eye twitching problem

hi, i've had a really annoying eye twitch which has lasted for about a week now and i'm becoming very self conscious about it, especially when speaking to people. Should I see a GP? I thought I'd wait to see if it stopped after a day or so but it keeps happening

[ntuc]

I had gone through such an annoyance before and it turned out that my rapid eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking disorder was caused by the nerve-disrupting side effects of certain medications. Luckily I eventually got it totally cured once and for all through acupuncture treatment. Maybe my healing experience as elaborated in the weblinks below will appear to be an useful reference to you. Thank you.



http://www.acuxo.com/meridianPicture...ge%20Intestine


http://www.tcmdiscovery.com/bbs/foru...s.asp?TID=4393


http://www.drmirkin.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147


http://www.webportal.com.my/forum/fo...?TID=4437&PN=2


http://community.kget.com/forums/thread/3459525.aspx

[catsmeow]

Hi if you go to docters ask for me aswell this twiting on lower part of eye were you get dark cicle area is making me insane so please share whatever info possible dont have insurence or money for docter so please share info thank you catsmeow

[letsembellish]

I have had a twitching eye for a few weeks now and on one of the boards they suggested calcium and magnesium deficiency. I have started adding more supplements and it is decreasing in occurance!

[ntuc]

Originally Posted by letsembellish

I have had a twitching eye for a few weeks now and on one of the boards they suggested calcium and magnesium deficiency. I have started adding more supplements and it is decreasing in occurance!

It's actually called Blepharospasm which is a symptom of involuntary and uncontrollable movements in the muscles around a person's eyes which in turn make them appear like 'blinking non-stop' to other people.



In certain cases, this may be caused by myasthenia (muscular weakness) in the eyes organ as a result of stresses, overstraining of the eyes, lacks of sleeps, the serious lacks of certain nutrients / minerals to support the normal functionings / movements of your eyelid muscles etc.



Next, in the case whereby no stress, any kinds of infections, overstraining of the eyes etc are involved whilst the eyelids and the entire organs just look superficially normal and ok, and at the same time, the eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking just get 'unexplainedly' from bad to worse from time to time, such medical scenarios could actually be caused by other neuromuscular disorders which are much more complicated.



And in terms of such neuromuscular disorders, they may arise as a neurological / Tardive Dyskinesia side effect of certain medications, especially the powerful mind-altering tranquilizers of antipsychotics / neuroleptics, particularly when such medications are over-relied on to the point of sheer abuse.



In such a connection, please consider the following excerpts : -



"Chlorpromazine side effects

Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. Stop taking chlorpromazine and call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:


twitching or uncontrollable movements of your eyes, lips, tongue, face, arms, or legs;" (Tardive Dyskinesia symptoms)


which are quoted from the website :


http://www.drugs.com/mtm/chlorpromazine.html



and,



Follow Up : Tardive Dyskinesia



Please consider the following excerpts about Tardive Dyskinesia ( of which one of the most common symptoms is purposeless uncontrollable rapid eye-blinking / eyelid-twitching)



"Tardive dyskinesia is a variety of dyskinesia (involuntary, repetitive
movements) manifesting as a side effect of long-term or high-dose use of dopamine antagonists, usually antipsychotics. Other dopamine antagonists that can cause tardive dyskinesia are drugs for gastrointestinal disorders (e.g. metoclopramide) and neurological disorders. While newer atypical antipsychotics such as olanzapine and risperidone appear to have less dystonic effects, only clozapine has been shown to have a lower risk
of tardive dyskinesia than older antipsychotics"




"Tardive dyskinesia is characterized by repetitive, involuntary, purposeless movements.
Features of the disorder may include grimacing, tongue protrusion, lip smacking, puckering and pursing of the lips, and rapid eye blinking. Rapid movements of the extremities may also occur. Impaired movements of the fingers may also appear. For comparison, patients with Parkinson's disease have difficulty moving, while patients with tardive dyskinesia have difficulty not moving."


quoted from :


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardive_dyskinesia



For further information, please refer to the following websites for additional explanations and references :



Normal Vs Abnormal / Chronic Eyelid-twitching / Eye-blinking :


http://silkwise.com/content/viewthread_thread,4243



Additional Information From Q & A sessions about Blepharospasm / Hemifacial Spasms :


http://www.steadyhealth.com/Eyecare_...ref714833.html

[ihsan shanti]

