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A troubled IT trainer with a history of mental health problems who became addicted to prescription painkillers took his own life at his home after becoming 'overwhelmed', an inquest has heard.
Lee Midgley, 37, was found dead by his long-time partner Mark Powell at the home they shared in Lower Broughton, Salford, on November 12, 2022.
An inquest into his death heard that he had become addicted to strong painkiller codeine and, at the time of his death, he had amphetamine and methamphetamine in his system.
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His partner of 17-years Mark Powell told Bolton Coroners' Court yesterday (Tuesday) that Wigan-raised Mr Midgley, when aged 25, won a scholarship to study dance at a performance arts school which led to work in pantomime and as a children's entertainer. He also volunteered as a cheerleading coach.
The couple were to marry but the Covid pandemic as well as physical and mental health problems disrupted their plans, the court was told.
Mr Midgley went private to get a diagnosis for ADHD 18 months before his death but when he went to the NHS for an assessment this 'never happened', said Mr Powell, who blamed the failure of NHS professionals to previously diagnose ADHD for his partner's addiction to codeine 'for many years'.
Mr Powell told the inquest his partner's deterioration also led him to use amphetamines and more recently crystal meth, adding that two years before his death Mr Midgley had suffered a breakdown which featured paranoia, 'frantic behaviour' and hallucinations in which his partner said he could hear voices.
Instead of making him high, the amphetamines 'calmed him down', he told the inquest. Medication he was prescribed
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