Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman, a Democrat, suffered a near-fatal stroke last year and has since developed “serious mental health” issues. He frequently misinterprets what others are saying to him.
All of Fetterman’s writing is said to be a transcription of live audio by The New York Times.
According to the paper, Fetterman’s symptoms are made worse by anxiety and tension.
It was said in the research that when Fetterman worries, he imagines himself “trying to figure out the muffled voice of the instructor in the ‘Peanuts’ cartoon, whose remarks could never be deciphered.”
The latest update concerns Fetterman, who recently went to the hospital after passing out at a retreat for Senate Democrats.
Doctors, according to his coworkers, assured them that Fetterman had not had a second stroke and advised them to watch for seizures instead.
The stroke he had last year took an “especially terrible psychological toll,” and he “may have placed himself irrevocably behind” by not getting enough rest throughout the campaign, the insider said.
According to a statement published by his team on Friday night, all of the medical tests performed on Fetterman during his recent health issue came back negative.
Senator John Fetterman was released from the George Washington University Hospital after a short stay. The EEG was normal, and there were no signs of seizures or other neurological problems, thus a stroke was also ruled out by the CT, CTA, and MRI.
After spending some time at home with his loved ones, “John is looking forward to returning to the Senate on Monday,” the statement read.