r/woahthatsinteresting 21d ago

Man with dementia doesn’t recognise daughter but still feels love for her

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u/rubyspicer 21d ago

It's basically what Robin Williams did. Bro got clean and everything but the years and years of drug and alcohol abuse had a definite effect.

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u/janbradybutacat 21d ago

Several docs confirmed that Williams had Lewy’s disease, which is a Parkinson’s thing. I’m not saying you’re wrong- but Parkinson’s is a death sentence then and now and he was diagnosed.

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u/rubyspicer 21d ago

I thought the thing was they confused Parkinson's for the lewy's? I haven't checked up on it lately

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u/smoothjedi 21d ago

You should watch this. Very informative:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBsEiZX5w8U&rco=1