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Once again i can identify completely.. Reading - i am a librarian by profession - i used to read 10-12 books a week - then i started reading moostly children'se books - at first i used to saay they are well written good stories and have happpy endings - then i realised i was bluffing myself , it was really the large print i was seeking. Aned ulverscroft books were too heavy. Now i cant even cope wit Harry Potter !! My hands cant hold the book, my eyes cant focus on the print, and my mind cant concetrate o'n the story - gets bored and wanders off on its own. I've started trying to knit again - keeps my hands busy, dont need to see what i'm doing like crochet, and doesnt occuppy my mind which cann go off on iots fligihts of fancy! 'And i always know when i nedd my mesds without a clolck - i cant see the computer screen/ And the percentage of un corroected typos goes up - i simply dont see them. but when my meds kick in, i see perfectly (with my glasses) my neuro thinks i'm crazy, wouldnt support my request to see a neuro -ophthalmolgist- but during off times i cant even distinguish the letters on the keyboard!!! i've gone thru all those phases and synptoms since i began writing this letter hilary blue Mary Ann Ryan wrote: > > Barb wrote: > It's not that they don't recognize my visual difficulties. but > > rather they lump it under the "Mom's getting older"category. And > > while I DO admit to having a birthday once a year and those years > > ARE mounting up <GULP>, at 57 I don't consider myself THAT old! > > Barb brings up a major complaint of mine - that when folks get older they > should *expect* to be sick. I'm 55 and have **no** vision problems. In > fact, I'll bet most of the caregivers on this list don't have the visions > problems described in Derek's article. Which means that, clearly, > difficulty distinguishing contrast is a specific problem associated with > PD - and not age. > > My husband, Jamie, has had such terrible problems reading that he no longer > is able to enjoy what used to be his favorite pass-time. He's been seen by > a Neuro-opthalmologist who could offer no solution to his problem. Jamie's > neurologist just shakes his head when Jamie mentions his visual > difficulties. > > I sincerely hope that active research continues in this field. It may be > that there is a rather simple solution to this problem - at least that's my > hope. It would be wonderful if my husband could read again. > ----- > God bless > Mary Ann (CG Jamie 60/20)