Anyone else have one eye that twitches?

eww, dont inject yourself with poison!!

but honestly, that particular muscle that twitches isnt used for anything i can imagine, its in the corner and the only time i can feel myself flexing it on purpose is when i squint, so if they knock it out with poison it might not affect me really.


hereditary? no one else has complained of this before in my family. bah, i get all the luck.

I have had this problem off an on throughout my life. I first noticed it about 20 years ago. It only seems to last for a short time and then disappears for several years. It may have something to do with stress ... I thought this only happened to me until I married my sweet, wife ... She has this problem too ( every now and then ) ... For us it has never been more than an annoyance ...

Funny isn't it, how we think that the "strange" events in our lives only happen to us. Then, later we discover that these oddities are merely things that make up the "human condition". When we share them with one another, we discover just how similar we are and rejoice and laugh in this new observation ...

When I used to take a lot of vitamins & minerals, it was noticed that when I took lecithin, there was twitching of eyelids and other parts. Seems lecithin does affect the nervous system in some way, as does other vitamins/minerals like choline, others.

Could be the imbalance of taking too much of one kind of vitamin/mineral causes a deficiency in another (maybe magnesium/calcium)? Re-check the types and levels of your vitamin/mineral intake and don't rule out other food/drinks such as chocolate which also has lecithin in it (or other nervous system supporting chemicals).

Not saying that lecithin is the culprit for you, but it was for me.

I don't have any advice as to what to do about it, but thought i'd chime in to say that i periodically experience the same thing. a small sideways contraction on the side of my lower left eyelid. I also think it si stress related. It seems to last a few days or a few weeks and occurs a few times a year. I have always kind of shrugged my shoulders about it.
I also have a pretty easy life with no REAL stress, but that doesn't mean my brain doesn't make up stuff for me to stress about and pretend that it's real. Taking time to sit and do nothing, taking time to relax my body while driving, taking note of where i am tense in my body and relaxing it are all methods i employ to break my brain's attempts to worry me to death over nothing. I also try to take time to step back from my self and look at things from a broader perspective as often as possible to take the time to think..." good health, good house, good neighbors, god kids, good job, plenty of food, doing good work, loved by good people. I can still stress if i want to, but i'm not gonna pretend it's real...i'm obviously having fun stressing and if i decide i don't want to anymore, i'll make an effort to stop." That kind of stuff.

Yep--turned out to be an atypical ragweed reaction. Bro does it when he fires up the woodstove. Allergies again.

I think if one eye (or sometimes both eyes) is involuntarily closing while driving - even if rarely - I probably should have it checked out....Nothing like trying your darnest to keep your eye open and you physically can't - it is scary.

At least now I know it might not be all stress and there might be something somebody can do about it...

This was an eye-opening thread!

Thanks for getting it started!

My eyes twitch sometimes, but that's not as fun as when they blow bubbles. My husband thinks its so gross. It's easier to blow bubbles under water, but I can almost make a whistle with my eye (out of water) if I take a big enough breath. Haven't figured out how to shoot milk out, but I don't really want to do that anyway.

Yeah, it's cool.

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I've had a problem with this for years. Its not just eyelid twitches for me, I have other muscle spasms too. Like yesterday, all day long, there was a small muscle twitching in my upper right arm, no pain just irritating. Sometimes its a muscle in my leg or deep abdomin. Only time it is uncomfortable is when its in my back and the time when for about three weeks there was a spasm in my chest and I thought I was having a heart attack or something. Turns out for me it was just mineral/ vitamin inbalance. I'm usually low on potassium and magnesium. I take supplements regularly but suspect a digestive problem that interfers with the proper uptake of minerals and vitamins in my system.

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"... And what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" Micah 6:8

I have an aunt who had to retire from teaching and give up driving due to Blepherospasm. The Botox treatments have allowed her to drive again and go back to substitute teaching. I'm not saying they're right for everyone, but it really did give her her life back.

My left eye twitches since I had Bell's palsey on that side of my face 10 years ago. The Bell's palsey was brought on by extreme stress (had to leave the husband who was trying to kill me...), and the eye twitch is the remnant of it. I notice it most when I'm feeling really run down or trying to handle too many things at one time.

I suffered with an eye twitch for quite a while. Fortunatly it ended the day my divorce was final. I've only had it come back once since and it too was a time that I was under a great amount of stress. I know that durring both times I wasn't eating or sleeping right. I imagine that it was probably my bodys way of telling me that I was neglecting it.

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"Anyone here able to beat this malady?"

wow! i had this exact same 'malady' once many years ago. i was so scared i might be developing a droopy eyelid i went to my eyedoctor to get it looked at.

he told me to stop drinking coffee (caffeine). i stopped. it stopped. took a few days but it never came back ... UNTIL i started drinking too much caffeine again.

end of story.