{"id":2595021,"date":"2026-04-25T11:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-petersons-daughter-delivers-devastating-update-on-her-fathers-health\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T11:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:36:40","slug":"jordan-petersons-daughter-delivers-devastating-update-on-her-fathers-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-petersons-daughter-delivers-devastating-update-on-her-fathers-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Peterson&#8217;s Daughter Delivers Devastating Update on Her Father&#8217;s Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjordan-petersons-daughter-delivers-devastating-update-on-her-fathers-health%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2595021&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>&#8211; The article reports that Mikhaila Peterson says her father,Jordan Peterson,has a psych-med-induced neurological injury and akathisia,and that he has been off psych medications for six years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; He was diagnosed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-petersons-daughter-provides-update-about-his-devastating-health-condition\/\" title=\"...&#039;s Daughter Provides Update About His Devastating Health Condition\">chronic inflammatory response syndrome<\/a> (CIRS) in August 2025,and his akathisia symptoms began last summer after mold exposure (CIRS) and stress,with pneumonia and sepsis complicating the course.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Mikhaila posted a 35-minute video on X detailing the condition, arguing that neurological injuries from psych meds are more common than people realize and are ofen misdiagnosed or not discussed openly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; She advises people currently on psych meds not to rush tapering if they are stable, urging careful research and caution to avoid destabilizing their condition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece notes Peterson\u2019s rise as a cultural figure among conservatives after his 2017 funding dispute over pronouns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It also references a August 2023 Canadian court ruling requiring Peterson to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >undergo sensitivity training<\/a> after comments about transgenderism on Joe Rogan\u2019s podcast; Peterson later said he would comply.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article is from the Daily Caller News Foundation and is republished by The Western Journal, with licensing and attribution notes included.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<header> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tNews\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson speaks to students at The Cambridge Union on Nov. 2, 2018 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. (Chris Williamson \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/dcnf\/\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t&nbsp;By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/dcnf\/%20\"><span>Harold Hutchison<\/span><\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>  \t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t&nbsp;April 25, 2026 at 6:30am\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The daughter of famed Canadian clinical psychologist and author Dr. Jordan Peterson said Saturday her father is suffering from &ldquo;a psych-med-induced neurological injury.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Peterson, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikhailaFuller\/status\/1955777019712819287\">diagnosed<\/a> with chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS) in August 2025, also suffers from <a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/23954-akathisia\">akathisia<\/a>, a movement disorder which creates difficulty in sitting still and causes restlessness.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson&rsquo;s daughter, Mikhaila, provided the update in a Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikhailaFuller\/status\/2045610485190660458\">post<\/a> to X which included a 35-minute video.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We figured out that dad has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-the-books-that-taught-me-how-to-help-a-mentally-ill-loved-one\/\" title=\"Here Are The Books That Taught Me How To Help A Mentally Ill Loved One\">psych med<\/a> induced neurological injury, and has been suffering from akathisia. It&rsquo;s been 6 years since any psych medications,&rdquo; Mikhaila wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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&rsquo;s been horrible. Neurological injuries from psych meds are far more common than people know.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We figured out that dad has a psych med induced neurological injury, and has been suffering from akathisia. It&rsquo;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&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wPjAz4XsLT\">pic.twitter.com\/wPjAz4XsLT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mikhaila Peterson (@MikhailaFuller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikhailaFuller\/status\/2045610485190660458?\">April 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;I made this video to explain what they are and what akathisia is because they&rsquo;re not talked about enough, they&rsquo;re misdiagnosed, nearly impossible to treat, and hidden by the pharmaceutical industry,&rdquo; Mikhaila continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t plan on making another update about my dad, it stresses my family out, and myself, and there&rsquo;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&rsquo;s impacted my health as well, and is devastating. Prayers are appreciated still.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Peterson emerged as a popular cultural and social among conservatives after his research funding was cut off in 2017 after he refused to use non-binary pronouns.<\/p>\n<p>His daughter urged those using medications to not rush to leave them, despite her father&rsquo;s medical condition.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Warning for people on psych meds listening &ndash; if you&rsquo;ve been taking a psych med, particularly a benzodiazepine long term and are stable, don&rsquo;t feel pressured to taper,&rdquo; Mikhaila added in a follow-up <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2045610490282561643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do your research but don&rsquo;t get concerned from this video and destabilize a stable situation without knowing the risks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In August 2023, a Canadian court upheld&nbsp;a ruling by the College of Psychologists of Ontario&nbsp;requiring Dr. Peterson to receive sensitivity training following an <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/7IVFm4085auRaIHS7N1NQl\">interview<\/a> on Joe Rogan&rsquo;s podcast and comments he made on social media on transgenderism.<\/p>\n<p>Although Peterson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jordanbpeterson\/status\/1610652403296092175\">posted<\/a> to social media that he refused to comply with the initial ruling in January, he later said he would do so.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to do everything I can to make all of this as public as I possibly can. I mean, I have done that from the beginning,&rdquo; Peterson told Fox News host Jesse Watters in August 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I released all the documents that included the charges, so to speak, that the College [has] levied against me. I want to make this 100 percent transparent that led to the public decide for themselves who exactly is acting, let&rsquo;s say, in an unprofessional capacity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&rsquo;s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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