Did Robin Williams have Lewy Body dementia?
It was only after his death they found what killed him. The knife twist: his autopsy showed Lewy body dementia had eaten his brain. Too late for him to know.
They told him it was Parkinson’s. Wrong. He died not knowing what demon rode him.
His mind broke apart, paranoia, confusion. Can’t sleep. Can’t smell – His brain was so wrecked doctors couldn’t believe he still walked. Forty percent of his dopamine cells dead.
“Do I have Alzheimer’s? Dementia? Schizophrenia?” – he asked his doctors.
“No, no, no,” they said — But his brain knew better.
He started doing strange things. Hid watches in socks. Worried about them like they were gold. The disease ate his reason.
His wife learned the truth too late. You can’t test for this disease while alive – Only the dead know for sure.
His brain cells filled with tiny protein bombs — They exploded silently for months. Nobody heard them but him.
The world just saw a man die. They never saw the war inside him.
