How to Use self-medicate in a Sentence
self-medicate
verb-
Many of these drugs are available online for those wishing to self-medicate.
— WSJ, 21 Feb. 2023 -
Despite the pain in her life, she never self-medicated.
— Lisa Depaulo, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2024 -
Many former patients self-medicated with drugs and alcohol and wound up on the street.
— George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023 -
Many former patients self-medicated with drugs and alcohol and wound up on the street.
— George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024 -
Many have used the drug as a way to get high, as a dietary supplement or to self-medicate for depression and anxiety.
— Devika Rao, theweek, 26 Jan. 2024 -
Bees actively seek out drugs such as nicotine and caffeine when given the choice and even self-medicate with nicotine when sick.
— Lars Chittka, Scientific American, 14 June 2023 -
That life has not always been rosy for the actor, who suffers from bouts of severe depression and began using drugs in high school to self-medicate.
— Clark Collis, EW.com, 8 May 2023 -
My son did suffer from mental health issues and did self-medicate, but that’s no reason for someone to give him something with fentanyl.
— Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023 -
Observers have long suspected that chimpanzees use plants to self-medicate.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024 -
Youth deaths from drugs and suicides are at record levels as our kids grow up with fewer boundaries around substances, too many options to self-medicate, and intense pressure to fix the world’s problems.
— Ed Ternan, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023 -
North Korea spends less on health care than any other country in the world (under $1 per person per year), and many citizens resort to self-medicating.
— Sue Mi Terry, Foreign Affairs, 3 Mar. 2020 -
In an interview, Boyd said her mother’s experience drove her to self-medicate with drugs.
— Bracey Harris, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024 -
Meza was suffering from an undiagnosed PTSD and began to self-medicate with drugs.
— Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2023 -
So she self-medicated with cranberry juice, water and prayer.
— Allie Morris, Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023 -
But others suppressed their feelings, self-medicated with drugs or alcohol, or just left.
— Will Lanzoni, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2023 -
Instead of self-medicating with tanning beds, which can do more harm than good, consider visiting your doctor.
— Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 15 July 2024 -
Briceno had been diagnosed with mild schizophrenia as a teen and had a long history of self-medicating with drugs, his family said previously.
— Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023 -
That may be a part of why so many soothe their reeling brains with ketamine, self-medicate with psilocybin, or submit to an unwavering diet of blueberries between dunks in an ice bath.
— Frederick Kaufman, Fortune, 30 July 2023 -
Cidambi frequently sees patients self-medicating to succeed at work.
— Arianne Cohen, Fortune, 13 May 2023 -
Conventional treatments do not work for everyone, and many veterans turn to alcohol or drugs in an attempt to self-medicate.
— Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2024 -
In one especially tender moment, Josiah, a neighbor who self-medicates for salmonella with pills meant for cows, asks Navied where his family is from.
— Kay Sohini, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023 -
She self-medicated to offset her disillusionment with her life.
— BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023 -
Shame is a familiar sentiment to Sarah, an underachiever who self-medicates with alcohol.
— Celia Wren, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023 -
Young people experimenting and self-medicating with drugs are nothing new.
— Zachary Siegel, The New Republic, 27 June 2023 -
Some of Musk’s associates connected his erratic behavior to efforts to self-medicate.
— Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023 -
Bottlenose dolphins in the northern Egyptian Red Sea rub against mucus-secreting gorgonian coral polyps to self-medicate, and Indonesian blood python harvesting is unsustainable.
— Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Aug. 2022 -
The highly addictive painkiller — used legally in medical settings for traumatic injuries, egg retrievals and colonoscopies — has gripped a new generation looking to self-medicate or experiment with drugs.
— Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2023 -
Ken’s wife, who is also Abby’s best college friend, self-medicates with Sancerre to manage the responsibilities of her children, her husband’s political aspirations and the award-winning azaleas in her perfectly kept garden.
— Amanda Uhle, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
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