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Paul, I know exactly what you mean about the focus varying! That happens for me too, so far with one eye. I am less sure of how it feels to refocus in the brain, but I'll give it a try. I've always experienced balance issues in PD as a visual-spatial phenomenon. This must be part of that. Thanks, Kathleen 2009/8/15 <[log in to unmask]> > Kathleen: > > My vision problem is that my focus seems to vary from time to time making > my tri-focal glasses ineffective. The lenses are cut for reading at book > distance, reading the computer monitor and far distance. Sometimes (more > often > than not), I can't see clearly and have to push the glasses tight to my > forehead to see better and other times I have to refocus in my brain and > start over. > > As I re-read what I wrote, it sounds clunky but it's the best I can do. > Sorry > > Paul > > > In a message dated 8/15/2009 2:00:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > Paul, anyone -- > > Can you say more about vision problems? My erstwhile "good" eye has been > giving me problems...double vision, floaters. > > Kathleen > > 2009/8/13 <[log in to unmask]> > > > Kathleen: > > > > Of course you are right. My most painful symptom is dystonia in my foot > > which is a muscular/nerve disorder (I would guess---have to have > latitude > > because I'm a civil engineer, not an MD). One of the more annoying > > symptoms, > > addressed with Ambian CR daily is insomnia and then there are the > sensory > > and > > eyesight problems neither of which fall into the movement disorder > > category. > > > > Paul > > > > > > In a message dated 8/13/2009 2:00:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > > [log in to unmask] writes: > > > > A thought spurred by seeing how the ball on ECT/PD fell between the > > psychiatrists and the neurologists: > > > > The longer I live with PD, the more I think that to term it a "movement > > disorder" is limiting and misleading. PD affects everything, including > > cognition and mood. The sooner we all admit that, the sooner we can > break > > out of the box our fragmented, competitive system of health care and > > medical > > specialties has put us in. > > > > Kathleen > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > > [log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn