Celine Dion reveals she took deadly doses of valium amid harrowing health battle [Video]

Celine Dion has revealed that she took a deadly dose of valium after she failed to realise the amount could kill her.

Celine, 56, has opened up about her struggles with Stiff Person Syndrome as she revealed how the rare neurological condition has affected her over the past years.

Speaking to Hoda Kobt in an NBC interview on June 11, the singer spoke about suffering from debilitating spasms and stiffness that kept her from performing. 

She revealed that in order to manage her symptoms she relied on Valium, a brand of diazepam which can be used to treat muscle spasms or twitches along with seizures and anxiety.

She explained that she started taking 20 milligrams of the drug but upped the dosage to a level that she didn’t realise was lethal.

‘I did not know honestly that it could kill me,’ she said. ‘90 milligrams of Valium can kill you, you can stop breathing.

‘And at one point, the thing is that my …