Okay, it seems like a large number of people visiting my site are coming to read about eyelid twitching. In my fourth post (I am now over 250), I simply mentioned that I had one of those eyelid twitching episodes a lot of people seem to get, and it was irritating the heck out of me.
Suddenly, this site became the Mecca for Eyelid Twitchers. I can only suppose that there is relatively little out there about it, or that more people link to my site than they do to sites all about Eyelid Twitching, so I rank higher in Google.
Anyway, I started feeling bad for all those poor twitchers who came to my site seeking information or relief, and just found a really small note saying that my own eyelid was twitching as well. I mean, misery loves company and all, but it really isn’t useful outside of that. So I figured I might as well write something more substantive about eyelid twitching, so here it is.
First off, there’s a name for this: myokymia. “Myo-” is the Greek root for “eye,” and “-kymia” means “I’m making up this etymology.” But the name, at least, is for real. They’re also called eyelid “tremors,” as it sounds kind of psycho to have a “twitch,” or worse, a “spasm.” Nobody likes spasms. “Tremors” sounds cooler.
Myokymia is, according to doctors, “a common condition where a few of the muscle fibers of the upper — or more commonly the lower — eyelid contract irregularly. … Myokymia is closely associated with stress, fatigue, lack of sleep and too much caffeine.”
That’s doctorese for, “you’re eyelid’s twitching, moron. Try changing something.”
This doctor says that myokymia is associated with “brainstem neoplasms,” which sounds even cooler than “tremors.” “Brainstem neoplasms” is bound to get people at the office to pay attention when you talk about your problem. But then, the treatment for that includes a “lumbar puncture with examination of cerebrospinal fluid,” so maybe it’s best not to milk the neoplasm idea too far. Especially for a stupid eyelid twitch.
Frankly, when I get The Twitch, I’m not usually stressed out, I am getting as much sleep as ever, sometimes more, and I don’t drink coffee (I even have decaf Coke). Maybe it’s my Evil Plan to Dominate the World, we usually get eye twitches when we do that.
Some people stand by the theory that it is a vitamin deficiency, usually potassium (because someone once heard that potassium has something to do with muscles; we’re still trying to track that one down), and others swear that it’s a B-vitamin deficiency, saying they lose the twitch immediately when they start taking the pills. I have the strong feeling, however, that this is more to do with something that rhymes with the “flacebo effect.” For all of you who want the above remedies to work, I cleverly disguised my opinions about it there.
Treatment: Reduce your stress, get more sleep, nix the coffee, eat more bananas and B-complex pills. Throw in a couple of sugar pills for good measure. Save the cerebrospinal fluid exam for emergencies.
Or, you might just wait for them to go away on their own. Whatever.
Stumble it!
Yupp, it sounds about correct….I am a medical student and thus no stranger to stress,lack of sleep,coffee,energy drinks and some more stress….myokymia….well I guess just have to adopt to the condition….take me for example, I changed my messenger ID to Dr Evil….you know world domination and all….but I think my twitch is barely visible so I have to keep on explaining it to people
hmmmmmm….. i think it definitely has SOMETHING to do with diet.. I have been on a low carb diet for a couple of months, and i have had this annoying eye twitch for the past couple of weeks. However, I have been taking multi-vitamin/mineral supplements… yet the condition still persists. I suppose I shall just grin-and-bear it until it subsides. …Hopefully it will… until then, I am Mrs. Evil……..
My eyelid started twitching a few weeks ago and it is a royal nuisance. Everywhere I read references Potassium deficiency and the eating of bananas as a possible remedy. The ironic thing is, I never ate bananas up until a 6-8 weeks or so ago and now my eyelid is twitching. Strange coincidence? Maybe…
As if my life wasn’t complicated enough, I found this on the National Library of Medicine, no fun at all:
A 48 year old woman presented with a 5 year history of intermittent right eyelid twitching. Electromyography of the right lower eyelid revealed myokymic discharges. Blink reflex study revealed a contralateral R1 on stimulating the left, but not the right, supra-orbital nerve. Sensory and auditory evoked potentials were abnormal, pointing to possible brainstem lesions. Oligoclonal bands were present in the cerebrospinal fluid. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was normal. This case report demonstrates that benign eyelid twitching can be a localized form of facial myokymia and may be a manifestation of underlying brainstem disease.
Bibliography: National Library of Medicine
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=92037327
See, that’s what comes from milking the brainstem neoplasms story too often at the water cooler. Before you know it, they’re going right for your cerebrospinal fluid. Damn them.
A good friend said the upper eye-lid twitching probably means good luck is coming your way. If it’s lower, we’ll leave it as Myokymia I suppose. Hmmm.
My twitching had been frequent (2x a day for 30-60 sec’s) about a year or so ago.. then out of nowhere it disapeared.. IT’S BAAAAAAACK … I do believe it has to do w/ stress (in my case, anyway) … I work out daily, No caffine, Take a multi vitamin, eat well, sleep well ..so for me I can rule out everything except for stress… Mine is a subtle twitch of my upper left eyelid..almost invisible even by under my own close in the mirror examination… but it sure is ANNOYING!! …anyway, good luck with everyones twitching =)
I’m not sure what causes it but I’m pretty sure in my case its the diet. A few days ago I was said to have alcohol poisoning and my stomach couldnt hold my food. For about 4 days I’ve been throwing up constantly, I’m assuming I’m not getting the right amount of vitamins. V_O Ahhhh, its twitching!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve had the eyelid twitching for a couple of months now, along with two other people I know that started having the same problem. I was thinking that the dry heat in the house during the winter months had something to do with it. not enought lubrication in the eyes maybe? Couple that with eye strain from working on a computer all day. maybe? That would explain all three people experiencing the same problem at the same time.
I am just a medical transcriptionist who does opthalmology reports. I have the same problem. What I have heard the doctors advise frequently for patients that work long hours on a computer is to take intermittent breaks and look at a distant object (usually outdoors, through the window, etc.)
Thanks for noticing google was putting your comment on top, and making this nice little site.
I find myself in a convivial crowd of eyelid twitchers. Benign as they are, it is truly annoying when I’m talking to someone either casually or, worse officially, and my eyelid goes twitch, twitch, twitch, twitch, twitch, twitch … I always wonder if people are listening to me or staring at the misbehaved eyelid.
What fixes me is enough calcium, magnesium and potassium (minerals) in **good proportion** (MDR magnesium and calcium; potassium about equal to sodium), as well as NO alcohol or caffeine. It takes a couple of weeks and works gradually.
A low carb diet can make you lose potassium.
I would like to join this ETC (Eye Twitcher Club).
My upper left eye lid begin to twitch 1 weeks ago. It randomly ‘vibrate’ my eye lid, all day. (I’m not sure whether my eyelid twitch during sleep).
I used to have twiching, but nothing major. Usually just a couple of seconds and rarely.
I have a low stress level. I’m not sure about my diet, but I’ve been eating more or less the same food and junk food I’ve ate regularly (at least within these two years). I ate banana, but not often. I almost daily consume vitamin pill (Centrum).
