Tulisa reveals her secret battle with prescription drug dependency as she admits 'I thought I was going to die' while in hospital
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Tulisa Contostavlos has revealed she became dependant on prescription drugs during the covid lockdown and felt she was 'going to die' from the habit. The N-Dubz singer, 36, has opened up about the secret battle in one of her most revealing interviews ever on Paul C Brunson's We Need To Talk podcast.
![[The N-Dubz singer has opened up about the secret battle in one of her most revealing interviews ever on Paul C Brunson's We Need To Talk podcast]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/14/93402413-14218897-The_N_Dubz_singer_has_opened_up_about_the_secret_battle_in_one_o-a-37_1734879340776.jpg)
Tulisa also revealed the secret health battle that forced her to flee the aftermath of her stint on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!. During lockdown, Tulisa said she became depressed when her dog got cancer and began self medicating with sleeping pills 'to numb the pain'.
![[During lockdown, Tulisa said she became depressed when her dog got cancer and began self medicating with sleeping pills 'to numb the pain']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/23/93391891-14217745-Tulisa_Contostavlos_has_revealed_the_secret_health_battle_that_f-a-31_1734823479699.jpg)
She said: 'I was dependent without realising... I just went cold turkey for five days and I ended up in hospital because I didn't know, but my body had become dependent on it. 'I felt like I was having a heart attack. I had pains in my chest.... I just literally felt like I was going to die.'.
![[She said: 'I was dependent without realising... I just went cold turkey for five days and I ended up in hospital because I didn't know, but my body had become dependent on it. I felt like I was having a heart attack. I had pains in my chest.... I just literally felt like I was going to die']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/10/93398619-14217745-During_lockdown_Tulisa_said_she_became_depressed_when_her_dog_go-a-31_1734863301888.jpg)
Tulisa Contostavlos, 36, has revealed she became dependant on prescription drugs during the covid lockdown and felt she was 'going to die' from the habit. The N-Dubz singer has opened up about the secret battle in one of her most revealing interviews ever on Paul C Brunson's We Need To Talk podcast.
![[Tulisa also revealed the secret health battle that forced her to flee the aftermath of her stint on I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/23/93391915-14217745-image-a-24_1734823419052.jpg)
She added: 'Once I overcame that in January, I didn't realise how much I had been affected by it and I started to feel alive again. 'I started to feel me, as a human. I was like, "Oh my god, this is reality". I couldn't determine anymore what was real and what wasn't in terms of my anxiety, my depression.
![[Tulisa opened up on the struggles she faced with her mental health both in the jungle and following her exit, with the star admitting that she struggled to gleefully mingle with the 'happy campers' while she was 'sat crying in her hotel room']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/14/93391909-14218897-Tulisa_opened_up_on_the_struggles_she_faced_with_her_mental_heal-m-25_1734878750467.jpg)
