In her essay, published in the medical daily Neurology entitled "The Terrorist Inside My Husband's Brain," Schneider Williams wrote that she wishes her words will "help make a difference in the lives of others."
"Not only did I lose my husband to LBD, I lost my best friend," she wrote. "Robin and I had in each other a safe haven of unconditional love that we had both continually longed for."
"For 7 years together, we got to tell each other our greatest hopes and fears without any judgment, just safety. As we said often to one another, we were each other's anchor and mojo: that magical elixir of feeling grounded and inspired at the same time by each other's presence," Serena reiterated.
Williams committed suicide on Aug. 11, 2014. He was 63. Williams' widow detailed how the disease affected his life.
"He had been struggling with symptoms that seemed unrelated: constipation, urinary difficulty, heartburn, sleeplessness and insomnia, and a poor sense of smell and lots of stress," she wrote. "He also had a slight tremor in his left hand that would come and go."
Besides "fear and anxiety," Schneider Williams said that "some symptoms were more prevalent than others, but these increased in frequency and severity over the next 10 months."
His lady even recalled an occasion when Williams was filming "Night at the Museum 3" in April 2014. Williams had a panic attack on the Vancouver set.
"During the filming of the movie, Robin was having trouble remembering even one line for his scenes, while just 3 years prior he had played in a full 5-month season of the Broadway production 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,' often doing two shows a day with hundreds of lines -- and not one mistake. This loss of memory and inability to control his anxiety was devastating to him," she wrote.
"He kept saying, 'I just want to reboot my brain,'" she wrote.
Schneider Williams concluded her essay by petitioning to all researchers and doctors studying "Lewy Body Dementia":
"You and your work have ignited a spark within the region of my brain where curiosity and interest lie and within my heart where hope lives," she said. "I want to follow you. Not like a crazed fan, but like someone who knows you just might be the one who discovers the cure for LBD and other brain diseases."