I barely remember the last time I exercise (maybe during college).
I’ve worked in front of computer for more than 10 years, and I used to strain more of my eyes during late 80s due to poor-resolution and high-radiation computer monitor. Now a days, computer monitor are much much nicer to eyes.
I sleep well. No alcohol (except occational beer). No coffee (lactose intolerant). Little caffeine (occational pops). I’m 200lbs and 5.10.
So, after 1 annoying week, I search the web and found this site. Altough the cause of twiching is still a mystery, but I’m glad that I’m not the only one.
re,
id
p/s: Local myth said that if the left eyelid twitching, it means that somethin bad is bound to happened, and my eye want to cry.
If the right eyelid twitch, you’ll get a fortune (something happy).
My eye used to do it just “once in a while”, and now it has been happening almost once an hour for 4 days. It’s driving me crazy! I have allergies, stress, I work on a computer all day, and I drink way too much caffeine. So, it seems I have all the contributing factors. However, I’ve been doing these things for years, and the frequent twitch is a new thing. Augh! Make it stop!
I am a 40 year old physician and get the twitching on and off since 1996. I thought it was low B12 or magnesium actually but now i believe it must be virus since so many people seem to have this. I would hate to think this is a early alzheimer symptom or a early delmyelinating disease . Seems like a lot of people have it and dont know what to do.
its 4:03 am and I woke up with this terrible left eyelid twitching that started last night. Being a nurse, my mind immediately went the ALS, cerebrospinal fluid, progressive motor disease route…thank you for your web site..even though from past experience I know that about 99% of every medical concern I’ve ever had was a waste of worry it was so comforting to read these comments..I don’t have that great of a diet, rarely exercise, don’t take vitamins…but I am under a tremendous amount of stress and (obviously) not sleeping well at all ( I usually never have insomnia) so I am hoping that explains things for me but I guess I’ll have to wait and see….
Twitch..twitch..twitch…..twitch..twitch..aaahhhhhhhhh!!!!
I’m about to cut out my eyelids with a spoon. They won’t stop and it’s been going on for 3 weeks now in both eyes. The only thing I can think of is that I just got engaged, and I’m finding out the costs associated with the wedding (which is when the twitching started). I just bought a multi-vitamin, but I think I’m going to try the Xanax route.
Christian
This is unbelievable…..I too am a left-eye twitcher going on 3 weeks!!!! Stressed more than usual these days, but this twitch is different from others I’ve had in the past. My left eye twitches whenever I squint my eye…
why does my eyelid twitch?
google search that and this is first on the list!
mark another twitcher, my upper left has been bugging me for the past 2 weeks
man i wish it would stop…
-rob
just noticed many of us started about the same time
I am 15(about to turn 16 in Feb.),I have a lower left eye twitch…Its more like a pulsating. It started over the Christmas break. So I have been sleeping late and I have had no stress. I eat a banana every morning at breakfast and sometimes for a snack(I am getting enough potassium).My mother is a dietcian, which translate to I eat healthy. I play sports, so I’m getting enough excersise. I don’t have a high intake of caffine……….
I have cancelled out all the causes. It comes and goes randomly and will last up to an hour sometimes. It has been going on for about 4 days. For godsake I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND ITS TWITCHING!
HELP ME!!!!!!
Wow, I’m so glad to join the eyelid twitchers group. My right eye had a few random twitches which stopped suddenly. But about 3 or 4 weeks ago my left upper eyelid started twitching. I’m a counselor and often wonder if my clients are watching my eyelid twitch as we talk. I try to ignore it and pretend like “oh, I meant for that to happen”, but truthfully, I can admit to you fellow twitchers that it is very annoying. I’m starting calcium and magnesium in the morning, along with a daily banana to see if that’s a help. Getting more sleep would have to be my next step. How could something so small, with such a mild twitch be soooo annoying. Glad to have found you all.
Anna
Luis, I think the reason so many people have consulted your site is that they are too embarrassed to go to the doc about something so apparently trivial, so it’s good to have some moral support re this very annoying problem!
My theory is that it’s to do with looking at VDU screens - it’s the only thing all these people have in common (they must do, or they wouldn’t be looking up this site!). I took a break from the screen over Christmas and the flickering stopped - now it has started again with a vengeance.
Whoever mentioned sex might be on to something now I think of it - I had a little time for that over Christmas too…
Too funny! What a thing to find so many ET’s out there!
This thing started in my right eye about a month ago.. interestingly enough about the time that I QUIT my job to eliminate stress and went back to school full-time! (Oh sure, no paycheck, more expenses, and a school full of people I don’t know… NOOOO stress there!) Other than that I am FAR too heavy, don’t exercise, don’t take vitamins, but that’s a 10-year old problem with me, not one that started a month ago!
Maybe you’re right, Rob (Jan 8)… seems everyone started about the same time. Must be bio-terror!! LOL!
Thanks, Luis, for this crazy page and letting us all keep posting here!
Wow, lots of twitchers out there.
I’m glad I found out about this, my eyelid has been twitching all day, I was thinking I had eye cancer or something. -_-
Anyway, I’m a unversity student, so I:
1. Drink way to many caffinated beverages.
2. Eat a junkload of horrible food
3. Am superstressed about an upcoming test and essay
4. Haven’t been taking my vitiamins.
Hmmmm…
Anyhow, if it persists, I’m going to see a doctor. God Bless Canada and my University health plan.
In the next day or so I will be copying some of these comments into the Forum. Come on and visit, sign up, and drop by from time to time!
Hi Everyone. My name is Jeff and I’m a twitcher tooo!! It’s in the upper right eye and has been going on for two months now - the longest time frame for me. In the past, the twitch would just come on for a few days and leave me. Now it won’t stop!!We all started around the same time so I’m thinking it’s weather related?, Mars being so close to the earth?, something else in the beef that hasn’t got a name yet? I think it’s because we don’t eat enough FISH!
Enough of the humor Jeff!
I went to my doctor and he asked the same questions on caffine and hey that’s not it..I don’t drink caffine products. Stress: now there’s a subject we don’t need to say anything else! Maybe we need a 4 day work week? He really said I need to see and Eye doctor!
I’m glad to see I’m not the only one eye twitching out there.
Thanks,
Jeff M
Isn?t it just typical when you search for a cause of your desease - and it turns out that it is unknown, and so is the cure.
My twitch (myokymia I learned here)started about 4 weeks ago on my right lower eyelid. Being 31, I have had it maybe 5 times earlier in my life - but not longer than a week. If I think back I ate normaly, only taking a protein, creatine combo called Supergain 2000 after workouts. I also took some multi mineral and vitamin complexes but stopped taking it since I suspect it to be the cause indirectly.
