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[quote=Anonymous]His partner for the last 7 years of his life gave a very good interview 10 years ago on the subject of why he did it. In the article she states that starting in 2013, Robin knew something was wrong.

https://www.eonline.com/news/712507/susan-schneider-reveals-the-real-reason-behind-robin-williams-suicide-we-were-living-a-nightmare

[i]"In November of 2013, he had a little gut pain. Next month, it was another symptom. It was like this endless parade of symptoms and not all of them would raise their head at once. It was like playing Whack-a-Mole. Which symptom is it this month?" Schneider recollected. "I thought, 'Is my husband a hypochondriac?' We're chasing it and theres no answer. By now we tried everything."

The months of visible depression, anxiety, and paranoia led to a diagnosis that Williams was in the early stages of Parkinson's disease. However, according to Schneider, it was his undiagnosed mental illness that truly led him to take his own life.

"Lewy Body Dementia killed Robin," she said definitively. "It's what took his life and that's what I've spent the last year trying to get to the bottom of."

While they did not know the culprit behind his mental battle at the time, Schneider says her husband knew something was definitely wrong from the start.

"He was aware of it. He was keeping it together as best as he could, but the last month he could not. It was like the dam broke." she said, adding that while he was scheduled to go for neurocognitive testing around the time of his death, she believes his suicide was his way of regaining control. "I think he was just saying no and I don't blame him one bit."[/i]

As someone who has a parent with dementia, it's a terrible thing to watch. Especially early on when they are aware that something is amiss and they are aware that they are forgetting things they shouldn't. They get angry and depressed that their mind and body are failing them and there's nothing they can do. And then as it progresses, they become a shell of a human. My dad is at the stage where he's losing most of his words. He has things he wants to say and needs to say, but can't make them come out, so it's lots of grunts and pointing and frustration on his face. It's heartbreaking. [/quote]

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