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I may be foolish, but I have felt fortunate that I have the kind of PD with little tremor, but I do have a terrible reading problem--or rather a vision problem. I have been to an opthamologist who specializes in neurological problems and he has prescribed prism glassses for distance (and now I can drive again) and a different prism for reading. These help much less as the problem is more blurred vision and the inability to hold a focus than the double vision I have for distance. Maybe it is just weariness--it certainly is worse in the evening. Do any of the rest of you very helpful people have this problem? Nancy Shlaes (60/4) JoanD1234 wrote: > Thank you for the responses to my plea for help with "tremor." My > neurologist recently told me, "You are lucky to have tremor dominant PD and > you are unlucky to have tremor dominant PD: lucky because it is slower > progressing and unlucky because it is more difficult to treat." I have been > getting that feeling from reading responses on this list. It is rare that I > have read about anyone getting help with or control of their tremor. > I am embarassed by my present discouragement as I have always been proud of > my positive attitude. But--the tremor has broken me. I can't even read a > book anymore because I can't shake my eyes fast enough to keep up with the > shaking book. > Greg asked if I had tried anticholinergics. Yes, I tried Cogentin. I > became a zombie. I couldn't read then because I couldn't think. > Thanks to all who sent email. > Sincerely, > Joan