Sorry in advance for the long post, just got caught up and trying to put my thoughts in one place...okay this might be more of a ramble than thoughts so apologies in advance!
Some of AH's videos remind me of a friend I have had since elementary school. When he turned 19 he started showing serious symptoms of mental illness. According to my friends mom, who was on top of this as much as the parent of an adult can be, it took awhile to get the correct diagnosis of schizo affective but it was complicated by the fact that he was taking a prescribed amphetamine from another doctor (he was dr shopping) which just agitated him even more, and then when he would come down from it, he would have terrible depression and suicidal ideations. I'm not sure if this would be similar to the effects of steroids or not. Because Of this, it took awhile for my friend to get the right diagnosis bc they weren't sure if it was the amphetamines aggravating things or causing symptoms that normally he didn't have. I obviously don't know all the details but remember that was an issue in getting the right diagnosis and treatment plan. In terms of questions about AH's mom doing nothing when he allegedly said he had Super Powers for a week, I don't think we know for sure how much his parents did or didn't try to help, but the fact that his father didn't follow his son who the father admitted off camera was making suicidal threats that day, out of the restaurant is really bizarre to me.
I have no clue if AH suffered from anything like what I described above with my friend, and do acknowledge that it could have been long term effects from either steroids or other drugs. This might take some time for professionals to figure out. I know his initial tox screen didn't show anything based on what the public was told. Sadly, aside from steroids, and flakka which I believe they said likely would have resulted in an increased core body temp, which AH reportedly didn't have, there are so many designer drugs out there now that can have terrible effects on anyone, and combined with a mental Illness would likely be worse. I am pretty sure some of them require more extensive toxicology tests. Reading about some of them, and people's experiences on them, often referred to as "research Chemicals" is scary.
In regards to the caustic substance in the garage that police say AH consumed at some point during the attack, is it possible that the couple saw him walk by, he was clearly bleeding and out of sorts at this point in time based on the evidence found by the reporter and maybe the victims asked if he needed help, maybe he entered the garage, drank the substance and then went into complete rage when the victims could have possibly tried to stop him from doing that and said they were calling police? I would think there's evidence that whatever he drank was from there and I don't see how he did it after the attacks bc he was still attacking when the police got there.
In terms of the parents statements to police that can be seen as contradictory, with his mom and friends saying they didn't believe he was a threat to himself or others, and his father saying off camera that he had been making suicidal threats that day, I think it will be important to know when authorities found out from the father about the suicidal threats and if he didn't tell AH's mom, why not? Maybe he felt responsible bc he could have stopped him or at least followed him, maybe he did tell mom but she was embarrassed to say so for whatever reason, or it's possible AH didn't make any suicidal threats and dad is saying he did to help with an insanity defense. I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist but it's possible. I also wonder if there's a specific reason AH's family and doctors told the media they believe he drank the caustic substance after the attack. Yes, maybe it was a typo but maybe not. i am assuming they will go with an insanity defense which is an affirmative defense so maybe there's some psychological reason that drinking whatever it was after the attacks would be helpful, but the timeline w the police getting there would mean that after drinking it, he went back to continue the attack on mr. Stevens until police were able to intervene. Again, maybe this was just a typo but who knows.
I really do believe AH likely suffered from a mental illness but I have no idea what or the severity. I would not be suprised if he was self medicating with something or things that are still being tested for. Many of which can contribute to the behavior AH has been exhibiting on YouTube and the day he murdered two innocent people, and injured another.
Very sad.
