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Jordan Peterson enters rehab after wife’s cancer diagnosis
New York Post ^ | Sept 20, 2019 | Post Staff Reporter

Posted on 09/20/2019 11:27:48 PM PDT by Jayster

Jordan Peterson, the Canadian psychologist and anti-political-correctness crusader, has checked himself in to rehab in New York, his daughter has revealed.

The “12 Rules for Life” author has sought help trying to get off the anti-anxiety drug clonazepam, his daughter Mikhaila Peterson said in a video posted to her YouTube account Thursday.

“I’ve never seen my dad like this,” the 27-year-old diet blogger said in the eight-and-a-half-minute video. “He’s having a miserable time of it. It breaks my heart.”

The elder Peterson, 57, began taking the addictive medication to deal with stress from his wife’s battle with cancer and other health problems earlier this year, his daughter said.

He tried to quit cold-turkey over the summer after his wife, Tammy Roberts, “miraculously” recovered from complications with a kidney surgery, Mikhaila said.

But he went through “horrific” physical withdrawal that has left him looking “like a lost puppy,” she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: benzodiazepines; benzos; daterapedrugs; humantrafficking; jordanpeterson; organizedcrime
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To: MD Expat in PA

It’s very much a distinction with a difference.

Opiate withdrawal makes you miserable. Pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, insomnia, anxiety. But it won’t kill you.

Benzodiazepine withdraws can kill you. Tachycardia, hypertension, agitation, intractable seizures.


61 posted on 09/21/2019 7:50:37 AM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: dp0622
I wish this poor guy the best.

I wish you the best.

62 posted on 09/21/2019 8:06:46 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: Chickensoup

And personalities.


63 posted on 09/21/2019 8:25:13 AM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Hey thanks that was nice :)

It’s slow and supervised and compared to addicts (20 plus mgs a day) I think I should be ok.

But thee first week or so even .5 less you notice!


64 posted on 09/21/2019 9:13:34 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: know.your.why

Hey that’s great man.

I couldn’t tell you how it’s affected my memory over so many years but I am more forgetful than the average 51 year old but that could also be attributed to the injury that started it all so i dont know.

And many of my posts are confessionals :) For better or worse I divulge personal fact and stories or events from the past a lot more than most FReepers.

Not ALL of them though :)


65 posted on 09/21/2019 9:17:42 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: Chickensoup

Yeah I said most but I can see why a person would need to.

Like I said, it’s taken months and months to go from 4mg to 3mgs but that’s because I want AS LITTLE discomfort as possible and so far so good.


66 posted on 09/21/2019 9:19:44 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: Jayster

Best wishes Jordan Peterson.


67 posted on 09/21/2019 9:34:42 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: familyop; All

Thanks for the link; thread. Health/life BUMP!


68 posted on 09/21/2019 9:50:44 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: dp0622
👊🤝
69 posted on 09/21/2019 10:23:00 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: MD Expat in PA

“even if I only take one (Meloxicam) a week, the pain in my arthritic foot and in my knees is greatly reduced for the entire week between doses.”

Good to know. I, too, use mine sparingly when I KNOW I’ll have to do something more strenuous. Otherwise, it’s Extra Strength Tylenol now and then. Mostly, though, I just live with it; I hate taking medicine!


70 posted on 09/21/2019 10:37:45 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (A man's greatest strength is his greatest weakness.)
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To: equaviator

What the heck are you talking about.

Speak clearly.


71 posted on 09/21/2019 10:53:26 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: wardaddy

I would say personalities is part and parcel of the different neuro systems...and I agree with you.


72 posted on 09/21/2019 10:54:41 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: dp0622

halves and quarters are your friends.


73 posted on 09/21/2019 10:55:40 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: dp0622

We don’t know enough at this point in history to be mucking with brain chemistry...


74 posted on 09/21/2019 10:56:49 AM PDT by GOPJ ( Daniel Okrent HELP - lowlife editors at the New York Times need YOU... they've lost their way.)
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To: GOPJ

Not even CLOSE.

And I was crazy to begin with :)


75 posted on 09/21/2019 11:02:57 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: Chickensoup

The only way to go from 3 to 2 mg.

You’re right.


76 posted on 09/21/2019 11:03:16 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: Chickensoup

Now you’re just being difficult. Stop bothering me.


77 posted on 09/21/2019 11:13:34 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: equaviator

Do you know who and what Jordan Peterson is or what he lectures and writes about?

Best educate oneself before making such a statement: He mainly speaks about CULTURAL issues, not health per se.


78 posted on 09/21/2019 11:38:09 AM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: equaviator

I am not bothering you.

You addressed a comment to me and it was unclear and criptic. I asked for clarification and you responded in a criptic manner.

I again again for clarification and now blame me because I cannot read your mind.

done.


79 posted on 09/21/2019 11:47:53 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Jayster
Peterson's Daughter and wife on their update:
Peterson Family Update - September 2019
Posted Sep 19, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPwaixIuTrU
80 posted on 09/21/2019 9:09:34 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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