Guess even Allah won't live to tell ;)

Eggster
How do I cure it? I'll be bankrupt before long....

It's a serious question isn't it. I find I get drawn to 'sales' like some do to poker machines. So for my music stuff, I have a huge whiteboard in my studio. It has a 'want' and a 'need' list. For me to buy anything now, it has to make it onto both lists. To make it onto the list, it has to pass a 'research' stage. It has stopped my impulse buying. The stuff I've bought, and money I've spent  All the best to you.
 

Eggster
How do I cure it? I'll be bankrupt before long....

 
Don't worry its only a psychological barrier, that feeling of insecurity, all that stress, you may even find it inspiring, create an new musical genre, the plugin blues!

Ha! Loads of great answers - Its what makes this forum great!!! I'm off to chain smoke a pack, have a whisky or two, play online poker while I consider my next purchase...

Thanks for the witty replies and the serious ones!

I spent a good amount of cash upgrading Sonar, picking up Pro Channel modules, and buying third party plugins and synths.  Many of the online mixing tutorials featured Waves, Ozone 5 was highly recommended when I got in to this, and in my quest to produce better mixes I often fell victim to the hype and to the sale.  That's not necessarily bad I guess, just more expensive, but I do have some buyer's remorse over some of the plugins/upgrades that I bought.
 
Live and learn, and I've learned a lot, including the fact that many of the bundled plugins in Sonar are just as good as those sold by other vendors, but also that it's fun to get a new toy and experiment.
 
Take the following article:  http://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/prochannel-compressors
 
Had I realized that Sonar's PC76 was a vintage 1176 compressor marketed by Waves and IK Multimedia and UA, I may have skipped buying another one....or not:)
 
 

With regards to the correct amount of music funds spent, I will note that the universe is always expanding.

What's the right amount of GAS to fill your studio universe?

I think it has to do with filling a void - and getting the right balance.

If presently you have (or don't have funds) - but you have a huge void - meaning you have very little of the amazing stuff available - the balance seems to point toward acquisition and some catch up. Splurge a little! Until your significant other or conscience (or both) get spun up. Watch for the deals and grab the items that you can't stop thinking about. Go for it. Your studio will be so much more powerful after you get that next item.

Once you have some stuff - let's take compressors, how many do you need? Probably not that many. Once you have some stuff, so the void isn't a vacuum - then put real thought not as much into acquiring that new offering - but more into the ratio of time you're spending between searching for deals, justifying purchases to yourself, learning new tools (if you actually use these plugs after buying them, or even remember that you bought them) versus the time you spend productively creating music.

Once the ratio / balance tips toward spending less time on creating music and lyrics and more time towards learning new tools but not creating any music then it might be a good time to let the air out of your GAS balloon.

As an additional point (and as one who has not followed the wisdom above), the music universe is always expanding, new plugs and new versions of plugs keep coming out, and GAS is seriously hard to control.

I know how you feel, it can become an obsession if you aren't careful. 
 
I found myself in a situation a while back where I wasn't even playing music but collecting all the Freeware VST's. At first I thought of the VST's : "Wow! These are free I might use them later on so I need to get everything I can while it's free".  I ended up with 2 out of 100 or so Freeware VST's that I kept that I might use. 
 
Your Daw can be compared to your house in a way, I mean you keep things laying around thinking you might use them later and end up with a bunch of clutter keeping you from actually using what you need to in the end. 
 
While I know you are speaking of purchased VST's/VSTI's. Look at it like this would be my advice : "What's the point of buying anything new if you haven't spent time using what you have already got to begin with?". 
 
I recently upgraded to Sonar Pro and for me it pretty much has everything I need. I mostly record basic songs, bass/drums/guitar/every now and then a simple keyboard part. Although I do plan on upgrading the TH3 Overloud Full version guitar VST. 
 
When I was using Music Creator's various versions before upgrading I often found myself downloading freeware stuff and checking out the purchasing vst sites day dream. 
 
My advice would be like I said : "Take the time to use the ones you have first before considering buying anything else, chances are you already have what you need but you just aren't aware of it". 
 
A lot of times too much of a good thing is too much, it can clutter things and make you more confused than creative.
 
Just my opinion. I wish you luck! I know how you feel. 
 

I while back on this forum I said something about wanting a piano and some asked how many I had. After listing something like a dozen I decided I didn't need a new piano so badly. Maybe making a list of how many of the exact same type of plugin you already have will help you over the desire.

Guyz , with time , i have found that creative people like we are , are more aware of the hell of consumirism world we re living in , but for a strange reason , tend to think audio bizness is out of it ....

My advice to friends , is treat the thought like if it was real physical goods ...you see in walmartt near the exit .... With a marketed "buy me , you need me ..." On it .....

One thing that let me have zero remorse after purchase .... Is even if i have an equivalent , is it faster , or / and more inspiring ....

Usually i m more stressed about fx , i have way less remorse about sound generator since new inspirations is a must for producers ....

Zo
Guyz , with time , i have found that creative people like we are , are more aware of the hell of consumerism world we re living in , but for a strange reason , tend to think audio bizness is out of it ....

My advice to friends , is treat the thought like if it was real physical goods ...you see in Walmart near the exit .... With a marketed "buy me , you need me ..." On it .....

One thing that let me have zero remorse after purchase .... Is even if i have an equivalent , is it faster , or / and more inspiring ....

Usually i m more stressed about fx , i have way less remorse about sound generator since new inspirations is a must for producers ....

Thank you, I like your comment a lot because it makes sense. I was watching on you tube where Eddie Van Halen was being interviewed on this video, and some of the things he said just hit home to me where being creative goes and what you use to play, he talks about how a lot of his guitar style come out of necessity because he needed to fill holes in music because there were no other musicians to play when he started playing in his first band, NO EXTRA FX like now days to juice up things, just play guitar and learn how to fill things in musically rather than FX. Anyway, I hope I explained that the way I meant to. But I think most will get what I am saying here. It's not the FX that makes you, it's your own creativity and the song in my opinion. But I mentioned this because I thought it might be relevant to the use of FX in this thread, sorry, don't mean to change the subject.
 
Here's the Youtube interview I am referring to -  https://youtu.be/Sl59RPs7PiI