‘I self-medicated for years – until I was finally diagnosed with ADHD’

Francesca Jackson, 29, a spa therapist from Cheshire, medicated her feelings of anxiety, low self-worth, and fatigue with alcohol and abused prescription drugs such as codeine. It wasn’t until checking into rehab nearly two years ago that things started to make sense to her, she tells Charlotte Cripps

Mar 21, 2025 - 09:21
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‘I self-medicated for years – until I was finally diagnosed with ADHD’

Francesca Jackson, 29, a spa therapist from Cheshire, medicated her feelings of anxiety, low self-worth, and fatigue with alcohol and abused prescription drugs such as codeine. It wasn’t until checking into rehab nearly two years ago that things started to make sense to her, she tells Charlotte Cripps