Robin Williams‘ widow is opening up about the last months of the actor’s life in which he struggled with a neurological condition called Lewy body disease (LBD) that fundamentally altered his personality and behavior.
“The massive proliferation of Lewy bodies throughout his brain had done so much damage to neurons and neurotransmitters that in effect, you could say he had chemical warfare in his brain,” Susan Schneider Williams wrote for the scientific journal “Neurology.”
She recounts how Williams began experiencing a range of seemingly unrelated physical issues like stomach pain, insomnia and urinary troubles around October 2013.