Eye Exercises

The yoga practitioners attach special importance to eye exercises, for two reasons.
Firstly, a lot of eye problems in later life are due to a loss of tone in the eye muscles. These muscles become rigid, and this loss of elasticity reduces the ability of the lens of the eye to focus at different distances. It also causes the eyesight to become weaker. These exercises tone the eye muscles up and keep them elastic. If you already have eye problems when you begin these exercises, you will find your eyesight improving after a few months.
Secondly, any eye tension present will tend to produce a general feeling of tension, due to the eye's connection to the brain via the optic nerve. What happens is that eye tension produces an increase in the nerve impulses in the eye muscles. This increase in nerve impulses travels along the optic nerve and bombards the brain, causing a general feeling of tension and anxiety. The eye exercises will reduce tension in the eye muscles, as well as reduce general tension.
It is best to do these eye exercises while lying down after you've finished the asanas. This way you're resting after the asanas and doing the eye exercises at the same time, thus reducing the time taken to do your yoga routine.
When doing the eye exercises keep your eyes open and don't move your head.
Sitting (as in the exercises for the neck given above), open your eyes, then check on your posture. Is your spine erect? Hands on the knees? Body relaxed? Head straight? That is how you should always remain while doing eye exercises. The whole body must be motionless; nothing must move except the eyes.
Raise your eyes and find a small point that you can see clearly without straining, without frowning, without becoming tense and, of course, without moving your head. While doing this exercise look at this point each time you raise your eyes.
Next, lower your eyes to find a small point on the floor which you can see clearly when glancing down. Look at it each time you lower your eyes. Breathing should be normal. In other words, you don't have to do deep breathing.
Exercise 1
Move your eyes upwards as far as you can, and then downwards as far as you can. Repeat four more times. Blink quickly a few times 1 to relax the eye muscles.
Exercise 2

Now do the same using points to your right and to your left, at eye level. Keep your raised fingers or two pencils on each side as guides and adjust them so that you can see them clearly when moving the eyes to the right and to the left, but without straining.
Keeping the fingers at eye level, and moving only the eyes, look to the right at your chosen point, then to the left. Repeat four times. Blink several times, then close your eyes and rest.
Exercise 3
Choose a point you can see from the right corner of your eyes when you raise them, and another that you can see from the left corner of your eyes when you lower them, half closing the lids. Remember to retain your original posture: spine erect, hands on knees, head straight and motionless.
Look at your chosen point in right corner up, then to the one in left corner down. Repeat four times. Blink several times. Close the eyes and rest.
Now do the same exercise in reverse. That is, first look to the left corner up, then to the right corner down. Repeat four times. Blink several times. Close the eyes and rest.
Exercise 4
This exercise should not be done until three or four days after you have begun eye exercises given here.
Slowly roll your eyes first clockwise, then counterclockwise as follows: Lower your eyes and look at the floor, then slowly move the eyes to the left, higher and higher until you see the ceiling. Now continue circling to the right, lower and lower down, until you see the floor again. Do this slowly, making a full-vision circle. Blink, close your eyes and rest. Then repeat the same action counterclockwise.
Do this five times then blink the eyes for at least five seconds.
When rolling the eyes, make as large a circle as possible, so that you feet a little strain as you do the exercise. This stretches the eye muscles to the maximum extent, giving better results.
Exercise 5
Next comes a changing-vision exercise. While doing it you alternately shift your vision from close to distant points several times.
Take a pencil, or use your finger, and hold it under the tip of your nose. Then start moving it away, without raising it, until you have fixed it at the closest possible distance where you can see it clearly without any blur. Then raise your eyes a little, look straight into the distance and there find a small point which you can also see very clearly.

Now look at the closer point-the pencil or your finger tip then shift to the farther point in the distance. Repeat several times, blink, close your eyes and squeeze them tight.
Exercise 6
Close your eyes as tightly as you possibly can. Really squeeze the eyes, so the eye muscles contract. Hold this contraction for three seconds, and then let go quickly.
This exercise causes a deep relaxation of the eye muscles, and is especially beneficial after the slight strain caused by the eye exercises. Blink the eyes a few times.
Exercise 7
This exercise is called 'palming' and is very relaxing to the eyes. It is also most important for preserving the eyesight. Palming also has a beneficial, relaxing effect on your nervous system.
It's an ideal way to finish off the eye exercises.

