The speaker is unsure whether they've gone crazy or simply lost the ability to think straight, and they blame the person they love. Even a small glimpse of that person's love was enough to knock their mind off balance. The opening questions sound confused and a little desperate, as if the speaker is checking their own sanity out loud.
The poem then turns on a clever idea: love is both the illness and the cure. The speaker says they need medication, then asks to be addicted to the beloved's love, treating it as a drug. In the last line, the beloved becomes a doctor who could restore their sanity. The speaker isn't asking to escape the feeling, only to have it fulfilled. The mood is dizzy, pleading and vulnerable, with a touch of dark humor. It's short and blunt, which makes the longing feel raw and urgent.