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Woman describes hell of being hooked on anxiety drugs after marriage breakdown

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In 2018 there were almost six million prescriptions written for pills now known to cause dependency and shocking withdrawal symptoms. Writer Miranda Levy, 51, from Essex, investigates a growing scandal which has blighted her own life.         Here she shares her story...   The other day I went out for dinner with an old friend.

At around 9pm I started to feel queasy and hot. Too soon for food ­poisoning. Had I drunk my (single) gin and tonic a bit too quickly?

I stood up to head for the bathroom and was hit by a wave of dizziness. Once in the cubicle, I thought I was going to be sick.

Did I have a bug, perhaps? Then I realised: it had to be withdrawal ­symptoms from my pregabalin. I was prescribed this “anti-anxiety” pill by my psychiatrist

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