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MeAndTheBoys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3750
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 12:42 pm: | 
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Mine has been doing it for a couple of weeks now, and it's driving me CRAZY! |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 14277
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 12:43 pm: |
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My eye doctor says it means nothing at all. Mine twitched for about two or three months a year ago.
It might mean you're not getting enough sleep. Is that possible?
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Spare_o
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Username: Spare_o
Post Number: 408
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 12:45 pm: |
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I had it for a while in the winter. Went on for weeks. I assumed it was stress.
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MeAndTheBoys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3751
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 12:46 pm: |
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You're kidding, right Tom?  |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 14279
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 12:47 pm: |
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Kidding about what? Never mind. I wasn't kidding about any of what I said. Except that I might, just might, be willing to ork my own cows.
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MeAndTheBoys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3752
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 12:52 pm: |
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I meant you were kidding about the not getting enough sleep part. Well, as a parent of three young kids, I think it's a pretty safe bet I'm not getting enough sleep! That's all I meant.
Although, lately, I haven't been sleeping very well at night, and it doesn't seem to have anything at all to do with the kids. So there could be something to what you say about not getting enough sleep, except that in my case it might be more accurate to say I'm getting even less sleep than usual!
And I really think the orking of cows is probably against some agriculteral law of some sort. |
brusin2
Citizen
Username: Brusin2
Post Number: 45
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 1:03 pm: |
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it's called a Blepharospasm and is caused by stress and fatigue. Bananas help because of the potassium and a friend of mine swears milk helps too. |
stefano
Citizen
Username: Stefano
Post Number: 499
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 1:08 pm: |
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Try not twitching.
dr stefano |
CLK
Supporter
Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 2291
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 1:09 pm: |
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I have had these for many, many years (since my late 20s). I'm not dead yet, and I can still see, though I need bifocals now. ;-)
Sleep deprivation is definitely an issue for me - I felt my eye going a little bit today. Concidentally (or not?) I got up at 4 AM for a business trip that ended up not happening (flight was cancelled). And I had a hard time sleeping last night - didn't really fully fall asleep until about 1 AM. By my reckoning, I got 3 hrs. sleep last night ... |
MeAndTheBoys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3755
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 1:13 pm: |
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Wow, bruisin, who knew it even had a name. Stress and fatigue huh? Guess I should be happy it's only been a couple of weeks, and not the entire 7.5 years since my oldest was born, eh? |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 6149
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 1:19 pm: |
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Hi Me,
I get this a lot, it's a combo of stress and lack of sleep:
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000756.htm
Definition:
"An eyelid twitch is called a blepharospasm. It happends when your eyelid muscles repeatedly and rhythmically contract. In some instances, the eyelid may repeatedly close (or nearly close) and re-open.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors Return to top
The most common things that make the muscle in your eyelid twitch are fatigue, stress, and caffeine. Once spasms begin, they may continue off and on for a few days. Then, they disappear. Most people experience this type of eyelid twitch on occasion and find it very annoying. In most cases, you won't even notice when the twitch has stopped.
More severe contractions, where the eyelid completely closes, are possible. These can be caused by irritation of the surface of the eye (cornea) or the membranes lining the eyelids (conjunctiva).
Sometimes, the reason your eyelid is twitching cannot be identified. This form of eyelid twitching lasts much longer, is often very uncomfortable, and can also cause your eyelids to close completely.
Symptoms Return to top
In addition to having repetitive, uncontrollable twitching or spasms of your eyelid (usually the upper lid), you may be very sensitive to light or have blurry vision.
Treatment Return to top
Eyelid twitching usually disappears without treatment. In the meantime, the following steps may help:
Get more sleep.
Drink less caffeine.
Lubricate your eyes with eye drops.
If twitching is severe, small injections of Botulinum toxin can temporarily cure the spasms."
Rest up!
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MeAndTheBoys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3756
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 1:22 pm: |
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Thank you, mem. Now if you could only find the info on how I might get more sleep! |
Buzzsaw
Citizen
Username: Buzzsaw
Post Number: 4719
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 2:00 pm: |
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It happens to me when I am stressed and under rested....so it's been twitching for about 7 years now.
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lisat
Citizen
Username: Lisat
Post Number: 180
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 3:45 pm: |
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My eye twitched every time I went to church so I stopped going and it stopped twitching. |
cppkqp
Citizen
Username: Cppkqp
Post Number: 126
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 4:30 pm: |
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My eye twitches from time to time too. Most recently it was twitching in advance of a visit with family. Come to think of it, I have expereinced twitching in advance of visits with my in-laws as well.
