PD Progression, stages and what to expect

hello ... i was dx'd about 5 yrs ago at age 66 and go through bouts of the same. almost every time i find it is inflammation causing it. 'my' go-to for this is ibuprophen. also, for energy i take a vitB complex, heavy on vitb-12.
best of luck...

@hirschho,

I would enjoy hearing from you again after you use your new prescription with the prism. Is the prism in one lens or both?

Will you post an update and let me know how it is working for you?

PD can cause double vision and mine occurred while I have PD. So I thought it would be useful to mention my optometrist's treatment.

Is the double vision connected to PD in any way? I am also experiencing double vision & loss of depth perception

Is the double vision connected to PD in any way? I am also experiencing double vision & loss of depth perception

I have had the double vision for a while. I am not very good in remembering time. I notice it when I am watching TV and sometimes see two golf balls when watching a putt for example.
I was diagnosed a few years ago when I had vestibular neuritis and the balance issues did not subside.

@jatonlouise

You have offered some great suggestions! The only one I would add is to find a form of physical exercise that you enjoy and exercise at least 5 times a week. It doesn't have to be hard, aerobic activity; however, chair yoga or chair Tai Chi are great for balance and help with stiffness. There are free YouTube exercise videos available that are great with seated exercises.

What are you most difficult PD symptoms right now?

I have occasional double vision. My optometrist added a prism to my new prescription. I haven't used it yet.

My diaagnoosis is Advanced Stage PD. I share many of the symptoms you describe. I'm 80, so I might have had sone of this as a consequence of having so many birthdays. As for your double vision, PzD affects every muscle in ypur bidy, and there are mucles involve in making your eyes play nicely with each other rather than jyst going off on their own. Lots of kids have a "wandering eye"(who goes iff on his own)or a "lazy eye"(who refuses to go along with his brother to look at rhe same things. There arr exercises for your eyes that can help encourage them to work together a bit better and an opthalmologist can give you some to try. (If they work for you, please let your doctor kniw this so if any of his other patients have the problems he can let them know. While it is true that PD can't be cured (yet) and to that extent you do have to accept that. However, often there are things you CAN do to mitigate its impact on you, and that IS something you CAN do about it. Iff you read alot, I would highly recommend gettingbs Kindle because there arr so many features that can make reading easier. 1. You can control both the font style and the font size, which has made a HUGE difference for me. 2. Yoou can control the contrast between the letters and the background, and can even have whiite letters on a black background, and you csn playbaround with these and otger features to tailr the settings that are tge mist comfortable for you. (If you find tthat this us helpful you might also let your doctir know so he can share that with other patients -- also give him the URL for the Mayo PD support group so he can let other patients know that will take advantage of it as they choose. I liive in Germany and don't know enough German (nor do I have the energy to tackle it for thus purpose) so on-line is great! And some folks don't feel comfotable doing things like in-person support groups, and this is helpful to them, too. Let the doctor know that it's miderated by healcare professionals, so if somebody cones up with an idea that may not have merit, the sponsor will gently let them kniw that perhaps setting their hair on fire is not the best approach for treating PD. As for you concern about brain fog and memory, there are some medications that may help mitigate the impact of brain fog and maybe the support group sponsors can describe them and you can ask your doctor about them. And, yeah, it's frustrating and sad and makes me angry sonetimes that my brain doesn't work the way it used to and sometines I am totally befuddled when the pages of something i've printed out fall out of the tray onto the floor and it takes me forever to put them in order. But put it aside for the moment and deal with it another time when the rest if my brain is reporting for duty. I have alson had a chat with my family whuch incudes 3 teenaged grandkids, and explained how my btain isn't working quite right sometimes, so if they notice me doing something that's not a good idea, they will make me aware of it. I won't be offended, but will welcone the help and I won't get mad about if they gently say, "Grandma, are you hungry? If so, I can give you a snack so you won't have to eat the lovely artificial fruit in the fruitbowl. And if I did get mad, I've warned them that they now have 3 grandmas:
1 is their mother's mother (Omi); one is their father's mother (me -regular Grandma) and the 3td one is PD Grandma, who may not act as nice as as Regular Grandma. But both Grandmas
love them. So do what you can to keep exercising your brain when you can and when your PD self takes over for a bit, just fix a nice cup of tea for each of you and keep your fingers crossed that she will go home in a little bit.