What’s his illness? I heard that he was very distraught over his wife’s diagnosis and was prescribed benzodiazapines to relax, after which he developed a dependency. Is that what the author means?
I’ve never followed him very closely; but apparently, he contracted Covid last summer after previously suffering pneumonia some months before:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peterson#Health_problems
He became physically dependent on clonazepam, a benzodiazepene. After reading Peterson’s description of his withdrawal process, I would NEVER consider taking the drug. Withdrawal from heroin addiction sounds like a walk in the park compared to withdrawal from clonazepam. It almost killed him. The medical care he received in the United States failed to improve his condition, so he sought help in Russia and Yugoslavia. He recovered while in Yugoslavia.
He contracted akathisia as a side effect of the medication, and it made him suicidal. His daughter Mikayla (sp?) vlogs and did a lengthy critique of the hateful, slanted and dishonest interview that is the topic of this thread.
He nearly died during drug rehab to come off the combination of anti-depressants and other psychiatric drugs he was taking. But he was never diagnosed as schizophrenic.