Remain seated on the floor. Draw up your knees, keeping your feet on the floor and slightly apart. Now briskly rub your palms to charge them with electricity and place the cupped palms over your closed eyes. The fingers of the right hand should be crossed over the fingers of the left hand on the forehead. The elbows should rest on your raised knees and the neck should be kept straight. Don't bend your head. Do the deep breathing while palming your eyes.
If you are going to do the palming for longer than a few minutes, better sit down at a table, place some books or pillows in front of you to support your elbows so that you will be able to keep the neck straight, and palm the eyes in this position. If the palming is done for only a short period one can do deep breathing for half a minute or so at first, gradually increasing it every week.
Benefits:
This exercise helps to do away with eye strain, and tension. Your vision will get better and clearer as the ophthalmic, or eye, nerves receive a richer supply of blood. Some people use this to improve their vision.

[ntuc]

Good suggestions.



Actually I have just recently received some highly acclaimed remarks from the other person in other forum about the substantial, obvious and prompt efficacies of my suggested self-administered, totally free-of-charge, painless, harmless and needle-free acupuncture method / technique which is meant especially for the effective and full treatments of post-birth non-brain / neuron-damage & Tardive Dyskinesia / medication-induced rapid, purposeless, involuntary and uncontrollable eyelid twitching / eye blinking.



As such please refer to the third-party remarks made as follows :



Original post made by this person as mentioned above :

"I think Actually these persons distributed nearly the identical sore know-how as me from such debilitating sickness and for your data, there were numerous of them who were not so well-to-do, and therefore they could not pay for such costly health accounts of glimpsing the health experts or to get Botox injections / surgical remedy to deal with their non-stop eyelid-twitching problems. Therefore, when I suggested such an acupuncture method to them, I did it out of benevolent humanity, understanding and compassion, and express gratitude God that it worked on each and every individual of them."



And well, perhaps my related posts made in this forum and the very last post related to the third-party remarks as mentioned above which is entitled "Thank you very much for being kind and benevolent for the poor and needy ones " from the other forum as included through the weblink below may just turn out to be substantially helpful to many and numerous other related people suffering from the similar visually incapacitating diseases and having the same vision problems.


http://www.drugs.com/forum/alternati...e-46571-2.html



Full Details About The Self-administered Needle-Free, Free-of-charge Acupuncture Cure For Non-stop Persistent Eyelid-twitching / Eye-blinking :

http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1233341

[ntuc]

Another Online Positive Feedback / Comment About My Suggested Self-administered, Totally Free-of-charge, Painless, Harmless & Needle-free Acupuncture Method / Technique And The Full Details of Such A Self-administered, Needle-free, Free-of-charge, Painless, Harmless Acupuncture / Acupressure Method / Technique



I have received another positive feedback / comment for that suggested self-administered, totally free-of-charge, painless, harmless and needle-free acupuncture / acupressure method / technique that goes as follows :

“I’ve been twitching for five days and just tried the acupressure technique on myself, and it stopped! thank you!” - anon101160 (16)

http://www.wisegeek.com/how-can-i-ma...-twitching.htm



Full Details About The Self-administered Needle-Free, Free-of-charge, Painless & Harmless Acupuncture / Acupressure Cure For Non-stop Persistent Eyelid-twitching / Eye-blinking :

http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1233341

[eyeglasses]

I also get eye twitching problem sometimes when I'm at work. I can't think of anything to do for it. I sometimes will just put my index finger on the eyelid of the eye that is twitching. But I do that mainly because it makes me feel but not that it will really keep it from twitching. and you can also wear a Prescription glasses from Global Eyeglasses.

[ntuc]

Originally Posted by eyeglasses

I also get eye twitching problem sometimes when I'm at work. I can't think of anything to do for it. I sometimes will just put my index finger on the eyelid of the eye that is twitching. But I do that mainly because it makes me feel but not that it will really keep it from twitching. and you can also wear a Prescription glasses from Global Eyeglasses.

Frankly speaking, I have tried those methods before, but those methods just couldn't get my chronic eyelid twitching / eye blinking problems totally solved and cured once and for all until I have found a complete and perfect solution from the self-administered, needle-free, free-of-charge and painless acupuncture / acupressure technique / method imparted to me by a licensed acupuncturist and get my chronic eyelid twitching / eye blinking problems totally cured once and for all for about 6 years ago until now such as what I have mentioned in my prior posts above.