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.
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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.
I wish this poor guy the best.
I wish you the best.
And personalities.
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!
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 :)
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.
Best wishes Jordan Peterson.
Thanks for the link; thread. Health/life BUMP!
“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!
What the heck are you talking about.
Speak clearly.
I would say personalities is part and parcel of the different neuro systems...and I agree with you.
halves and quarters are your friends.
We don’t know enough at this point in history to be mucking with brain chemistry...
Not even CLOSE.
And I was crazy to begin with :)
The only way to go from 3 to 2 mg.
You’re right.
Now you’re just being difficult. Stop bothering me.
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.
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.
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