Jun 30, 2020
Welcome to the Mikhaila Peterson Podcast, episode 9. This is a brief podcast with my dad Jordan Peterson about what happened to him and my family in the last year.
The following are links that may help elucidate some of the topics we discussed in this episode:
Paradoxical reaction to benzodiazepines – a condition dad was
diagnosed with
https://www.acep.org/how-we-serve/sections/toxicology/news/july-2017/paradoxical-reactions-to-benzodiazepines-who-gets-them-and-why/
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Akathisia - something dad really really really suffered from -
https://w-bad.org/akathisia/ - “Many medical professionals don’t
recognize akathisia or that it’s a drug-induced state. Instead,
they write off the symptoms as a “worsening of mental illness” or
other condition. Sometimes they even raise the dose of the
offending drug and when the patient’s condition worsens as a
result, they may prescribe more medication which can sometimes
further exacerbate the problem or that fail to offer relief. If the
medical professionals you encounter are ignorant about akathisia or
attempt to blame it on “something else”, present them with medical
information on the condition or search until you find a
knowledgeable physician.”
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Catatonia and benzo withdrawal -
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8835707/
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Suicidality and benzodiazepines -
https://www.psychiatrist.com/PCC/article/Pages/2017/v19n02/16r02037.aspx
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“The majority of studies identified in this review report a
positive correlation between prescribed benzodiazepines and
attempted or completed suicide.”
https://www.healio.com/news/psychiatry/20181101/benzodiazepine-users-with-ptsd-more-likely-to-attempt-complete-suicide
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Dependence vs. Addiction -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSdYltpePU8&list=PLGiM-snSAzyv6vnRV5NRsnJ_aQmapK0FI&index=7&t=0s
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Benzodiazepine use and dementia risk -
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6325366/
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Benzo prescription rates:
“More than one in eight U.S. adults (12.6 percent) used
benzodiazepines in the past year”
https://www.psychiatry.org/newsroom/news-releases/study-finds-increasing-use-and-misuse-of-benzodiazepines
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Examples of severe benzo withdrawal from prescribed benzos:
https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/healthandlife/benzo-nightmare-us-doctor-on-a-personal-mission-to-highlight-the-dangers-of-the-drug-995756.html
http://www.benzo-case-japan.com/my-story-english.php
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2047018/
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A particularly heartbreaking experience
http://www.zakstein.org/for-meghan-testimony-in-support-of-ma-house-act-4062/
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Celebrity deaths involving benzos:
Anna Nicole Smith, Whitney Houston, - https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2012/03/02/how_antianxiety_meds_are_killing_celebrities.html
Heath Ledger - https://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/06/heath.ledger/
Michael Jackson - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/15634083/the-drugs-found-in-michael-jacksons-body-after-he-died
Philip Seymour Hoffman - https://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobsullum/2014/03/03/philip-seymour-hoffmans-mixed-drug-intoxication-is-typical-of-so-called-heroin-overdoses/#6c1ac87c14aa
Amy Winehouse - https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/270466/Amy-Winehouse-had-taken-sedative
Tom Petty -
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cchr-another-celebrity-lost-to-benzodiazepines-and-opioids-mix-300588100.html
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Benzos and early death:
The study’s results state the statistically significant chances of
early death double with the prescription of a benzodiazepine.
https://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g1996
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Overdose risk of benzos with opioids:
“Yet over 30 percent of opioid-related overdoses also include
benzodiazepines. One study published this year showed that using
benzos with opioids increases overdose risk five-fold compared with
using opioids only.”
https://www.upmc.com/media/news/opioid-benzo-overdose
https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/opioids/benzodiazepines-opioids
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Warnings for benzodiazepine usage:
“If benzodiazepines are needed daily, people shouldn’t take them
for longer than two to four weeks. If used long term, then it’s
best only to take them two to three times a week.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/02/antianxiety-drugs-fuel-the-next-deadly-drug-crisis-in-us.html
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The Ashton Protocol – how some people get off of benzos – not
something Dad could tolerate given his paradoxical reaction and
akathisia https://benzo.org.uk/manual/
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Collecting duct carcinoma - the cancer mom miraculously recovered
from -
https://www.currentoncology.com/index.php/oncology/article/view/1230/1229
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Sodium metabisulfite allergy symptoms – the original cause of the
benzodiazepine prescription -
https://foodallergycanada.ca/food-allergy-basics/food-allergies-101/what-are-food-allergies/sulphites/
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Other links about benzos:
https://medicatingnormal.com/benzodiazepines-anti-anxiety-meds/
https://www.theinnercompass.org/learn-unlearn/intervention/anti-anxiety-benzodiazepines
www.benzobuddies.org