← Return to Parkinson's plus Multiple Systems Atrophy

Discussion

Parkinson's plus Multiple Systems Atrophy

Parkinson's Disease | Last Active: Feb 25 3:48pm | Replies (38)
Comment receiving replies
@mzpattilyn

I was writing notes, the first time I had trouble focusing my eyes. Everything that I was looking at would move around and I could not pick out one thing to settle it down. Eventually the words would stop moving and I could write more for a couple of minutes. I have not had the problem while doing anything else yet. I do wear glasses. I do not know what you are referring to when you say prisms.

Jump to this post

Replies to "I was writing notes, the first time I had trouble focusing my eyes. Everything that I..."
Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Feb 10, 2020

@mzpattilyn I've known many PD patients who have difficulty focusing because of convergence insufficiency. An eye doctor can decide if this is your problem and if prisms would help you. They put them in the lens of your glasses to help with convergence insufficiency. Here is some information from Mayo Clinic's website about convergence problems and the different solutions (which include a prism in the eyeglass lense).
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/convergence-insufficiency/symptoms-causes/syc-20352735
Will you let me know if you have any success in treating this troublesome problem?

VIEW AND REPLY
Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Jun 18, 2020

@mzpattilyn

When you last posted you were having problems with focusing. Have you had any successful treatment for that problem? I look forward to hearing from you.

VIEW AND REPLY