The late comedian battled Lewy body dementia before he took his own life in August 2014
Robin Williams ' widow has opened up about his battle with Lewy body dementia and how it impacted his health.
Susan Schneider Williams has insisted the late comedian's depression wasn't what pushed him to commit suicide in August 2014.
"[Parkinson's disease] is actually an accurate diagnosis; however, that was the clinical side. The pathology was that he had diffuse Lewy body disease, which is what took him," she revealed during a candid, emotional interview with CBS This Morning host Charlie Rose.
She noticed the difference in her husband's behaviour
Lewy body disease - which occurs when abnormal protein deposits build up over time - affects the brain, and can lead to behavioural, mood and movement changes, with some of the same symptoms also found in sufferers of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's.
he explained how his behaviour changed when he began to experience pain in his stomach around the time of their second wedding anniversary in October 2013.
She said: "Robin and I had been together six years at that point, and I knew my husband's normal baseline of fear and anxiety.
"And his fear and anxiety spiked and sustained at a level that was very scary. So that was kind of the beginning, really, the way I see it."
In a recent essay entitled The Terrorist Inside My Husband's Brain, Susan revealed her husband's last words to her after their spent their final days doing "all the things" they loved .
She wrote: "When we retired for sleep, in our customary way, my husband said to me, 'Goodnight, my love,' and waited for my familiar reply: 'Goodnight, my love.' His words still echo through my heart today."
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