[FRIAM] Nick's Recovery

[Steve Smith]

Nick -

I don't know about this syndrome by name (Charles Bonnet), but am
familiar with "sundowner's syndrome", having "walked two old men to
their graves over a decade (each) with Alzheimer's" and observing their
agitation (better and/or worse) as the quality of light shifts just
before/after sundown.   I am also acutely aware, myself, of the
experience of twilight reducing visual acuity to the point that I am
irritated and mildly confused because I think I *should* be able to
distinguish various things (writing, diagrams, threaded fasteners, etc.)
and I am unable to. 

I have known people who had slow developing cataracts who felt a
profound loss of cognitive ability from the creeping loss of vision
which they didn't appreciate until they had cataract surgery and the
majority of the loss (vison and by correlation their sense of cognitive
inhibition?)

I am, for one, waiting with bated brethe to know if you are in fact
suffering/recovering from something and whether you have reason to
believe (up to and including testing) it to be the "evil COVID"!   And
again, by correlation, if there is anything anyone here can do to help
(except maybe not write you long missives and expect you to read and
respond?)

- Steve


On 12/7/20 3:35 PM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
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> Do you know about Charles Barret syndrome [/Quod Googlet/}. It is
> caused by declining vision but can become dramatic when we spend a lot
> time in dimly lit rooms.  Gives a new angle on what we mean by exerience
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> Nicholas Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
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> Clark University
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> > Thanks, frank Perhaps feeling better today.  The effect of the
> disease are increasingly psychological.  I just don't uuant to talk to
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> know that we are all pulling/praying/meditating/hoping for you to have
> both a smooth recovery and perhaps some meaningful fever-dreams while
> you are at it. 
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