The temptation to drop is understandable because touching the ball feels like involvement. The problem is that you can solve your own frustration while creating a new problem for the team.
As a 10, try to occupy the space that makes the opposition midfield and defence unsure who should take you. Move laterally within that area, appear on the blind side of a midfielder and adjust your angle rather than automatically coming back towards the ball.
If the team genuinely cannot find you, a short movement towards the ball can help, but it should usually be followed by another movement away. Do not stay next to the central midfielders once you have connected the play.
Judge your involvement by whether you are affecting defenders, not only by touches. Sometimes holding a good position for thirty seconds is exactly what creates the next forward pass.
