He was a genius. I can't imagine what he must have gone through. So incredibly sad...

that I haven't been able to watch him on screen since. It helps, I guess, to put a name to what was torturing him.

I can't watch him on anything. From Mork and Mendy to the last movie I've watched of his, 'Good Will Hunting'. I've been trying to catch up on his other movies but I can't...

Too sad

But it often brings a tear to my eye. "Awakenings" was especially poignant.

I keep thinking that eventually I'll be able to watch him again; maybe this news will help that happen.

was one of the docs who was asked to review Robin Williams' medical records.

There really is great difficulty in diagnosing LBD. At our last visit, the doc handed me a book written by
the wife of a former LBD patient (now deceased). She documented that they'd been to 11 docs before
the LBD diagnosis was made--and confirmed by the 12th--the neurologist we're seeing.

If anyone is interested in reading more about the disease, the LBD Association website is a good place to start.
If anyone has a family member that they suspect might have LBD and would like to talk to someone who is
going through this--although my husband is in the early stages--please pm me.

https://www.lbda.org/category/3437/what-is-lbd.htm

they'd been having all these strange symptoms that would come and go-- put me on to LBD. I'd never heard of it.
My dad developed a post-operative dementia when he was 89 and my mom never had any dementia symptoms
even though she lived to 91.

I can say that when I read the list of symptoms on the LBD website almost two years ago, everything fell into place. It really does make a difference
to get an early diagnosis because there are medications to avoid that can make symptoms much worse.

My husband is currently on several meds that are really helping. And that's the approach with the disease at this point--to extend
the early stages of the disease to maintain a "normal" life for as long as possible--because it is progressive and there is no cure.

It must have been awful for him in his final days. I can't imagine his agony.

I never even heard of this disease before. RW was a genius.

...I try not to be afraid of what may happen if my brain and body turn against me like that.

Some days I'm more successful than others.

scares me much more than body.

The unfairness, the sadness, the deep tragedy.
Life can be so monstrously cruel.
He brought such rampant joy to so many people.

I miss his glow.

Only his body is. Which will make it a hell of a lot harder to shoot any more movies. But he already has a pretty damn good collection to keep us and future generations for a LONG time.

Please, to honor him, laugh at him, don't cry about him

Laugh at him didn't sound quite right, even though I know what you meant.

You're right, he was all about laughter.



Doesn't hurt to grieve the loss, though. Sometimes you just can't hold it in.

the person you love is on a highway to incapacitation and there ain't nothing you can do.

when we stopped being a fun to be with couple due to my wifes cancer most of the friends just sort of drifted away.

not that it bothered me much...i was kept busy with her decline.....but she would have loved some visits.

the ones i feel sorry for are those who battle each and every day for years and years....
more guts and strength than i have

Robin Williams was my everything growing up and became a security blanket as I got older. I relied on him being him and always making me smile or laugh. I guess it was stupid to think he would be around forever.

I used to believe a very sustaining story about an ancestor when I desperately needed to hang onto something that made me feel as if I had more inside me than what I was having to live through with family. I found out eventually that the person was not what I'd believed. But the story was still there, in the ways it had shaped me and helped me to feel pride and to draw strength.

I'm sorry for what you lost. But I'm glad for what you had, and still do.

That kid that wants to show off in front of the crowd and make everyone laugh. Williams was a very special person, once in a lifetime imo.

Suicide scares us. It's always tempting to believe things could have gotten better or the victim was able to think of the pain they caused others. That's often just not the case, and the only path to follow is one of tenderness and sympathy for everyone involved.

Those blue eyes. I pray he has peace.

It might have given him a bit more time, at least relieve people of worrying about their future and families when they are no longer able to care for themselves in any respect.

Sad story.