Robin Williams had this "incredibly frightening symptom," said Widow in a new interview
Of all the symptoms of Williams, he let his wife feel the most "helpless".
An actor and actor loved by his legion of fans,Robin Williams was considered a unique talent. But in August 2014, the news announced that the winning star of an Oscar had died suddenly, leaving behind three children and his wife,Susan Schneider Williams. Since this tragic announcement, his widow has openedDement of Lewy's body—The "ghost disease" which haunted Williams in his last days, which ultimately aroused his suicide. In a new interview, Schneider Williams highlighted an incredibly frightening "symptom that has shaken them both. Read the rest to find out which symptom has put the couple in "a very scary place" and why she now considers the diagnosis as "everything".
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Williams received a dementia of dementia from Lewy's body after his death.
In the months preceding his death in 2014, Williams was poorly diagnosedParkinson's disease Based on its battery of physical and neurodegenerative symptoms.
"It is only when the Coroner's report, three months after his death, I would learn that it is diffuse LBD [Lewy's body disease or dementia of Lewy's body] that took it," said explained Schneider Williams in aArticle 2016 Posted by the reviewNeurology. "The four doctors that I met later and who had examined his files indicated that it was one of the worst pathologies they had seen."
Although the official cause of the actor's death was suicide, his widow considers "intense, confusing and relatively rapid persecution" of his symptoms as his true reason behind his tragic death.
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He presented all the symptoms of the disease.
Schneider Williams says that in October 2013, around the couple's second wedding anniversary, Williams' symptoms began to develop quickly. "He had struggled with symptoms that did not seem linked: constipation, urinary difficulty, stomach burns, insomnia and insomnia, and bad smell - and a lot of stress. He also had a slight tremor In his left hand that was going and would come, "Schneider Williams recalled.
From there, new symptoms have appeared: intestinal discomfort, fear, depression and anxiety, the Parkinsonian mask, the difficulty of language, sensitivity to drugs, cognitive difficulties and a mixture of mixing. The couple found themselves "Hunt symptoms for almost a year"As they would appear and disappear at random, Schneider Williams explained at a conference on life itself.
"None of the doctors knew there was thisghost disease Underlying all of this, "said Schneider WilliamsCnn in an interview. "When it was revealed, it was like discovering essentially the name of my husband's killer."
His widow says that this symptom was "incredibly frightening".
A symptom that Schneider Williams found particularly disturbing was the delusional loop of her husband: an obsessive or recurring fixation on beliefs that categorically defy reality. "Your brain is to concoct a story of what you think is reality," she said in her conference speech. "And the people around you are unable to rationalize with you and bring you back into what is really real. So, it is incredibly frightening for everyone around someone who is deceived as well as for the deceived person. ""
For Schneider Williams, the main source of support from the beloved actor, this symptom seemed paralyzing. "As a caregiver, you feel incredibly helpless when you realize:" Oh my God, nothing more than I say or can no longer bring it back to what is real. "And it's a very scary place," she said.
Exacerbated by his serious insomnia, Williams' symptoms would aggravate after nightfall, said his widow. "Our house was likeNight at the museum At night, "said Schneider Williams. Withdrawing night illusions took hours, sometimes days, she added." Imagined fear on fire - that's what it is. ""
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She says now "The diagnosis is everything."
When she opened for the first time on her late husband's disease, Schneider Williams expressed skepticism that a precise diagnosis would have made a difference. "I am not convinced that knowledge would have done much more than prolonging the agony of Robin when it would surely become one of the most famous subjects of new drugs and medical trials in progress," -It written at the time. "Even if we have experienced a certain level of comfort by knowing the name and the ephemeral hope of temporary comfort with drugs, the terrorist was always going to kill him. There is no remedy and the steep and fast decline of Robin was insured, "she added.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Now six years later, Schneider Williams says she has a deep heart change. "When I wrote this editorial,The terrorist inside my husband's brain, I was convinced that a diagnosis would not have any importance anyway, because there is no remedy, "said Schneider Williams in life itself." But my thought since then has changed completely. The diagnosis is everything, not only for patients and caregivers, but for doctors, clinicians and researchers. If we had a precise diagnosis, we could have been looking for specialized care. ""
"He who has hope has several days to feel dark," said Schneider Williams. "But the thing about hope is that whatever happens, you dust yourself, you get back and move forward. And you don't do this alone."