I am now studying medicine on the second year. This involves a lot of reading and computer screen watching. I have not read much earlier in my life, since I found it unusefull. After reading 14 hours a day for 2 weeks without breaks last year, I got a tinnitus (constant HI-Frq sound in my left brain hemisphere). Since the left brain controls the muscles on the right side of the body I was afraid that the tinnitus might “spread” and cause the myokymia.
After reading all the other posts, I also suspect that we could be talking about an undiscovered virus affecting the stressed/weak nervous system. If this was the case I think it would have been discovered by now.
Another possibility is neuronal defects. E.g. in the transmission involving the neurotransmitter Acetylcholine (triggers calsium release and muscle contraction).
I dont think it is a lack of Ca or K or Na in the body, since this would make the uposite effect-muscle weakness. Calsium is a trigger of muscle contraction. What about Cloride, anyone tried that? I dont know if we get enough through tablesalt. Cl is also needed by the cells. But most importantly a good and open blood circulation is needed. even 5 minute work out a day or a minimum 30 minutes pr week would be sufficient (over doing workout only makes it borring, and we stop doing it).
At this point I am going to try proffesional massages regularly (one hour once a week)to better circulation in head and neck area. I will also try to get better ventlation in my room. Enough oxygen is essential. IF you use gas in kitchen or heating this could leak CO gas that needs to be ventlilated out. CO gas is “prefered” by our blood and taken up before oxygen, even though it is poisinous and will cause damage. Living in a poluted city will not help this situation. But you can always get more green plants indoors to boost the spirits.
If someone has discovered something that helps please email me.. Also I wonder if anyone has experienced a lack of short term memory accompanying this. Which would be the case if there was a lack of CaM-kinases.
Suggested causes so fahr:
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Stress - nervous system - acetylcholine transmitter release
foods - ion concentration(K, Na, Ca, Cl, Mg or phosphore?)
Vitamines such as B12
Genetically altered foods or hormone grown chicken.
(You become what you eat)
soap products - disturbing cell membranes
Virus
minor CO polution
Tense body - massage head and neck and whole body regularly
Lack of Oxygen and ventliation. (boost ATP production)
If I dont find a cure soon, I will also take the tea-spoon aproach and cut out or kill the specific neurons involved with laser or computercontrolled nanorobots.
Sorry about the long post. I have to get back to studies now… I will pray to God that we all get rid of our problems, without God having to use the teaspoon on us.
I was sure that i will find something, but i really can’t believe this what i see here ;-))).
Same with me - last 4 months i twiching, its true i have a lot of stress, because a friend informed me that i will have problems with some people…and next day i start to twiching ..OHHHHHH already 4 weeks ;-(((. I know when this will stop - when i solve all problems and take a reast for while.
Hello from Bulgaria to all twichers here
Dear twichers - don’t worry!
May be this song will help to somebody:
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shakin’ hands, sayin’ “How do you do?”
They’re really saying “I love you”
I hear babies cryin’, I watch them grow
They’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Oh yeah
Louis Armstrong
What a load off my back.
I started with the eye twiching symptoms over a week ago. Thinking nothing about it, I ignored it. Well, to say the least it has persisted for over 3 weeks now, on an off an on basis.
I have medically controlled seisure disorders, and I thought that this may be a spin off of the symptoms that may come along with seisures. UNTIL !! Early this morning when I arrived home from work, my wife said I can’t beleive it MY EYE IS NOW TWITCHING. That is when I thought this maybe something other than just a strange thing happening to me. That there is something else beind this.
Anyone with information please feel free to email us, with a possible cure, or something to take away this TWITCH.
Good Luck all,
Boe & Ann
Right eye twitching upper eye-lid mostly sometimes both.
Going on for 3-4 weeks now. It’s very odd that this is happening to so many people starting at about the same time.
I might be over-stressed, drink tea often, take multi-vitamins, and get around 8 hrs. of sleep every-night. What does this all mean, what else do we have in common?
My left upper eyelid started twitching yesterday and has twitched for a few seconds every 3 to 15 minutes. It came out of nowhere and now won’t stop! I just started the Slim-Fast diet (New Year’s resolution) and wonder if that doesn’t have something to do it. You know a vitamin imbalance or something like that. It seems a lot of you suggest magnesium, potassium, and more rest. I think I’ll start all 3 tonight!
About 3 weeks ago my lower left eye started twitching. Now both my lower left and right eyelids are twitching.
I’m wondering why so many of us are experiencing this. It seems it might be related to Mad Cow Disease.
Huh?
My upper left lid started twitching about 4 days ago, and I’ve never had something like this last for so long. I thought it might be from my contact lenses, but wearing glasses the past few days has not helped.
Theory:
My best theory is that it is a result of the combination of the freezing cold weather outdoors (dries the eyes), dry heat indoors (dries the eyes), evil flourescent overhead lighting and 9 hours a day on the computer at work (strains the eyes).
Remedy:
Stay away from work. Easy enough to do on Saturday and Sunday (I think my twitching will stop on the weekend).
I’m also going to try taking a multi-vitamin everyday, and meditate 15 minutes each morning.
Thanks for the website!
My eyelid just started twitching today. It’s going like crazy at the moment and the left upper lid is the one affected. I have been feeling pretty unwell lately - a virus or two over Christmas and New Year and I don’t feel recovered. Also I have Meniere’s Disease. Have had short periods of eye twitching before many years ago and nothing until today, so I guess I am a recovering eye twitcher who has relapsed! Couldn’t believe how many people are similarly afflicted. Hope this is not a precursor to yet another bout of illness. I don’t drink alcohol or coffee but stress is pretty abundant.
My right eyelid started twitching about a month ago. I have little stress, get about 6-8 hours of sleep a night, drink some caffeine, and spend about 8 hours a day at a computer screen. My caffeine intake lately has actually been less than it used to be and I never had a problem similar to this previously. My computer usage has been at about 8 hours a day since i started my job 3 months ago and was always high before that as well.
ARGH! I was quite happy to find this site, and know that I am not the only one going INSANE!!! Yes, I am under stress, but not more than usuall….But I have had this for years…About 6 years, but it goes away for a little while and then comes back…Sometimes years at a time…And then I get ready for it to come back! It is my upper left eyelid, in the corner, and it wiggles ALL the time…A couple seconds, and then it stops for a minute, and THEN IT’S back. Reading these, makes me think that I am not the only eye twitcher out there! YESSS!
Hi. I would like to find out if we all have somehting in common.
I have never been breathing through my nose, I use my mouth for inhalation instead. Doing this from a child it resulted in a not so good bite. It means I dont relax the muscles involved as much as others. The nerves to the eyemuscles in question join up to a bigger one (in the trigeminal nerve ganglion) a coupl of cm infront of the ear. I am currently working on a theory that muscle tension in this neck region up and arround the ears + maybe the face msucles over the hard bones of the skull (infraorbital foramen)can be masssaged and loosened up to relax. This together with breathing through the nose, instead of mouth, which will provide more oxygen to the olfactory nerves and nasal mucosa.
I started breething through my nose today (I am 31), and will try to do it for at least a couple of hours (until I give up) to se if it helps.
