It's speculated that they are somehow either redirecting that magic, or transforming it somehow into non-magical energy, or at least some form that isn't harmful.

Prevention

Careful use of magic, not using it too often, and or the use of magical shields to protect against magic exposure. Additionally magically inert materials seem to also help protect from magic.

Epidemiology

In locations that are particularly magical, the disease is more prevalent, and often there are laws limiting magic use per person per period of time to help prevent magic addiction and poisoning from becoming a major issue in the area.

Cultural Reception

Most cultures see it as something sad, but necessary to deal with in exchange for magic.

Type

Magical

Origin

Magical

Cycle

Chronic, Acquired

Rarity

Uncommon

Affected Species

• Sanyadarishya
• Airelsat