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Tex.... I've been bothered by double vision for the past 3 years. I was told by the opthomalogist I saw at Kaiser Permanente (my HMO), that it was "divergence diploplia (eyes are pulled slightly outwards, hence the nickname "wall-eyed) (and as opposed to DIvergence diploplia - eyes pull inward) and it was caused by the PD, in MY case. The only palliative that the doc could offer me was to exercise the eye muscles by extending my arm full length and with index finger upright, bring that finger slowly towards my eyes while focusing ONLY on the moving finger, until my vision blurs. I'm supposed to do this a coupla-three times a day for about 10 minutes, and every time I do, I end up with a whopping big headache, so it's kinda turned into the equivalent of "aversion therapy!" BTW - you should NOT presume that just because it's not uncommon for a Parkie to develop vision problems, that the problem YOU'VE got is necessarily PD related. SEE AN EYE DOCTOR for this 'cause it might be entirely unrelated to PD. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: double a <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Saturday, September 04, 1999 11:04 PM Subject: Extreme problems focusing >-I'm hoping someone on the list can give me an idea... I just drove home >from Dallas, about a 6 hour trip - I only drove the last 100 my or so. For >the last 50 miles, I have been having extreme problems focusing my eyes - I >am seeing 4 of everything. When I stop and walk around, they get a little >better, but not a lot. I have been bordering "off" all day today, and very >prone to tremors. I know I am tired, but I have never had problems focusing >my eyes to this extent. Does anybody have any ideas of cause and cure? >(Tonight not driving was not an option, family emergency (which turned out >OK) made stopping impractical.) >tex