Imagine waking up in a state of panic, your first conscious thought not of breakfast or the day ahead, but of the urgent need to reach for a £3 bottle of nasal spray sitting on your bedside table.
For Charlotte Johnstone, 30, this has been her daily reality since childhood—a 23-year cycle of dependence that has quietly stolen her freedom and left her questioning what long-term damage the medication might have already inflicted on her body.