You may already have, or want to try this recepy:
1. Breath through nose (and from time to time (when no one sees you) tension the muscles in the nasal ducts to provide better airsupply) - exhale through mouth.
2. Relax
3. Massage the ears and areas arround them - Gentely, at first, then with more pressure if desireable.
4. Relax and loosen the oculimotor muscles that moves the eyes by alternating focus from your finger tip (held up in front) to distant points above and below to both sides. Making the eye focus at different angels and distances. (You may do this every hour if working at a workstation all day.) You may also try to turn your head 30-40 degrees away from the monitor while working, to put tension on the other eyemuscles, thus drawing more neurotransmitters (acetylcholine)to these muscles (starving the twicher).
(Prob. wanna do this alone also, so dont look like a nerd)
5. When showering clean the nasal canal (this is not easy if you are not used to it, but will greatly increase your health and status of your nasal mucosa) It is something I learned of a mongolian that never got sick.
You may do this by inhaling some water into the nose and blowing it out in you hand like a hankerchief.
6. Keep a good hand hygiene - preventing bacteria entering eyelids when rubbing them. Wash hands before massaging or touching skin in these areas. Dont put dirty fingers in the ear canal either (you could get tinnitus or meniers syndrome.) You may buy a special NaCl water bathtub for your eye, bathing them in NaCl special water bought at the pharmacy. I buy this in Norway, since they dont have this in Poland. You can also let a eye doctor examine your eyes for alergic reactions, he/she will prescribe eyedrops for your need, do not buy to strong.
7. Wait for more research to be done, and results to come in. Remmember you are the resaerchers and test subjects also. Write the results and data here.
8. Eat green vegetables, salad, and fruits of different colors. Try to avoid genetically or hormone grown food (if you eat fast grown food, how do you know you wont grow fast yourself?)
I this doesnt work you might aswell buy a lottery ticket with the number of twiches to decide which numbers, witin a time frame. Because maybe all the people who recovered has forgot about this web page, and never posts the cure here..
I can’t believe how many eye twitchers there are out there right now. Mine started on my left upper lid about 2 weeks ago and it is still twitching at a rate of about 2-5 twitches every 5 minutes. It is driving me crazy. At first I thought it was something really serious until I found this message board.
I have a high stress level at home with two kids under the age of 4. At work, I sit in front of a computer for 12-17 hours a day 3 days a week with no break under stressful newspaper deadlines. I think these may all be contributing to the twitch. Who knows? I just want it to go away.
Right, lower lid twitcher here. Never happened to me before, 3 weeks running, now. I want to kill something due to the annoyance. I am a teacher and when my students ask me what is trying to get out of my eye, something is definitely wrong. Like most of you, some stress, some computer use (not all day), some caffeine (cup of coffee in am. maybe a coke in pm) blah blah blah…. its really getting to me!! If it didnt happen all day long, I wouldn’t have a problem with it, but it does and its driving me absolutely insane - I think.
My opthomologist made an appointment for me tomorrow. She said it doesn’t sound like a “normal” twitch, as if any are. But reading all of your responses, it sounds normal to you guys.
I just really started to notice my twitching a week or so ago, but I think it’s been going on for about a month. It’s both upper eyelids, at random times throughout the day. I’ll admit to drinking too much (especially during the holidays) and I drink caffeinated drinks daily. I get plenty of sleep, though, and I think my diet is ok.
The thing that strikes me as odd are the number of folks here who have just had this occurring in recent weeks. Perhaps it is some sort of minor virus going around. Either that, or the Space Aliens are using our eyelids to communicate with one another…
You know what…we’re not crazy. We are just stressed out, and for whatever reason, in our bodies, a tick is coming out in the form of an eye twitch…myokymia…it will cease when we have fixed whatever is stressing is out…unless of course, it is some sort of brain tumor, in which case, well, what do you say to someone with a brain tumor? Have a drink and enjoy time with loved ones more! I am comfortable knowing now that I’m not alone, as we all should be!
34 weeks and counting. This twitch has become all consuming. Went to the Doc ( Opthamologist) this am and he said to try tonic water. Something about the Quinine in it ( helped Malaria patients with the tremors) Running out today to get some!
HEEEELLLLPPPPPP
my twitching has been going strong for almost three months now. Im ready to cut my eye outta my head just to get it to stop….. someone said it was because of the 5 day work week, well I only work 4 dayz a week so it cant be that. now when my ET’s kick in i find myself putting my hand over my eye to stop it……. Maybe we should all wear eye patches
My left upper eyelid starting twitching mid-December, right AFTER my finals. The holidays were very nice, not stressful (as they usually are). It has now been 1 month, and the eyelid still twitches, mostly when I blink, but not always. I started a vegetarian diet for the new year, but this was after the twitching started. I read that caffeine can cause the twitch, and gave up coffee for the new year too. Still twitching.
I did a search and found some mention that corneal abrasion may cause the upper eyelid to twitch. There are many things that may cause corneal abrasion. One could very well be dry air from being indoors in the winter.
Also - and this is scary - an amoeba can cause an eye infection that will cause the eyelid to twitch.
Each year, many people are infected with Acanthamoeba. Eye infections result from contact lens cases becoming contaminated after improper cleaning and handling. Risk of Acanthamoeba
infection is higher for people who make their own contact lens cleaning solution. Acanthamoeba enter the eye via contact lenses or through a corneal cut or sore. Infection or a corneal ulcer results.
But this infection is most common in people who wear contact lenses, which I don’t. Here is some more information on it:
http://www.eyemdlink.com/Condition.asp?ConditionID=42
I notice I mostly have the twtich in the evenings, after sitting in front of the computer all day. I have had this occasionally in my life when I’ve been stressed out, but never for so long, and never when I have so little stress.
Stress can be a weird thing, though. You can be physically stressed without knowing it. I’m sure the winter weather causes physical stress we don’t have during the warmer months.
Or maybe it is lack of sex…
Thanks for the site. It definately was useful. You would make an excellent marketing director (catering the site to what people wanted it to be).
My upper left eye has been twitching for years. Very subtle, no one ever notices but me - but it sure is annoying, generally only once or twice a day.
Hi guys, glad to know there are so many eye-twitchers out there. My (left) eye twitching history started only two years ago when I was 16, and I was extremely puzzled why there was twitching. My friends suggested fatigue but I was not always tired. Plus, after reading this site, I realised I don’t take caffeine and am not very susceptible to stress. In fact, the twitching occurs at low-stress periods.
Anyways, there was a period where I thought, naively, that the twitching was when someone was thinking of you!
I had a girlfriend back then… After we broke up the twitching gradually subsided though. But the twitching has come back to haunt me this year after I moved to Vancouver! Great gods! It’s been bugging me for a couple of days now, and I’m in no relationship now so I figure there must be something else going on.. In Asia, superstition suggests that eye-twitching is a sign of a change in fortunes.. Although I’m not so sure which eye is which…
For myself, there’s also this strange part where the twitch would move around. As in.. My left eye would start twitching.. and then the twitch would shift to a muscle between the eyes.. and then to the right.. and then back left. Almost feels.. O_O. Just feels weird.
