Verb
self-medicate (third-person singular simple present self-medicates, present participle self-medicating, simple past and past participle self-medicated)
(transitive, intransitive, medicine) To consume a substance as a medication without the advice of a physician.
Synonym: automedicate
A new crop of startups are combining science and sound to help people to self-medicate with music on an unprecedented scale. Source: Internet
Nicola has never seen a doctor about her cold sores as she knows what they are and how she got them, and so over the years she has tried to self-medicate, knowing they would always be there. Source: Internet
Because where there are humans, there is always a small portion of those who – for whatever reason – feel the need to self-medicate. Source: Internet
A TON of people self-medicate for anxiety or insomnia with cannabis - it doesn't seem to help depression all that much, though opiates seems to be a double-edged sword with respect to depression. Source: Internet
Living in Mississippi, where legal weed is only the stuff of fairy tales in far-off lands on the West Coast, Sherman had been risking his freedom to self-medicate with cannabis. Source: Internet
But then they become isolated and stuck, and turn to substances to self-medicate. Source: Internet