Is Charles Bonnet Syndrome treatable?

Charles Bonnet Syndrome?

• I have a friend who has Charles Bonnet Syndrome and I am deeply concered about her. Is there a cure for this? What do they do to help treat this? Any additional help on this subject would be greatly appreciated. She lives in Salinas, Ca. If there is any good doctors she could see that you know of please mention it. Thanks!

• Answer:

  Now I am assuming you are talking about the vision type of Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) where she see vague things in her vision..http://www.nctec.co.za/eye_conditions/charles_bonnet_syndrome.html or are you talking about the mental condition? I would talk to her doctor -- the one who diagnosed her of this condition This is what I found it to be sorry could not be of further assistance Charles Bonnet syndrome (or CBS for short) is a term used to describe the situation when people with sight problems start to see things which they know aren't real. Sometimes called visual hallucinations the things people see can take all kinds of forms from simple patterns of straight lines to detailed pictures of people or buildings. These can be enjoyable or sometimes upsetting. A Swiss philosopher named Charles Bonnet first described this condition in the 1760 when he noticed his grandfather who was blinded by cataracts describing seeing birds and buildings which were not there. Although the condition was described very early it is still largely unknown by ordinary doctors and nurses. This is partly because of a lack of knowledge about the syndrome and partly because people experiencing it don't talk about their problems out of fear of being thought of as mental health difficulties. http://www.meta-religion.com/Neurology/Disorders/charles_bonnet_syndrome.htm