Oh yeah. All you eye twitchers are wearing spectacles, no? It could be a weakness in the muscles of the eyes.. Oh well. We should really form a support group for eye-twitchers.. We are the chosen ones for this ailment!
Ahh. Eye-twitchers unite!!
no specs on me im 20/20. recently I had a day of no twitching. man it was gloroius. but the next day i sneezed and the twitches came back.
Could my eye start twitching because I try to hold in my sneezing????? ummmmmm thats a thought. try not to hold in your sneezing fellow eye twitchers……….
Well, I was beginning to think i had the makings of something terrible in the disease department.
For well over 4 months my bottom left eye lid is just ALIVE, constantly. It is becoming increasingly disturbing trying to have a conversation with anyone cuz all i can think about is ‘can they see it!?’
This morning while stuck in 2 and half hours of traffic in heavy snow just to drive 12 miles my right eye started too, i could barely see! it was hell and really violent, even my glasses started to move - i was quite scared, but after a few minutes it stopped.
A) I sometimes drink diet coke, im more of a green tea girl than any caffine at all.
b) i take a regular daily multivitaminand mineral supplement
C) i can’t survive without 10 hours sleep per night
D) ok for on the stress side its off the scale but otheriwse im ok.
Help…. am i a freak of nature??????
Yours desperately
in NW UK
I believe my eye lid twitching is associated with extended use of the computer.My job requires use of the computer on a daily basis.I am a regitered dietitian and has no problem with my potassium intake.I drink about 3/4c of coffee a day and I am not experiencing tremendous stress.It’s very annoying.I find relief when I close my eyes for a few moments but as soon as I look back on the monitor the twitching continues…
Im sure it has something to do with excess/low calcium and or magnesium levels . Maybe from supplements. Until levels are normal it keeps twitching. Left eyelid twitching means different thing to right eyelid twitching. you twitchers should look into this.
I’ve been having it for couple days now! I’m the upper left eye. It was twitching crazy the first day but it settle down a bit but annoying as hell… I do get very little sleep for no reason (I just perfer not to sleep) and drink lots of caffine… maybe i’ll cut back on that… I remember a month ago when i had a hard time trying to sneeze and then my left eye would water up… you think this might be connected somehow? HELP!!! it’s so annoying i just want to cry sometimes
Unbelieveable number of people with the same annoying eye twitch that I suffer from. Like all the others I found this site through a Google search. I’ve dealt with the twitch for several years (since my teens and I’m 35 now) but usually only in short stints. Well, I’ve had it for over a year now and it’s getting pretty old. It hits typically 4-6 times an hour and is often quite noticeable.
Accompanying the twitch is lots of stress, lots of caffeine, lack of sleep (bad insomnia), but my diet isn’t too bad. I rarely take any kind of supplements, but after reading this blog I think I’ll get back on my chewable vitamins.
Stress was heightened when I lost my job last year and the twitch took it up a notch when I decided to start 4 businesses at once to replace working for someone else. I enjoy working for myself and am doing fairly well, but I do work almost every day and have done so for 10 months straight now. I get massages every 2-3 weeks to deal with stress and lessen pain from car wreck from 3 years ago. I am wondering if anyone else here has had physical trauma and/or braces. I also have braces and notice that they put extra stress on my facial muscles, particularly when I have to wear the rubber bands that my ortho makes me wear to adjust my bite.
Good luck to others!
I would like to say something about left eyelid twitch. I am a male and I have had accute left lower eyelid twitch under conditions of extreme stress. The stress situations have always been connected with an expectation of a career-catastrophy or something of that kind. This probably means that the involuntary / subconcious part of our mind gets the info of possible impending doom from the voluntary / concious part of our mind and goes into the throes of an anxiety attack - the outward sign of which is the twitch. I am NOT ready to accept the belief that the body / mind gets the information of impending doom through some supernatural means and starts giving signals to our concious mind.
Dilip, I agree with your take on the lower-left twitch but …
Relief at last! After three intensely irritating weeks, that lower-left twitch is gone.
Everyone is different but here’s what seemed to work for me:
- a large bowl of green salad with vinaigrette, every day for three days
- multi-vitamin pill for two of those days
- early to bed two of those days and a 3hr afternoon nap on the third
- conscious attempt to change attitude (to be more like ‘oh well, what the hell’), though not necessarily successful.
Only a blip or two after that, then … blissful nothing! Even after returning to normal routine.
Good luck in finding your solution!
After spending most of yesterday with my upper right eyelid tapping out Morse code, and my lower left eyelid trying to contact the Mother-ship, I was about to go nuts when I found this site! But just knowing I was not alone did not, unfortunately, stop the percussion…
BUT I DID GET IT TO STOP SUDDENLY IN THE EVENING.
But how???
Now, maybe someone will accuse me of being a bad influence, but there is really a vicious cycle going herer, isn’t there? Although a lot theories are put forward, the one thing that seems to be agreed on is that the twitching is stress-related. Too much caffeine make your heart race (stress)…stress uses up certain vits and mins in your body…sleeping badly can result from stress…
So purely accidentally last night, I seem to have found a treatment…a common sedative…Yes, after my first glass of wine (a quite-nice Australian shiraz), I realised the twitching had stopped. Just like that >snap
my left upper eyelid began violently vibrating yesterday afternoon and has continued ever since.
i drink, smoke, am highly stressed and although i find coffee repulsive, i do drink massive quantities of tea each day. the potassium deficiency idea sounds plausible: usually id never consider bananas as they are the food of the devil, however since reading this thread ive had forced down about 8.
anyway, thanks to this infernal twitching,im beginning to feel moderately to severely abnormal.
how refreshing to learn that there are others afflicted with this condition.
its bound to be premature dementia or parkinsons etc, so i for one intend to go on the lash for the rest of my inevitably short existance.
chin chin
The banana concept is just too revolting to contemplate — how can people eat something that smells like that? ugh!
But is there any other source of potassium I can pursue?
EXPERIMENT SUGGESTION
Can everyone who reads this who has had an ongoing twitch please try the effect of alcohol? On a day when it’s been bad, have a glass or two of wine (or a G&T or whatever) and notice whether there is any reduction.
In my case, the effect was immediate, within five minutes the twitch stopped.
I’m now also going to avoid coffee for a week — didn’t have any this morning, and so far no twitch, first time in days.
ive just had 2 swift glasses of red.
i can hardly believe it, but the flickering has subsided a lot. it hasnt gone totally but then neither has the rest of the bottle yet!
cheers gilly, it would appear that there is indeed some truth in your theory.
it seems alcoholism is the way forward, hooray!
Forget Potassium. Go for the green stuff - which is full of Magnesium. Magnesium is the one for muscle spasms, cramps and tremors; the more ‘biological’ the better. Green salad anyone?
