Canadian psychologist, author, and public speaker Jordan Peterson is suffering from akathisia, a condition characterized by restlessness, caused by a neurological injury from psychiatric medication, his daughter says.
Mikhaila Peterson shared on social media that her father has a “psych med induced neurological injury,” despite not taking psychiatric medications for six years. She said the injury is causing akathisia, a condition he was diagnosed with in 2020 associated with benzodiazepine withdrawal.
“It’s been horrible,” Mikhaila Peterson wrote in an April 18 post on X. “Neurological injuries from psych meds are far more common than people know.”
She noted her father’s symptoms began last summer after a flare-up “likely induced by mold (CIRS) and stress,” and his condition was complicated by pneumonia and associated sepsis a month later….