Jordan Peterson Health Update and Psych Med Injury Discussion

We figured out that dad has a psych med induced neurological injury, and has been suffering from akathisia. It’s been 6 years since any psych medications. Last summer his symptoms started, after a flare up likely induced by mold (CIRS) and stress. It was complicated by pneumonia and associated sepsis a month later. It’s been horrible. Neurological injuries from psych meds are far more common than people know. I made this video to explain what they are and what akathisia is because they’re not talked about enough, they’re misdiagnosed, nearly impossible to treat, and hidden by the pharmaceutical industry. I don’t plan on making another update about my dad, it stresses my family out, and myself, and there’s nothing more to say about it until things get better. I will be jumping up and down about psych med injury awareness from now on as it’s impacted my health as well, and is devastating. Prayers are appreciated still.

Warning for people on psych meds listening – if you’ve been taking a psych med, particularly a benzodiazepine long term and are stable, don’t feel pressured to taper. Do your research but don’t get concerned from this video and destabilize a stable situation without knowing the risks, see below for research/resources/testimonials:

Prescribed-harm.com – This is the website I built out of frustration – Submit your story here if you’d like. There are likely over 100 papers on here about medication dangers, akathisia, mitochondrial dysfunction, the ketogenic diet, and safe tapering, as well as resources, I’ve only linked a few below.

https://prescribed-harm.com/blog – Stories from others injured by psych meds.

Studies (prescribed-harm.com lists way more than I have here):

1. Mold causing mental illness possibly due to mitochondrial dysfunction:
Mold inhalation causes innate immune activation, neural, cognitive and emotional dysfunction –
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7231651/
Mold and Mycotoxin Exposure and Brain Disorders – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38176924/
Inhalation Alzheimer’s disease: an unrecognized-and treatable-epidemic – https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4789584/
Mold Exposure and Mitochondrial Antibodies –
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32088666/

2. Mitochondrial dysfunction in psychiatric disorders:
Impaired mitochondrial function in psychiatric disorders – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22510887/
Linking mitochondrial dysfunction, neurotransmitter, neural network abnormalities and mania – https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11754533/
Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Psychiatric Disorders – https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11064-008-9865-8

3. Mitochondrial dysfunction due to psychiatric medication to treat illness likely caused by mitochondrial dysfunction:
Horrifying: Different Effects of SSRIs, Bupropion, and Trazodone on Mitochondrial Functions and Monoamine Oxidase Isoform Activity – https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10294837/#sec3-antioxidants-12-01208
Psychotropic medications and mitochondrial toxicity – https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn3229-c1

4. Ketogenic diets for mental illness (that provide an alternative fuel for mitochondria):
Ketogenic diets, mitochondria, and neurological diseases – https://www.jlr.org/article/S0022-2275(20)34975-0/fulltext#
Complete remission of major depression and generalized anxiety disorders – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38887496/
The Ketogenic Diet for Refractory Mental Illness: A Retrospective Analysis of 31 Inpatients – https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.951376/full

Serotonin Hypothesis Debunked:
The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35854107/

Akathisia: https://akathisiaalliance.org/

Tapering resources/safe doctors (again, think carefully before you taper if you are stable): presribed-harm.com/resources

Resources:
Prescribed-harm.com – research and patient testimonies
liondiet.com – How I recovered from psych med injury (and autoimmune and psychiatric illness). Works for a lot of people but obviously isn’t enough to treat serious neurological injury from these meds.
Biotoxin.com – A website I put together (full of studies) on CIRS and mold illness and treatment.
metabolicmind.com – Excellent website on ketogenic diets for psychiatric illness.
fulleresearch.org – Non-profit dedicated to education on psych med harm, ketogenic diets,
https://fullerresearch.org/#research – Effectiveness and Efficacy of a Ketogenic or Carnivore (Lion) Diet for Quality of Life and Symptom Burden in Individuals with Symptomatic Inflammatory Bowel Disease or Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
https://www.theinnercompass.org – Non-profit dedicated to education on psych meds, tapering and a community

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