Linda Robson’s battle with alcoholism led to three stints in rehab and clinics until she was diagnosed with a rare allergic reaction to an antidepressant

Loose Women’s Linda Robson got emotional as she thanked her amazing co-stars for supporting her during her rehab stint.

Linda, 65, previously opened up about struggling with insomnia, and OCD and was even put on suicide watch at one point after suffering a breakdown. She said her mental health crisis dates back to 2008, when Ben Kinsella, a close family friend of Linda’s, was murdered at the age of 16.

The Birds of a Feather actress said her sleeping pill usage increased and so did her enjoyment of alcohol, admitting she went from supping a glass a night to a bottle an evening ahead of her 60th birthday. Her battle with alcoholism led to three stints in rehab and clinics until she was diagnosed with a rare allergic reaction to an antidepressant.

On Friday’s International Women’s Day edition of Loose Women, Linda thanked the panellists for their support over the years. “You lot, when I had my depression and anxiety and had to go into rehab. You lot were the ones that were there and supported me,” she said.

Loose Women’s Linda Robson got emotional as she thanked her amazing co-stars for supporting her during her rehab stint.

Linda, 65, previously opened up about struggling with insomnia, and OCD and was even put on suicide watch at one point after suffering a breakdown. She said her mental health crisis dates back to 2008, when Ben Kinsella, a close family friend of Linda’s, was murdered at the age of 16.

The Birds of a Feather actress said her sleeping pill usage increased and so did her enjoyment of alcohol, admitting she went from supping a glass a night to a bottle an evening ahead of her 60th birthday. Her battle with alcoholism led to three stints in rehab and clinics until she was diagnosed with a rare allergic reaction to an antidepressant.

On Friday’s International Women’s Day edition of Loose Women, Linda thanked the panellists for their support over the years. “You lot, when I had my depression and anxiety and had to go into rehab. You lot were the ones that were there and supported me,” she said.

Linda thanked her co-stars for their support ( 
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She then turned to Frankie Bridge and said: “You weren’t here then, but you would have been there. Everyone was ringing my family, checking to see how I was every day, you were all amazing. We were out in Ibiza for a boot camp and I had a proper breakdown. Stacey [Solomon] had to bring me home a day early because I couldn’t get through the day.

“You were all amazing. I didn’t have a phone but you guys were ringing my kids all the time to see how I was.” Co-panellist Nadia Sawalha told her pal: “You are our friend and you were in such a sad and unhappy place. Just as human beings, we swelled towards you.”

Linda previously discussed how the Loose Women’s Ibiza getaway resulted in her being admitted to rehab. She talked about how the holiday with Stacey Solomon, Nadia Sawalha, Andrea McLean, Kaye Adams and Saira Khan in June 2018 did not end how she hoped after her colleagues and pals realised she was in a bad place.

“I was trying to act normal and be part of the gang, but I was struggling to get through the day”, she explained. She said that she took a couple of bottles of vodka which she drank to try and knock herself out at night but it did not work. “I’d already had a couple of sleepless nights and, by the third, I ended up having a proper meltdown,” she shared.

She added that she “wanted to die” because she “wasn’t enjoying life anymore”. Her co-hosts were so worried about her that they contacted her family and it was decided that she would go back to the UK and straight to a rehab facility in London. Stacey came with her during her “terrible state” and helped her find a clinic.