D0n't think I was self-medicating,but started drinking and sm0king weed at age 15. I did however self-medicate with OTC drugs at around the same time. I used to drink anything between 20 and 100 tablets to escape. I stopped doing this at age 19 when I had my daughter. I still take the odd sleeping aid to escape... Can't sm0ke weed anym0re, it makes me lo0py and 2 scared 2 drink with lithium in my blo0dstream...