Tragedy of mum put on tablets for anxiety

A MOTHER who was prescribed antidepressants accidentally killed herself with a lethal cocktail of pills.

Katrina Glynn, 34, swallowed a mix of tablets including paracetamol and temazepam in a ‘game of chemical Russian roulette’.

The former healthcare worker suffered from insomnia and severe anxiety and was struggling to cope while her boyfriend, an oil rig worker, was away. An inquest heard she had been looking forward to his return but was found dead on the sofa at her Bolton home by her niece on August 3 this year.

Tests showed she had morphine based painkillers, beta-blockers and anti-depressants in her system.

Coroner Tim Brennand ruled out suicide and warned of the dangers of taking too much prescription medication. Recording a conclusion of drug-related death, he said: ‘These were not illicit, or street, drugs, they were prescribed medication.

‘The real danger is in relation to the use of medication that has the potential to kill.

‘Some people may feel they have complete control in understanding their effects but this is a case of someone living in a game of chemical Russian roulette.’

The Bolton inquest was told Miss Glynn had a personality disorder as well as a history of severe anxiety and post-natal depression, for which she took a number of different prescribed medications.

Her mother Janet Glynn, 58, said: ‘She would never do this on purpose, she loved her children so much and she was worried about what would happen to them if she died.’