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Friend says killer virgin was hooked on creatine supplement | New York Post

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creatinesupplement
By News.com.au
May 28, 2014 | 6:23am

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A friend of virgin killer Elliot Rodger has revealed he was addicted to a muscle-building
supplement, which could have triggered his anger before his shooting rampage.
Chris Akin, a friend of Rodger, told the Mirror that the Isla Vista murderer started taking
the supplement creatine after a mutual friend died in a bodybuilding accident while trying
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to lift a 550-pound weight.

Akin, who used to Skype regularly with Rodger, 22, said he observed a change in his
attitude after he began allegedly taking the drug daily.
Akin, who lives in Chicago, told the Mirror that Rodger was trying to build muscle mass to
attract girls and get over his grief from losing his close friend.
While not illegal or a steroid, creatine, an organic acid which is typically bought in
flavored powders and mixed with liquid increases the bodys ability to produce energy
rapidly. With more energy, you can train harder and more often, producing faster results,
MensHealth.com reports. It can also be bought and consumed in tablet form.
Side effects of creatine can include weight gain, muscle cramps, muscle strains and pulls,
stomach upset, diarrhea, dizziness, high blood pressure, liver dysfunction, and kidney
damage, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center.
It is also understood that it can cause mood swings and depression. Bodybuilders have
reported getting angry easily and hyper in online forums on the Bodybuilding.com website,
where Rodger regularly contributed.

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Akin said he was bullied on the website for being a loner and having a lack of women in his
life.
Akin claimed Rodgers supplement use and online bullying were linked to Rodger killing six
and injuring 13 before committing suicide.
Rodger explained his deadly act in a near 140-page manifesto and chilling videos posted to
YouTube in which he shared his fury over still being a virgin.
The more I dwell on this, the more I realize that it may have set him off and made him
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turn to creatine to drown his feelings, Akin said.

He wasnt very different at first, but after a while it seemed like he was getting into dark
places emotionally, he added.
I could notice the anger and changes every time we spoke on Skype, he said.
In his manifesto, Rodger described a day of retribution on which he planned to wage a
war against all women and the men they are attracted to.
If I cant have it, I will destroy it. I will destroy all women because I can never have them. I
will make them all suffer for rejecting me, he wrote.
The 22-year-old student stabbed dead three male roommates in a coastal enclave in Santa
Barbara County, Calif., before driving through his university campus on a shooting spree,
killing two sorority sisters and another male student and injuring at least eight people.

ThesceneofRodgersshootingspreeinIslaVista,
Calif.
Photo: Splash News

As disturbing details about Rodgers misogynistic manifesto surfaced, a conversation began

on Twitter over the underlying cause of gender-based violence that women experience
every day.
Soon, the hashtag Yes All Women was trending in many countries, with more than 1
million short messages posted and re-tweeted as women shared their experiences and pain
from sexual violence and societal inequality.
This article originally appeared on News.com.au.
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ELLIOT RODGER, SHOOTINGS, UC SANTA BARBARA, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

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