{"id":773549,"date":"2026-05-04T22:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/773549\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T22:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:47:14","slug":"jordan-peterson-misses-talking-politics-while-experiencing-serious-side-effects-from-benzo-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/773549\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Peterson ‘misses’ talking politics, while experiencing serious side effects from benzo withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tammy Peterson says her husband, author and podcast superstar Dr. Jordan Peterson, is suffering a \u201cneurological injury,\u201d which has taken him out of the spotlight.<\/p>\n

The clinical psychologist and young man whisperer stepped away from <\/a>recording his popular YouTube show and podcast recently, prompting questions from fans.<\/p>\n

His family told The Post he is primarily suffering from a \u201cneurological injury,\u201d from previously taking psychiatric medications.<\/p>\n

Jordan Peterson\u2019s family reports that he is suffering from a \u201cneurological injury\u201d from medication. @jordan.b.peterson\/Instagram<\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Peterson is at home with family and helpful companions,\u201d Tammy reported. \u201cHis mornings are brutally painful and discouraging for him. Later, much later in the day, he sometimes feels some relief.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peterson had been taking the benzodiazepine Klonopin when his wife, Tammy, was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2019. Getting off the medication caused nightmarish withdrawal symptoms<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to Tammy, Dr. Peterson developed tardive akathisia \u2014 a chronic movement disorder characterized by intense restlessness and a compulsive need to move, a known side effect of stopping dopamine antagonist medications.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe damage done from psych medications from over six years ago takes patience, time and loving attention,\u201d Tammy, 65, said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many testimonials written by people who have suffered from psych medication damage\u2026 The medical industry will have to face this evidence and take steps to protect the public from harm.\u201d<\/p>\n

A new episode of Dr. Peterson\u2019s podcast last came out nine months ago. The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast<\/p>\n

According to Tammy, benzo medications \u201cshould only be used in lifesaving cases.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2022, Dr. Peterson spoke with podcaster Joe Rogan about the process of trying to get off the medication. \u201cI was in excruciating pain for two years, like pain on levels that I didn\u2019t know was possible,\u201d he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail reported <\/a>Jonathan Pageau, a religious influencer and Peterson family friend, described Dr. Peterson as \u201coverwhelmed with pain and discomfort\u201d after only brief periods of conversation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tammy Peterson says that the worst part of her husband\u2019s day is the morning. @mikhailapeterson\/Instagram<\/p>\n

\u201cGood days look like struggle and pain, but he\u2019s still capable of taking walks, working on projects and having good conversations, just with difficulty and never for long,\u201d he said. \u201cBad days are constant pain and akathisia. He struggles to focus on anything and lapses into discouragement and despair.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tammy, in speaking to The Post, also dispelled \u201ca rumor\u201d that Dr. Peterson experienced sepsis as a side effect of stem cell treatments performed by celebrity doctor Adeel Khan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In reality, she said, he never received stem cell infusions from Khan. A localized stem cell injection in his elbow he got from the doctor in 2023 never caused any side effects, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Instead, the sepsis Dr. Peterson experienced was acquired while in the ICU in Switzerland, where he was being treated for pneumonia.<\/p>\n

The family dispelled rumors that an infusion from Dr. Adeel Khan caused Peterson to experience sepsis. Kylie Jenner \/ Instagram<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a rumor that detracts from the actual issue at hand, [which is] akathisia,\u201d Tammy added. She spoke with The Post after a salacious article drummed up rumors<\/a> about her husband\u2019s health status.<\/p>\n

She called the report her husband is hulled up in a \u201c$50 million estate\u201d \u201cclickbait and untrue.\u201d The Peterson family lives in Paradise Valley, Arizona, and are originally from Canada.<\/p>\n

The Mail also suggested that Dr. Peterson\u2019s \u201clifelong embrace of unconventional thinking\u2026 may be coming at a cost to his health\u201d and took a hit at the couple\u2019s daughter, Mikhaila Peterson, for her nontraditional medical views.<\/p>\n

Mikhaila and her father had taken to a red-meat-only diet for purported health benefits. The pair also traveled to Russia in 2020 when Dr. Peterson began experiencing akathisia symptoms so he could undergo a \u201cradical detox\u201d via induced coma.<\/p>\n

Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, an organization co-founded by Peterson, will hold a conference this June in London. AP<\/p>\n

Tammy says her husband, now 63, is not planning to step back into the spotlight anytime soon, even as the group he co-founded, Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, plans their third annual conference in London next month.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is not talking about going back to work yet,\u201d Tammy said, noting that he \u201cfeels as if he\u2019s in another realm of pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe misses the opportunity to weigh in on societal issues,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tammy Peterson says her husband, author and podcast superstar Dr. Jordan Peterson, is suffering a \u201cneurological injury,\u201d which…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":773550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[210,17104,12235,11825,67,132,68,1154],"class_list":{"0":"post-773549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-joe-rogan","10":"tag-medical-disorders","11":"tag-prescription-drugs","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-us-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116518744732324272","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}