Eye Twitch

[darktubbly]

Okay, for the last 2 weeks or so, my left eyelid has been twitching ever so slightly. It's not a serious problem, just a minor nuisance. I wear hard contacts and have a pretty high prescription. Any thoughts on what this might be? I've heard different suggestions of more sleep/less stress (kind of hard right now on the latter) to "OMFG, you're going to go blind, dude!"

Like so many others, I put myself on the sacrificial altar of ATOT instead of seeking medical help. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

 

Mine has been doing it too. I know the cause though - it's lack of sleep/irregular sleeping patterns. I have to be at work at 0530 some days and 1800 other days. It's rough.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Originally posted by: jumpr
Mine has been doing it too. I know the cause though - it's lack of sleep/irregular sleeping patterns. I have to be at work at 0530 some days and 1800 other days. It's rough.

UGH!how can your job ask you to do that? You'd never get a good nights sleep with that kind of schedule.

Also, about the eye twitch... muscle twitching can be caused by dehydration. Are you drinking enough fluids every day?

 

[darktubbly]

Mm...I probably should drink an extra glass of water or two a day. Would that still explain why it's happening in only one eyelid?

 

[loup garou]

Ugh. I get that pretty often as well. Drives me nuts.

 

[Rapidskies]

Eat two bannanas, get a good nights rest, avoid eye strain, and call me in the morning.

 

[captains]

i get this also.....i find that if i dont to any intense work in front of a computer it goes away.......3 straight days of 8 hr days looking through hot deals and off topic usually gets my eyes twitching......stay away for a couple of days and back to normal

 

[darktubbly]

A couple days?? Grrr. I probably will have to...I'm off to West Virginia on Sunday and am leaving the computer here.

 

[ghostman]

It happens to me when I sleep on my eye.

 

[neovan]

you need to drink more water. i've had the same problem and ever since i started to drink more water, it hasn't happen.

 

[BigSmooth]

It's very common, and I would only worry about it if it really gets to be a problem.

A teacher of mine used to get a twitch in the muscles below her eye all the time, and she eventually got it taken care of by acupuncture, of all things.

 

[Semidevil]

Originally posted by: darktubbly
Okay, for the last 2 weeks or so, my left eyelid has been twitching ever so slightly. It's not a serious problem, just a minor nuisance. I wear hard contacts and have a pretty high prescription. Any thoughts on what this might be? I've heard different suggestions of more sleep/less stress (kind of hard right now on the latter) to "OMFG, you're going to go blind, dude!"

Like so many others, I put myself on the sacrificial altar of ATOT instead of seeking medical help. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

is that above or below the eye?

there's a chinese superstition that if it twitches above the eye, something good might happen, and if it twitches below the eye, soemthing bad might happen....

so watch out either way.

 

[darktubbly]

It's above the eye, so hopefully superstition will hold true. Thanks for the suggestions guys/gals; I'll drink more water, and get some more sleep. If all else fails, I'll just poke it out.

Thanks again!

 

[BG4533]

Originally posted by: darktubbly
It's above the eye, so hopefully superstition will hold true. Thanks for the suggestions guys/gals; I'll drink more water, and get some more sleep. If all else fails, I'll just poke it out.

Thanks again!

If you poke it out be sure to keep it to show people. I had the same problem a few weeks ago, my right eyelid twitched for about 2 weeks. I drink plenty of water, so I dont think that is it, but possibly sleep.

 

[darktubbly]

No worries BG4533, ATOT will be the first to get pics.

 

[ThePresence]

Lack of Sleep. That's what my doctor told me, and it seems true in my case. I only get the twitches when I don't sleep enough.

 

[DnetMHZ]

one word... DECAF!

 

[ebin]

My eye just stopped twitching after doing it every 5-20 minutes for over two weeks. I tried vitamins, sleep, water, and anything else I'd heard. It drove me crazy, but I think you're just going to have to wait it out. It sucks, I know.