RUGAȚI-VĂ PENTRU JORDAN PETERSON!

Jordan Peterson – tratat într-o clinică din Rusia

De aproximativ un an profesorul Jordan Peterson s-a retras din viața publică, deși era la apogeul carierei și activității sale, din cauza unei dependențe de un tranchilizant luat pentru a face față unor probleme medicale din familie (soția a fost diagnosticată cu cancer).

După ce timp de un an a fost diagnosticat greșit în diverse clinici din America de Nord, Jordan Peterson se află în Rusia, unde se tratează la o clinică, spune Mikhaila Peterson, fiica sa. În centrul de reabilitare din NY unde se internase inițial starea lui s-a înrăutățit, având gânduri suicidale și akathisia, o afecțiune ce se manifestă printr-o continuă stare de agitație fizică, ce se află printre efectele secundare cunoscute ale medicamentelor pentru boli psihice.

Practic, se pare că unele complicații au apărut și din cauza medicației prescrise lui Jordan Peterson pentru a se recupera… Familia a apelat la clinica din Rusia, considerând că cele din SUA l-au diagnosticat greșit și că i-au prescris medicamente care să combată reacțiile la alte medicamente. Mikhaila spune că tatăl său era să moară de câteva ori.

La Moscova Jordan Peterson s-a aflat pentru opt zile în comă indusă, după ce medicii i-au descoperit o pneumonie. Mikhaila mai spune că în Rusia doctorii nu sunt influențați de companiile farmaceutice să trateze efectele secundare ale unor medicamente cu alte medicamente și că au îndrăzneala să facă detoxifierea medicală de benzodiazepine (medicamentele luate inițial de JP care i-au cauzat dependența).

Jordan Peterson și-a mai revenit, însă are daune neurologice, nu poate scrie și merge doar asistat, ia medicamente împotriva crizelor de apoplexie; mai e mult până la recuperare. Fiica sa spune că i-a revenit zâmbetul pentru prima oară în ultimele luni.

Cred că nu-i strică rugăciunile celor care obișnuiesc așa ceva…

Comentariu pe facebook de Anghel Buturugă după o știre adusă de Mikhaila Peterson.

Transcript:

Hi everyone, it’s been months since we’ve given an update on Jordan and my family’s health and it’s time for one so here goes. The last year has been extremely difficult for our family. Dad was put on a low dose of a benzodiazepine a few years ago for anxiety following an extremely severe autoimmune reaction to food. He took the medication as prescribed. Last April when my mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer, the dose of the medication was increased. It became apparent that he was suffering from both a physical dependency and a paradoxical reaction to the medication. A paradoxical reaction means the drugs do the opposite of what they’re supposed to. These reactions are rare but are not unheard of. For the last 8 months he’s been in unbearable discomfort from this drug, made worse when trying to remove it, because of the addition of withdrawal symptoms, stemming from physical dependence. He experienced terrible akathisia, which is a condition where the person feels an incredible, endless, irresistible restlessness, bordering on panic, and an inability to sit still. The reaction made him suicidal.  After several failed treatment attempts in North American hospitals, including attempts at tapering and micro-tapering, we had to seek an emergency medical benzodiazepine detox, which we were only able to find in Russia. It was incredibly gruelling, and was further complicated by severe pneumonia which we’ve been told he developed in one of the previous hospitals. He’s had to spend 4 weeks in the ICU in terrible shape, but, with the help of some extremely competent and courageous doctors, he survived.  The decision to bring him to Russia was made in extreme desperation, when we couldn’t find any better option. The uncertainty around his recovery has been one of the most difficult and scary experiences we’ve ever had.

So: Finally Dad is on the mend, even though there’s a lot of physiological damage that he needs to recover from. He’s improving, and is off the horrible medication. His sense of humour is back. He’s smiling again for the first time in months, but he still has a long way to go to recover fully. It appears that we are going to get through this by the skin of our teeth. So let me make a couple of things clear:

1.    Neither our family nor the doctors here believe that this is  a case of psychological addiction.

2. Benzodiazepine physical dependence due to brain changes can occur in a matter of weeks. It can be made even worse by paradoxical reactions that are difficult to diagnose, and can be extremely dangerous.

3.    We’ve been told and hope that Dad will recover fully but it will take time and he still has a ways to go.

4.    We are extremely lucky and grateful that he’s alive. The next update will come from him directly. Thanks again for all the support.