Jordan Peterson suffers neurological injury from psychiatric medications
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Updated · Fox News · May 5
Jordan Peterson suffers neurological injury from psychiatric medications
8 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 5
His wife Tammy Peterson told the New York Post he is at home with family, in severe pain, and not discussing a return to work.
She said medication taken more than six years ago caused tardive akathisia, a chronic movement disorder marked by intense restlessness, with mornings especially painful and only limited relief later in the day.
Tammy Peterson also said he suffered sepsis while recovering from pneumonia in Switzerland; his daughter Mikhaila said last month he was taking time off everything.
Jordan Peterson’s struggle reveals severe drug side effects. Is the medical system ignoring a crisis of prescribed harm?
Akathisia is often misdiagnosed as anxiety. Are we treating mental distress only to cause more debilitating physical conditions?
When psychiatric drugs cause neurological injury, how can patients and doctors safely navigate the risks versus rewards?