Music prodigy with robin williams6/14/2023 ![]() ![]() She joined the American Brain Foundation board in 2016 and was named Vice Chair earlier this year. Schneider has become an advocate to raise awareness about the illness. She described how Williams’ “fear and anxiety skyrocketed” over several months and that “Robin was losing his mind and he was aware of it.” She added, “My husband was trapped in the twisted architecture of his neurons and no matter what I did I could not pull him out.” Schneider detailed Williams’ struggles in a September 2016 editorial for Neurology, the medical journal for the American Academy of Neurology. It’s just that this disease was faster than us and bigger than us. Schneider told People after her husband’s death, “I know now the doctors, the whole team was doing exactly the right things. Willaims never received an accurate diagnosis. The Mayo Clinic describes the disorder as “the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer’s disease dementia.”īut the disease is often misdiagnosed because the symptoms are often similar to Parkinson’s or psychiatric disorders. Lewdy Body Dementia affects an estimated 1.4 million patients in the United States, according to the LBDA. Getty Robin Williams (R) and Susan Schneider in 2009 Schneider Described Lewy Body Dementia as ‘The Terrorist Inside My Husband’s Brain’ He experienced himself disintegrating.”ġ. Schneider explains in a trailer for the film that “nearly every region of his brain was under attack. Schneider is opening up about her husband’s final days in a new documentary called Robin’s Wish, which is now available on-demand. The disease impacts a patient’s mental abilities and can cause increased anxiety and hallucinations, among other symptoms, according to the Lewy Body Dementia Association. While the cause of death was ruled a suicide, the autopsy later revealed Williams had been battling Lewy Body Dementia. Williams’ longtime personal assistant, Rebecca Erwin Spencer, found his body in his bedroom on August 11, 2014. ![]() Susan Schneider Williams, the widow of celebrated comedian Robin Williams, has made it her mission to raise awareness about the neurological disorder her husband was suffering from before he died. Susan Schneider was married to Robin Williams form 2011 until his death in 2014. ![]()
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