As for the red stuff … come to think of it, it did seem to help, if only temporarily. Certainly a worthy line of research to pursue. One would be happy to support it except that this one’s twitch is still gone (hooray). Must be time for a glass of red to celebrate! Cheers, all.
Well, I think I discovered the cure for my eyelid twitch, and I am so excited after suffering with it for four long months that I found this site again and wanted to post…Last September I began having a few night leg cramps and foot cramps, which were terrible! I am a Christian, so I prayed, and felt God told me I needed to drink more water. I increased my water intake somewhat, and it did help, but then I forgot about drinking more. About a month later, my right eyelid started twitching. I thought it would go away, but instead it got progressively worse, until the twitches were about four minutes apart and HARD, interfering with my eyesight. Kept praying, but didn’t hear anything. Finally, in desperation, I went on the web and almost immediately saw a site (watercure2.com) where a person claimed to be cured of an eyelid twitch through drinking water! (Muscle cramps in my legs and muscle cramps in my eyelid–I should have correlated the two.) Anyway, this wonderful site recommends taking half your body weight and drinking that amount of water in ounces, plus 1/4 teaspoon of highly mineralized sea salt per quart of water drunk. My weight dictates that I drink about 2 quarts a day. I ordered sea salt, but haven’t used it yet…I started three days ago to drink my two quarts of water a day, though, and lo and behold, my eyelid twitch is almost completely gone! I feel like I’m living again! You all know how utterly annoying the twitch can be!
This may not work for everyone, but it sure worked for me, so I thought I’d pass it on to all my fellow twitchers. Hope it helps!
I forgot to mention–caffeine is a diuretic, which means that it does not hydrate your body, it DEhydrates it! So if you drink a lot of coffee, tea, or cola, and are thinking that you are watering your body, you are NOT.
Left upper eye lid twitcher here. (3d,now) Reading through the posts, noticing that most people are afflicted with LEFT eye lid involvement. (Or is it me seeking a bond?) What’s going with our right-side brains, people? Or is it our spine?
I think the cure is going to be revered like the “hiccup” cure-all…whatever you were doing at the time of the disappearance is what helped. Great suggestions here, though. Gonna try more water, quinine, and more sleep, (yeah right)…. tonight a gl of wine!
Sneezing has always triggered a twitch for me…all began in Earth Science class, 24 yrs ago. I always sneezed in that class. Dust maybe? I’m not kidding. I truly remember that’s when my intermittent left eyelid twitching began. Good luck to you all!
Left upper eye lid for about 2 weeks, becoming increasingly more frequent (once every 10 minutes) and more pronounced. Mega-stressed, work on computer 8 hours each day, dry- winter climate, upper back stress, smoker, drink 3-5 cups of coffee/day, right now eating more chocolate because everyone is bringing it in the office for Valentine’s day. Have eye exam scheduled for next week. Just used eye drops to see if that helps. Also, am going to an acupuncturist tonight and he said he can put needles around the eye. I will try anything to get this to quit
Hey you guys,
I posted awhile ago, and my twitching has subsided since then.. I’m not so sure how come the eyelid twitching periods come and go so strangely, but I do suggest having a healthy lifestyle; ie. drinking more water and having more sleep.
Also, don’t sleep too much
My twitching period came when I was clocking 10+ hours of sleep a day, and at my current 6 a day my twitching is gone 
About drinking alcohol.. I didn’t take any because I’m allergic to some alcoholic substances but the twitching subsided anyways.
Hope your twitching-eye improves today
Hello fellow twitchers!
What a relief to find out that there are so many of you out there! My upper left eyelid twitches a few times an hour and has been doing so for 2-3 weeks now. I admit that I could use an extra hour of sleep, plus I am taking care of my mother who was recently diagnosed with a form of dementia. Stress is certainly a part of my life but caffeine and alcohol are not. Hmm…I’ll try to get more sleep and perhaps try some eye drops. I am 38 and have been working in front of a computer all day for about a year now. I started to get nervous after reading an article in the local paper last week about a woman who has MS. She said that it all started with an eyelid twitch. My heart started racing after I read that sentence in the article! I hope that my twitch is not a sympton of a more serious problem. Has anyone else heard of this? Should I go to the doctor and have it checked out?
Thank you!
At last I’m a member of a discreet and select club.
Yes I have all the causes
alcohol, stress, late nights, nicotine, lack of vitamins
to be honest it’s amazing that all that’s wrong with me is a slight twitch in my right eyelid!
Hi - Folks - fellow twitcher here - Upper left eyelid like almost everyone else but I have come to notice that if you don’t make a big deal of it to yourself it becomes less obvious to you. Could be half psychosematic (or whatever the term is!!) Mine has come and gone for a couple of years now. I believe that stress is a large part of it but not sure - the very thought of it causes stress too!!
Dave was worried about the MS issue from the paper - not much documentation on this however there is the distinct possibility that this person had an eye twich independant of the MS - look how many people seem to have one.
If she had had a tooth ache she might have said it all started with it instead of the twitch!! Don’t get too worried about it just yet.
What would be good for this site would be to hear from people who have got over it and not just thoses who seem to have it for some time?
Surely there are some hope stories?
For the record mine started after I joined a gym and started to work out regularly - anyone?
I need advice on how to drive successfully with an eye twitch! My right eye has been twitching for almost a week now, and I have to cover it with my hand while I drive–very scary! LOL
ALAN:
That’s very odd, I just started working out at a gym as well, and I have noticed both bloodshot eyes AND eye twitching. Very strange……..
“There’s a town I know, where the hipsters go called Bedrock, TWITCH, TWITCH”
My upper left eyelid twitches infrequently but enought to really annoy me. I’ve scoured the internet and have read so much information on the possible causes… lack of sleep, caffeine, stress, vitamin deficiency, etc. All of which I am sure contribute to the annoyance. It’s as if the lower portion of my eyelid is trying to close, but it locks up for 1-2 seconds then relaxes. It’s not very noticeable to anyone but is extremely annoying to me. I am going to follow the advice posted throughout: take a daily vitamin, drink 1-2 cups of coffee/cola per day instead of the usual 8-10, and try to sleep more than 4 hours every night. I’d reduce my computer useage, but I’m a systems engineer and can’t very well do that and continue my employment. Now about reducing stress…. what’s stressing me out right now is this TWITCH!!! Anyway, thanks for the forum; good luck to all my fellow hipsters…. TWITCH, TWITCH!!!
Alan and Karen, I think that why gym ’causes’ eye twitching is because your eye twitches when your body is very tired. In other words, it could be signalling you for more rest.. My friends always tell me that the twitching eye is a sign the body is telling you to rest..
