The list of side effects for the drug Seroquel, used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression reads like a novel. So, why, we ask wouldn’t Robin Williams’ wife, Susan Schneider, have kept better tabs on him given that he just started taking the medication one week prior to his death? The Coroner’s report was finally released and confirms that Williams was suffering from Parkinson’s, anxiety, depression, and paranoia at the time he committed suicide on August 11. The report confirms Williams was sober at the time of his death, though he was on two anti-depressants.
As more information about the night of his death has now been released, there are some disturbing facts that are coming to light. Robin Williams, for one, had some concerns about the safekeeping of some of his wristwatches and actually placed the timepieces in a sock and gave them to a friend, says TMZ. Odd behavior for a man who lived with his wife in a nice neighborhood. Who would he have thought would steal the watches? Or, perhaps, he was already contemplating suicide and didn’t want his wife to have the jewelry for some reason. In any case, the fact that he took these actions is quite strange, of course he was called ‘paranoid’ in the coroner’s report.
Schneider initially told investigators that Williams “seemed ok” the evening before his suicide and, for the first time in about months, was interested in looking at his iPad. Apparently Williams’ depression was so severe that he hadn’t shown interest in watching television or reading anything in about six months. Yet, Schneider felt comfortable sleeping separately from him, and getting up and ready in the morning—never once opting to check on her husband—only to leave and run errands without so much as a goodbye or a quick check to ensure her severely depressed husband was okay. And, “seemingly ok” was replaced with “excited” when Schneider later described Williams’ behavior at around 10:30PM the night of his suicide to investigators. Schneider explains the reason the two were in separate bedrooms was because Williams was having a difficult time sleeping which resulted in him tossing and turning and talking in his sleep.
Though a good night’s sleep was more important to her than sleeping with her husband, it would seem that she would still be inclined to check on him the morning prior to running her errands. Schneider wasn’t late for work, or rushed to make it to an important meeting… she was running errands but failed to just check in on her husband who hadn’t been sleeping well, and who had been so depressed that he hadn’t read or watched TV in six months. She certainly wasn’t on track to earn “wife of the year.” If the marriage was in a good state, it would seem that Schneider would have shown more concern for her husband. Something is off here and we want to know what it is.
So tell us YOUR thoughts below CDlers. Do you think Susan Schneider’s behavior towards Robin Williams was in keeping with that of a devoted wife in a healthy marriage?
