FIRST THE FIRST TIME SINCE
HER HUSBAND'S DEATH ROBIN
WILLIAMS WIDOW IS SPEAKING
PUBLICLY ABOUT HIS PRIVATE
STRUGGLES.
SHE SAYS ROBIN WILLIAMS SUICIDE
WAS THOUGHT JUST CAUSED BY
DEPRESSION.
HE WAS SUFFERING FROM BODY
DEMENTIA.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE
BECAUSE ALZHEIMER'S AND
PARKINSON'S WHICH WILLIAMS WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH CAUSED SIMILAR
SYMPTOMS INCLUDING
HALLUCINATIONS MUSCLE STIFFER
NECESSARY AND LOSS OF MEMORY.
DEPRESSION CAME IN ONLY NEAR
THE END.
YOU KNOW, PROBABLY WITHIN A FEW
MONTHS BEFORE HE LEFT, AND IT
WAS NOT A PREDOMINANT SYMPTOM.
IN AN EDITORIAL FOR MEDICAL
JOURNAL SHE SAYS IT FELT LIKE
HE WAS DROWNING IN HIS SYMPTOMS
AND I WAS DROWNING ALONG WITH
HIM.
SO WHAT IS THIS DISEASE?
WELL CORNING TO THE MAYO CLINIC
PROTEIN DEPOSITS CLOUD LOUI
BODIES DEVELOP IN NERVE CELLS
FROM THE WRITTEN REGIONS
