How to Use self-medicate in a Sentence

self-medicate

verb
Definition of self-medicatenext
  • 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
  • On her own, Sheila began skipping her drugs and self-medicating with cannabis and cocaine.
    — Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
  • Many former patients self-medicated with drugs and alcohol and wound up on the street.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 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 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
  • Unable to dance, she self-medicates with pills bought from a local busker and develops an addiction to painkillers.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Addiction often results from attempts to self-medicate the symptoms—which is why treating the underlying trauma can be essential to a cure.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 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
  • That said, people with chronic insomnia will often self-medicate with over-the-counter medications such as Benadryl (diphenhydramine) or melatonin.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 6 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • Marshall departed the group due to substance abuse issues in 2000, and Stapp also struggled with personal issues, including depression and problems with self-medicating, in the following years.
    — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 18 July 2024

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