After conditioning of course your muscles get less tired, but your body would need the rest anyways.. So get a good night’s sleep after each gym session
CURE–CURE–CURE–CURE–CURE–CURE–CURE–CURE–Hope that gets some people’s attention…few people seem to have read my posting above. For me, drinking more water was the key…took it away 95%. Also am now taking 1/4 tsp. of a highly mineralized sea salt (see the website watercure2.com), and now the twitch is 99.9% gone. All you caffeine drinkers (coffee, tea, or colas), listen up–caffeine is a diuretic–in other words, it DEhydrates your body. It just makes sense to me. Muscles need water; if they are deprived, they tend to shrivel up, contract…I don’t suppose it’s the cure for everyone, but my twitches were frequent and HARD (also interfering with my driving), and it worked for me. It’s also an inexpensive thing to try…worst side effect, you’re gonna pee a lot! Sure is worth that to me, though. I suffered with the twitch from September, and now it’s GONE! Hope some people read this and find blessed relief, like I did.
My upper eyelids have twitched intermittently throughout the day for a month now. I was at the doctor’s office for another issue and asked about this problem. He just smiled and said that it just happens and some people get so used to it, they don’t even notice when it’s happening anymore - but it drives other people crazy. (Glad I didn’t have to pay him for THAT information.) I’m clueless to why it started but it’s now triggered if I sneeze, yawn, or stretch……weird, huh?
Here’s to future success stories posted…..and soon!
How much water does Jan drink each day? Aside from milk with my cereal in the morning, all I drink is water! Water with my other meals and water in between. I don’t drink soda, coffee, tea or alcohol. I’ve been using eyedrops for three days now but the twitch is still there. That is very strange about the gym connection! Good luck, everyone!
Thanks, Alan, for your insight on my MS concern! Good point!
i’ve been having this twitch and What I have read most of the people getting this are adults. I’m 14 years old and looking for an answer to why I’m getting this at an early age and does it affectmy health. This really bugs at school,home,and any where I go, I feel that other people will notice this twitch and I try to look another way so they won’t notice thaks for reading e-mail me for answers!!!
Dave, in answer to your question about how much water to drink: Divide your weight in half and drink that amount in ounces. 32oz. = 4 cups = 1 quart. I think eyelid twitches may not have one pat answer for everyone. Yours may not be a water problem, but I’ll bet a lot of them out there are, just like mine was. Sorry to leave all my fellow twitchers behind, but I’m lovin’ being twitch-free!
Well, I have read all the above remarks on eye twiching. The bottom of my left eye has been twiching for about 2 months. I went to the doctor and found out that this (eye twiching) is called “BLEPHAROSPASM”. Blepharospasm can be treated the following ways: medication, injections, or through surgery. It is benign, so don’t worry. There seems to be many causes, but if it gets worse you should go see a doctor.
My right eyelid has started twitching again, a couple of days ago. It seems to be pretty constant throughout the day. I have had this before and it has gone away.
However, after reading some of the comments I think many people may have hit on what causes it.
At the moment I am extremely tired, overworked and stressed out with family worries. My eyes were feeling very dry even before the twitching started again.
Although I have not spend enough hours on the computer each day to cause eyestrain, I am an artist and am doing some very small and intricate painting at the moment.
Just thought I’d put my two-pence worth in.
My upper left eyelid began to twitch about 3 weeks ago after I had pink eye. Hopefully thats what its from is some kind of virus and it will be gone soon.
My eye has been doing this off and on since I graduated high school in 98′. It gets worse the older I get, so I would think the older I get the more stress I have. my initial thought was that this was caused by rubbing your eyes with dirty hands
My left lower eye lid has been twitching for 5 days now. It is absolutely driving me nuts! I’ve never had this before.
I’m not really stressed out. I don’t do caffeine and I’ve been getting plenty of sleep at night. The only thing I can think of is maybe too much eye strain. I do use the computer alot and I write alot of bible studies and type them up. I work full time on the computer at work also. So am I reading too much or something??? Gee-whiz I don’t know. It’s driving me nuts though. I wished it would stop. It is kinda scary. Since it has been going on for 5 days, I was afraid maybe something neuro was going on. But it sounds like after reading this site that maybe it will pass. I hope so. What a nuisance!
Good Luck eye twitchers - Somebody help me please
Dina
I want to second the notion that drinking water helps tremendously. I’ve found on the days I push alot of water it disappears if I don’t it’s back.Sodas, coffees, do not count. Good luck!!
Whew! I can stop stressing about this left eyelid twitch. It is good to know that this thing is common! It takes the fear off of my mind. I am a smoker, drink alocohol occasionally, caffeine is a daily, work on a computer 45 hours a week, and worry too much about things, which causes my stress. I have had this twitch for about five days now and it is driving me crazy! With the help of all of you I believe that I am going to drink more water, less caffeine…take more vitamins and work on the stress!
I’m so glad I found this site.I woke up at 3am this morning and my left eye lid was twitcjing like crazy. I was awake for over an hour worring about it. I just had a few broken capilliaries repaired by Vascu Lyse a couple days ago under my left eye, so I instantly thought maybe they hit a nerve and that I might have nerve damage, which was a very scary thought. I decided to do some reasearch on eye twitching since it was really twitching constantly worring me and driving me crazy. Myokymia is one thing that I came across. After searching for a while I found this site. What a reliefe to hear I’m not the only one with this! I hope this goes away soon, its very annoying. After seeing it can last up to weeks, months or years is really discouraging. I pray it goes away very soon. I exercise regularly, take vitimins, drink coffee occasionaly. I also am awakend many times in the night from my 6 month old daughter crying, so lack of consistant sleep? Lately I feel dehyderated, so I am going to drink more water and see if it helps. Good luck everyone with this annoying eye twitch!!
For Jennifer. I’ve read somewhere this is very common for people that have had eye surgery so it will probably go away soon.
I am relieved to hear that I am not alone in my quest to find a solution to this constant and highly annoying eye twitching problem. The lower part of my right eye has been twitching frequently for the last 2 months. Many have suggested its due to stress. So, I just came back from a 3 day getaway. The result? The eye is still twitching. Tomorrow Im going for a one hour massage. Maybe that’ll work??? If not, I have an appointment with an eye doctor on wednesday. Hopefully, I just need a stronger prescription and the twitching will go away….Its twitching as Im typing so, Ill stop writing and thinking about it before both eyes start going beserk!! Sigh!!
Atleast I know I’m in good company! My upper left lid started to twitch about 2 weeks ago and has continued almost hourly ever since.
I have been exercising more the last few weeks, but haven’t changed my diet except that I have been eating more bananas the past few weeks than I normally do. I take calcium and diet supplements regularly. I am under alot of stress with school, and my job being out-sourced in the near future.
If this twitching doesn’t stop soon, I will have to find time to fit in yoga classes.
Good Luck All,
I have been having an upper eye lid twitch on and off for a couple of months. I train with weights 3 days a week, and work on a PC for about 7 hours per day, in addition to drinking 4-5 cups of coffee. Following a search of google, I started experimenting with different treatments. Here is what I concluded:
1. First try vitamins. Vitamins work as a placebo - so if you are cured temporarily taking it - rest assured you do not have a serious condition.
