I didn't know that about him. I knew about the bipolar because he did a documentary about mental illness with PBS and shared his struggles with the illness.He struggled with alcohol and cocaine, but had been sober for about 20 years - until he checked himself back into rehab last month (reportedly due to alcohol).
In any case, a very tragic loss of a great actor.
This is what happened to my children's birth parents and it scares the heck out of me that it will happen to my son when I can no longer make him take his medicine. They did not commit suicide, but self medicate with the alcohol and drugs.Williams was bipolar. Unfortunately, many people with this disease begin feeling better and quit taking their medications. They will then he get manic or depressed. It gets harder to treat. Plus he was an alcoholic which adds fuel to an already very hot fire.
I am not saying he got off of his meds but many who do end up committing suicide.
I didn't know that about him. I knew about the bipolar because he did a documentary about mental illness with PBS and shared his struggles with the illness.
May you struggles now be over. May you rest in peace. Thank you for the laughs.
This is what happened to my children's birth parents and it scares the heck out of me that it will happen to my son when I can no longer make him take his medicine. They did not commit suicide, but self medicate with the alcohol and drugs.
If anything good can come out of this, I hope it is that we can really make changes to the mental health system in America and make it okay for people to talk about their mental health issues without being shunned.
I forgot to add that it is so ironic that someone who was so funny and made so many people laugh and was so loved could be so troubled. What an awful loss.