The renowned actor’s passing has now been nine years.
The shocking report that Robin Williams had died by suicide shocked the entire world on August 11, 2014.
The actor, who is best known for his roles in Mrs. Doubtfire and Good Will Hunting, is well-known throughout the world for his wit and humor.
However, he struggled with numerous health issues in the year leading up to his passing due to an unidentified illness.
After expressing “gut discomfort” at a celebration for him and his wife Susan Schneider’s two-year wedding anniversary, the actor experienced stomach cramps, heartburn, and digestive issues.
Later, he experienced a resting hand tremor in his left hand, which was attributed to a previous shoulder injury.
As a result, he started having issues with his vision and smell, which increased his anxiety and kept him up at night.
After a while, he started to experience motor disturbances that occasionally caused him to stop moving.
Schneider described controlling the symptoms as “playing whack-a-mole” to New York Times cultural reporter Dave Itzkoff for his biography Robin. ”.
Not all of the symptoms will manifest at once, as if in a continuous procession, she said.
It reminded me of a whack-a-mole game. Was my husband a hypochondriac, I pondered, “This month, which symptom is it.”. Nothing has worked, despite our best efforts, as we pursue the problem. ”.
Williams’ appearance allegedly underwent a significant transformation in just a few months, according to friend and fellow actor Billy Crystal.
He was “thinner and looks fragile,” according to Crystal, and he was “taken aback by how he appeared” when they went to see a play in the fall of 2013.
As they bid each other farewell and the night came to an end, Williams started to cry.
However, he did film scenes for the third film in the Night at the Museum series, in which he played Theodore Roosevelt, before a cause for his symptoms could be identified.
He acknowledged to his makeup artist Cheri Minns that after experiencing a panic attack and crying on set, he no longer “knew how to be funny.”.
After being given antipsychotic medications that only made matters worse, Schneider reported to the medical journal Neurology that he was “losing his mind and he was aware of it.”.
Williams’ Parkinson’s disease was finally disclosed to the couple by doctors in May 2014. The comedian, however, refused to accept the diagnosis, and in spite of care, medication, and testing, his condition got worse.
He was 63 years old when he took his own life on August 11 of that same year.
At first, depression was blamed for the problem. He had Lewy body dementia, according to a postmortem examination.
This severe, incurable brain disorder can cause hallucinations, confusion, exhaustion, and problems with comprehension, memory, and judgment.
It was one of the worst cases they had ever seen, according to medical experts.
Because Parkinson’s disease exhibits many of the same symptoms, it is frequently misunderstood to be this.
The week before he passed away, Williams was due for additional brain scans. Schneider, however, asserts that what ultimately motivated him to commit suicide was his worry about the test results.
She said in an interview with the Guardian from last year: “He might not have wanted to leave. He likely thought he would be detained and never be freed. ”.