2. I think my problem and that for some people on this list is a pinched nerve in the neck - try a massage and more importantly change your pillow - if you are stressed, or work out heavily- your sleeping posture is rigid as is your neck - try the tension headache pills - if they work - it means coffee is not your problem but your friend - all these drugs have caffeine.
3. Lastly, I tried some cheap eye moisturizing drops - they quell eye irritation - a couple of drops and my eye lids stopped twitching. I think especially inthe winter months with forced air your eyes dry out and this results in more twitching.
Try it out,
Aran Nathan, MD
Ok, I’m glad to see there’s alot of people besides me twitching away. About 3 weeks ago my left upper eyelid started like crazy. This isn’t the first time this has happened. But just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse, the right upper lid started yesterday. It’s driving me batty. I’m making a doctor’s appt today but don’t know what they’ll beable to do for me from the looks of things. I do work on a computer 8 hours a day but have been for years. Thanks for all the tips, I will try to see if any of these work.
Another victum here, only 5 days for me but for 15 seconds every 10 minutes for me. Not to get into the lagestics of it all. I am a left upper eyelid twitcher and have always squinted that eye more so than my right especially in bright places. muscles seem to spasm when i squint my eye ( in such ways as sneeze, yawn, or stretch) could be from squinting of one specific eye as i do by favoring my left eye. I constantly keep tension on that eye without even knowing it until now. but i do have the stress probably worse than anyone, will try water though
keep us posted
jerry
P.S. Any one prior military or had the anthrax vaccination. Always been a concern of mine.
twiching………..twiching……It is so anoying, i have couple exams coming up, try to concentrate on reading, but i can’t…it is so anoying….hic..hic..hic…what can i do now, i can’t go sleep or nap…because it waste of my time to study…help
AGAIN, try drinking a lot of water (see postings from me, above). I’m pretty much the only one who has been totally cured, but people still aren’t taking this seriously. Go to the website watercure2.com and read about amazing watercures for yourself. I haven’t had a twitch in weeks!
I’ve never been one to join clubs or groups readily but, I must confess being a closet eye-twitcher. My right eye, lower lid has been twiching off and on for a couple of weeks now. I drink lots of coffee and spend 40 plus hours a day looking at a computer. I do eat plenty of bananas though. I probably don’t drink enough water and when I do the coffee causes it to drain away pretty fast anyway, if you know what I mean… Oh, a couple of other things; I had laser eye surgery in 99. My eyes do get very dry pretty often. Also, my lower back has had some pain recently so I wonder if I might have a pinched nerve. After reading all of these comments and pondering my own situation, I believe the problem is related to dry-eyes so I am going to try looking away from the computer more often, drinking more water and less coffee(coffee will be hard to cut back on). I’ll let you know if anything helps. I do feel kind of different from most of you thougyh since my twitch is on the lower right lid and most of yours seem to be on the upper left. Thanks!
I’M GLAD TO SEE I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS MOST ANNOYING CONDITION. HOWEVER MINE MAY BE WORSE THAN MOST, I BELIEVE. ALTHOUGH MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS CLAIM THEY CAN’T SEE IT, I’VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF HIDING THE CONDITION. THIS TWITCHING OF MY UPPER EYELID WAS FIRST NOTICED IN MY MID TWENTIES. IT MAY HAVE LASTED FOR A FEW SECONDS EACH DAY FOR A COUPLE DAYS AND THEN IT WOULD GO AWAY FOR YEARS AT A TIME. AT ABOUT AGE 33 I FELT A SLIGHT TWITCH IN THE SIDE OF MY NOSE CARRYING UP BETWEEN MY EYES. IT THEN STARTED TO AFFECT MY UPPER EYELIDS. I SAW A DOCTOR WHO DIAGNOSED IT AS MYOKMIA. HE RECOMMENDED A LOWER STRESS LEVEL, NO COFFEE & CUTTING BACK ON ALCOHOL. THIS CONDITION SPREAD TO BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER EYELIDS AND BOTH SIDES OF MY NOSE. I THEN TRIED ACCUPUNCTURE AND IT SEEMED TO MOVE THE TREMOR FROM ONE SITE TO ANOTHER A FEW WEEKS LATER. I STILL HAVE GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS. IT HAS GROWN CONSIDERABLY WORSE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. I HAVE HAD 5-6 BOTOX INJECTIONS IN MY LOWER EYELIDS, UPPER EYE LIDS (NEAR THE EYE BROW), IN MY NOSE, FOREHEAD ,ETC. THIS HAS PRODUCED SOME RELIEF. I FINALLY WENT TO THE MAYO FOR A WORK UP IN DEC OF 03. AFTER NUMEROUS TESTS OVER A (7) DAY OUT PATIENT VISIT THEY CAME TO THE UNSETTLING CONCLUSION THAT I HAD TO ATTEMPT OT LIVE WITH THIS MOST ANNOYING CONDITION. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO CURE AS FAR AS THEY ARE CONCERNED. I AM NOW ON A LOW CARB DIET & I TAKE SLOW-MAG AND A MULTI-VITAMIN EVERY DAY, BUT I THINK IT HAS LITTLE OR NO EFFECT ON THE CONDITION. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE THE TWITCHING IN THE NOSE AND FOREHEAD AREA? DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A NERVE SPECIALIST THAT MAY HAVE A SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO QUIET OR NUMB THE FACIAL NERVES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONDITION. IF SO, PLEASE ADVISE.
DESPERATE FOR A CURE,
JIMBO
I have noticed my left upper eyelid twitches when I am exercising a lot and not allowing my body much time to recover. When I started training for my first triathlon last year, my eye started twitching. Now that I’ve started my spring training regimen this year, the eye is twitching again. I think it is a combo of loss of minerals and mild dehydration. I’m going to try to drink more water and start taking a daily vitamin. Good luck everybody.
Hello! My right eye has been twitching in the corner since the beginning of January. I occasionally get a twitch on my left side as well. But, it is the right eye that likes to stay. I have done research (like everyone else), but I only find it discouraging because either horrible conditions are the possible cause, or the cause is unkown. I did read the postings on increasing water intake as well as potassium and magnesium, and I am definitely going to try that! I also have occasiional deep inner ear pain in both ears, but I don’t know if these two strange symptoms are related. Anyone else with ear pain? Good luck to everyone!
Hey guys back again
Well I’m back and my eyelid twitching is back too. Kind of sad; but I haven’t been taking of myself very well these days with that lack of sleep and stuff.
Jimbo: If your doctor can’t treat your problem, it’d be very hard for any of us to give you a definitive solution. As always, try drinking more water and eating vitamins, plus get 7-8 hours sleep a day. Good luck
My name is Tim. I’m a twitcher.
Details:
- Left eye, Lower lid
- Twitches througout the day at different times
- Duration: 8 weeks now
Eye doctor recommended tonic water. Did that, no impact.
Have reduced caffiene. No significant impact.
Could be stress, but have had more stressful times in my life.
Don’t have time to exercise… but haven’t in years.