Although alcohol has worked well to relieve the stress before/during/after such visits, maybe I should just give up seeing all of them. This should reduce my stress level, stop my eye from twitching, and reduce the likelihood that I will get cirhosis of the liver. A win-win-win, no? |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 7675
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 6:44 pm: |
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I developed a really weird twitch about 3 & half years ago. It would go on, it seemed, for days, stop for a few & start again. I finally went to the eye doc, who said it was stress. I don't drink caffeine and even tho I probably need more sleep, I don't have kids, so I am assuming that I get more than any parent. 
The weirdest thing about it was that my S-I-L was pregnant with the twins at the time. It stopped the day she gave birth. |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 1954
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 6:50 pm: |
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I would pay for mere eye twitches under stress.
When I am under stress, my back spasms. Then I can't move.
In the past, when I got that eye twitch, it would only last for a minute or so. In general, it was imperceptible to others. |
Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 818
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 8:23 pm: |
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Yes! And that's the best part. Forcing someone to try to see it.
"IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN! HONEY GET IN HERE!!"
"What, your eye thing?"
"Look." (Trying to relax face so eye continues to twitch.)
"Is it doing it, right now?"
"No, just wait." Time passes, me with face "relaxed." Mrs. J.B. with new eye rolling problem. "Now!"
"I don't see it."
"You're kidding?"
"Maybe you have Avian Bird Flu of the eye."
And, SCENE.
J.B.
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Bettina
Citizen
Username: Bettina
Post Number: 148
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 9:56 pm: |
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You're too funny Jersey Boy. My brother-in-law the hypochondriac was so freaked out by his eye twitch - no amount of reassuring him that I had the same eye twitch (apparently everyone's had it) would convince him he did not have a brain tumor. You gotta laugh that 18+ responses have come in for Eye Twitching What Does It Mean? I guess we're all hypochondriacs at heart. |
margu
Citizen
Username: Margu
Post Number: 56
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 11:52 am: |
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My eye twitching, which started a couple of years ago, freaked me out when it first started and lasted more than a few seconds. Came out of nowhere and lasted on and off all day. I went to eye doctor who said is would go away but it didn't. I was sure I had some type of brain tumor and after a series of neurological exams and brain CAT-scan, doctors said lay off of coffee. I think I get "enough" sleep but my caffine intake sometimes gets a little over the top. I now have accepted its from stress and caffine and just live with it. I think its quite amazing that so many people have written about this here. More stress or aging? |
doulamomma
Citizen
Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 1408
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 12:13 pm: |
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This happened to me last year - during renovations/moving & a 1yo! Happened on & off for a few months & I, of course, became convinced I had MS or something...seems to have resolved, along with the completion of said renovations etc.
Blame it on your kitchen! |
MeAndTheBoys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3759
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 12:43 pm: |
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Doula, how can I blame it on the kitchen when we've barely even started (and yet, somehow, my budget is very rapidly disappearing)? What are the ramifications for when we are fully underway, and deep in the midst of the chaos? Should I call my doctor for a Rx for Zanax right now?
Let's see, other factors? Caffine intake has not increased. Stress level, on a conscious level, has not increased. Then it must be that brain tumor. Just kidding.
Not so much a hypochondriac as being driven slightly nutty by the persistant twitch in my left eyelid--and every now and again the right eyelid gets in on the act too. Could the stress of being driven batty by the twitching eyelid be contributing to the stress which causes the twitching of the eyelid? Guess I should just be thankful it's only an eyelid twitch and not something utterly and horribly real like migranes? That's it, just put it all in perspective!
Round and round and round we go, where we stop, nobody knows. |
Dr. Winston O'Boogie
Citizen
Username: Casey
Post Number: 2099
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 1:12 pm: |
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eye twitching?
I thought you were winking at me.
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doulamomma
Citizen
Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 1412
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 1:43 pm: |
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Zanex - absolutley
(and my smiley winking guy is not making fun of your twitch - I know what a drag it is!) |
summerbabe
Citizen
Username: Summerbabe
Post Number: 80
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 4:07 pm: |
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I had a twitch two years ago and it drove me crazy. It went on for so long (about four months) that I went to the doctor and she recommended seeing a neurologist and an eye specialist. The neurologist found nothing, but the eye guy discovered that a muscle in my eye was being overworked and stretched in a weird way from looking at the computer all the time. I already had a prescription for slight nearsightedness (mostly for driving), but I had to get new glasses that treated this problem specifically. I'm happy to say it worked. Still, the biggest culprits are lack of sleep, stress and potassium deficiency. |
Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 838
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 8:15 pm: |
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Funny how all of us here on MOL seem to have it...
J.B. |
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