Hey Colin:

I'm 33.  Interestingly, I have had a past eye injury (when I was 12)
in my affected eye.  Also, and I've seen a number of posts regarding
this, I had some dental work done to fill a chipped front tooth and
was given novacaine just days before my Adie's seemed to show up. 
So many possibilities as to how/why my light reflex shut off.

--Derek


--- In adie_syndrome@yahoogroups.com, "Colin Wynn" <colin@c...>
wrote:
> Welcome Derek,
>
> I too am of the exact scenario as you, I too do not suffer from
headaches, blurry vision, have no trouble nite driving and my
reflexes are fine. I only find that the size of my pupil is
different depending on the amount of light and that when I look at
things close up in my right eye (the effected one) and then look at
something in the distance it takes a 2-3 seconds for the focus to
correct itself.
>
> What age group are you Derek, I'm 34.
>
> Colin.
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: djlatham2002
>   To: adie_syndrome@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 5:06 PM
>   Subject: [adie_syndrome] New member with questions
>
>
>   Howdy all:
>
>   About a week ago my girlfriend looked at me and said, "Whoa! 
What's
>   up with your eye?!?"  I quickly looked in a mirror to see what
she
>   was talking about and noticed that my left pupil would not
respond
>   to light stimulus.  Two days later I went to a walk-in clinic,
>   because I'd seen so many potentially scary causes linked
>   to "anisocoria" on the internet.  After a brief examination and
a
>   few tests she called an ophthalmologist colleague of hers who
said
>   it sounded like Adie's Tonic Pupil.  I'm supposed to follow up
with
>   him soon.
>
>   Since then, I've done quite a bit of research, which has all
seemed
>   to suggest that Adie's Sydrome is likely the cause of my tonic
>   pupil.  I have been all over the web researching the condition
and
>   eventually I came across this website.  Reading through the
posts
>   has given me a bunch of questions.  First, my pupil is about mid-
>   sized (not hugely dilated or constricted).  I have noticed some
>   sensitivity to sun-light, but nothing that sun glasses (which I
>   generally wear on bright days anyway) hasn't alleviated.  I have
not
>   had headaches, blurry vision, trouble driving at night, etc. 
>   Basically, the only symptom I have is a pupil that does not
respond
>   to changing ambient light (accomodation seems fine in close up
>   mirror testing).  Oh, and also, my knee reflex seems fine.  So
my
>   primary concern is whether any of your experiences have involved
a
>   progressive path to some of the other symptoms.  If all stays as
it
>   is, my problem pupil will be little more than an annoyance on
days I
>   forget to bring shades with me.  I guess in that scenario I
would
>   consider myself lucky.  However, in reading some of the things
that
>   many of you deal with daily, I must admit to quite a bit of
>   apprehension regarding the possibility that I may be headed for
the
>   same kinds of problems.  Most websites I've seen have claimed
that
>   the condition is "not progressive," but I want to hear what some
of
>   you think about this claim.  Can anyone shed some light (pardon
the
>   pun)?
>
>   Derek