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On what would have been his 70th birthday,Robin Williams'Son,ZAK WILLIAMS,Open about his father in an important way. On the podcastThe Genius Life (Going throughPeople), Zak talked about 2014 the suicide of his father, including the fact that he had been misdiagnosed with Parkinson's disease, something that was discovered after his death. Rather than Parkinson's disease, he appeared Robin hadLewy's hand dementia.

Zak believes that the bad diagnosis may have made Robin even worse at ease in his last years, because his symptoms did not fully match his diagnosis. Zak also saw the heavy tribute that the drug was prescribed his father took on him and thought he could have aggravated the situation. Continue reading to see what Zak had to say, and learn more about the disease suffered Robin de.

On the podcast, which was published on the anniversary of Robin on July 21, Zak shared that to be misdiagnosed withParkinson's disease Was a struggle for his father, not only because he was dealing with declining health, but because his symptoms did not correspond to his diagnosis.

"He was frustrated because it crossed did not match one by one to what you can say many Parkinson patients, people with Parkinson's experience," said Zak. "There were discussion questions that frustrated it. There were problems associating the way he felt, and also from a neurological point of view, he did not feel great ... There was a little more anxiety and the depression and the things he was just talking to me about it made me realize that it was very uncomfortable ".

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After being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, Robin has received medications to fight against this disease and "these drugs are not a joke," said Zak on the podcast. "They put you through. There is a range of efficiency, but what I found they are also very hard on the mind and body, which was difficult to see, "he added.

Zak said that sometimes he saw "some improvement" but "sometimes he did not help at all. »

"He could have aggravated the situation," he said. "That said, the diagnosis was different from the disease, so I think it could be a situation where you take things and the experience purely the side effects of it. »

While Robin was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, after his death by suicide in August 2014, an autopsy he found suffered from Lewy's dementia. According to the Mayo Clinic,Lewy's hand dementia is the second type of common dementia after Alzheimer's disease.

With Lewy's dementia, "protein deposits, called Lewy's body, develop in nerve cells in the brain regions involved in thought, memory and movement (engine control)," the Mayo clinic explains . "Lewy Corps dementia causes a gradual decline in mental abilities. As CNN's reports, Lewy Corps dementiais often misdiagnosed like Parkinson or Alzheimer because of the similarity of early symptoms.

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"When he died by suicide, [the disease] had progressed, but it was really only two years old. I do not mean it was a short time, he felt much longer than it was in fact, but it was a period for him of intense research and frustration, "Zak said on the podcast. "From my goal, he felt so sad for me because I loved him as long as Daddy, but also he was one of my best friends, and we spent a lot of time together. For him, to confide in me and share his experience, it is scary, you know, and I have a lot of empathy for family members or people passing through the same or the same experience because it is Simply devastating ".

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After his father died, Zak explained that he self-medication with alcohol. "When I spoke with a psychiatrist, I was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress," said Zak, who has now been sober for four years.

Zak has since become a strong advocate for mental health, and the owner of Pyme, a company that makes"Chewing mood"This "are made with amino acids and adaptogens that target body hormone levels to handle stress and anxiety."

On the Pym website, Zak explains that his own mourning experience, his father inspired him to start the brand. "After my father took his life in August 2014, my anxiety fell in Overdrive. I ended up depressed, anxious, traumatized and unable to deal with everyday life," he wrote. "My brain still needed something to get back to the center. Through a lot of research, I discovered that there is a wealth of botanical adaptogens and amino acid complexes that help recalibrate our body and Our brain in order to heal it. I finally found something it actually made me feel good, made me feel normal and helped me not just spend the day but actually prosper. PYM prepares Your mind to produce natural neurotransmitters that help you feel again. "

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