Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Howard and I am the appointed Power Of Attorney for David John Hinson.
I read with interest the various armchair diagnoses and judgements written here and I feel obliged to set the record a little straighter. In writing, my aim is not to gain sympathy, nor make excuses. I am only concerned with the facts.
Mr J.J. Blair is correct in speculating that David suffered from clinical depression in the past – I can confirm that this has been so for the better part of 25 years.
But this is where the correctness of the speculated psychology diagnoses end.
One month ago, David underwent complete neurological tests in the UK.
The preliminary diagnosis was one of Complex Partial Seizures and, following an MR scan to determine to cause of these seizures, it was determined that David suffers from Mesial Temporal Lobe Sclerosis. This, in short, is damage to the brain cells in the temporal lobe. The damage is almost certainly a result of suffering a head trauma some years ago.
Should medications fail to control the episodes, and thus far they have failed to control them, the treatment for this condition is then surgery. The surgery performed is a temporal lobectomy which involves removing part of the temporal lobe.
Now, should you care to know what all this means, a quick google search of ‘Complex Partial Seizures’, and particularly those caused by ‘Mesial Temporal Lobe Sclerosis’, just might explain some of David’s strange behaviour in recent years.
I would like to add at this point that David in every way possible takes full responsibility for his actions.
Indeed, despite being advised by his Neurologist that it is very typical for people with this condition to exhibit strange behaviours, blackouts and personality changes, David’s stance, simply stated, is that ‘to not take complete and full responsibility, is to deny the existence of part of himself, however distasteful that part may be.’
(Edited out for poor judgement)
Yours sincerely.