Twitch in My Eye Is Driving Me Crazy!

Stress would be my guess. My eye twitched for 4 months!! YES, 4 months! It drove my absouletly crazy! I was trying to plan a wedding and was stressing about money. Once we decided to postphone the wedding the twitching stopped! Try to relax and not stress. :)

I was just asking my friends about my own eye twitch! Thanks for posting the question, and thanks to all the responses!

Hi B. - http://emofree.com/

This is a link to a website for something called Emotional Freedom Technique. It's kind of like accupuncture for your emotions. It sounds kooky but it really works - and is very easy to learn. Since you can link your twitch starting with your husband's layoff that is a good place to start.

good luck to you!

Take some potassium.

Stress. Mine is in my right eye through. And when I get stressed out, the twitch begins. It drives me crazy too!! Once you get through this stressful time, the twitch will stop.

Hi B. K,

I was having this happen, off and on, fairly regularly a while back. My mom told me to get some soda water,...straight soda water,... to drink. She said the twitch was due to a deficiency of something that is easy to get from the soda water. I was none too thrilled at the idea of trying to get even a sip of the stuff down but,... in the end the dang twitch drove me to drink! :P It worked!
It's been long enough back that I can't recall exactly how much I had to ingest before the twitch subsided... sorry.:S
It did work though and, I think it was a fairly quick fix too.
Good luck and I hope you find the fix that works for you,...I know how irritating this particular thing can get!

~J

Hi B.,

I am an optometrist and we see these very frequently. What you have is called myokymia. This lid twitching is caused from stress, caffine and lack of sleep. Applying a cold compress can help relax the lid muscle. Hope this helps!

Okay I know this sounds crazy, but my mom (who is a nurse) also had the same problem about a month ago. She went to the doctor about it and it turned out to be the herpies virus that causes cold sores and had attacked the nerves in her eye causing it to twitch. If it is just in one eye, there is a good chance this is what it is. Do you get cold sores? If so, you are a carrier of the virus and should probably talk to your doctor about getting a prescription to take care of the twitch. Hope this helps!

ugh. I HATE when I get the eye twitch!! I didn't know it was this common--so I'm glad you posted this--I'm not the only one with twitching eyes!!! lol. Mine is also stress related--when I start getting overwhelmed it manifests itself when I don't take the time to de-stress, detox my emotions--I get the eye twitch or tension headaches or funky cramps in my foot when I am trying to sleep--I realize when these start to happen that I'm not listening to my bodies need to relax somehow in the middle of all the stress that is going on around me. I do a lot of meditation and I love Yoga to help me release the tension. Find something you can do for yourself to relieve the tension in your body that stressors are triggering.

Hi B.,
Try eating a banana for breakfast and dinner for a week. Word on the street is that eyes twitch because of a deficiency in potassium, and bananas are packed with it. Also, if you love your java or tea, back-off of the caffeine a little, too. That seems to really trigger eye twitches for me.
Also, if you can, take some time for just YOU. It always seems like my body revolts when I am super overextended, and it sounds like you have a lot on your to-do list. As impossible as it seems, take 5 minutes for yourself. Lay a blanket down in your yard and look at the clouds. Bring it all back to what's really important...in my experience, this always seems to help whenever my body gives me a sign that something is outta whack.
Good luck. :)

Hi B.,

Congratulations on getting your 1st book published! What will be the title?
About your eye, I have found that my body sends me "warning" signs or "watch out, something good is about to happen to you" signs. For me, (and everyone is different), a right eye twitch usually mean something good is about to happen. A left eye twitch usually means my husband and I will have a disagreement. Lately, my left eye has been twitching as well, up top, which is different from where it usually twitches on the bottom. No fights so far, so maybe it's indicative of something completely different. Needless to say, I am "keeping my eyes open" (ha ha), to analyze what happens and at what point the twitching will stop. The palms of my hands also itch at times: right hand when I am going to spend money, left hand when I am going to receive money.
You may think this is all crazy, but I have definitely noticed a pattern between my body and events that occur, so maybe you will too.
All the best!

Sounds like stress. I had a stress problem which exhibited itself in my vision once. It went away as I unraveled my overcommitments to activities (I learned how to say "no").

More than likely it is stress related, especially since you've realized it started with a stressful situation. I have the same problem. It comes and goes, only with my left eyelid. It happens randomly while the stressful period is happening, then it will still take a week or two to completely go away. If it was constant, I would be concerned and go to an optometrist, but if it just twitches a few times and stops...then I would assume it will stop shortly after things calm down. Keep in mind that it can come back once you get stressed again. I don't think it's anything major to worry about unless it just does not go away.

The same thing happened to me when I was really stressed out last fall. I asked my mom about it and she said that stress can cause an eye twitch. She gave me some sleeping pills and it really helped. I don't think it came from lack of sleep; however, I think getting better quality sleep helped it go away. So, maybe ask your doctor to prescribe Ambien and just take half a pill.

My hubby has a perpetual eye twitch. It was making him CRAZY! His doctor actually administered Botox injections to "freeze" the area around the eye. It sounds crazy, but it's supposedly safe and the twitching has subsided.

I have something similar that happens in my right eyelid, and I have found that it is related to sleep. When I get enough sleep, it doesn't twitch. Unfortunately, as a mother of 4, there are many nights when I don't get enough sleep.

I have a twitch in my left eye every time hubby mentions going to my SIL's house... and other stressful situations. I find that when it starts now (SIL is cross-country & isn't an issue anymore) I can take a deep breath & it will flicker a few times & go away. It got really bad at one point (family problems, hubby went to school in another state, we were moving, holidays were coming up) that I had to get on anti-anxiety meds. It's an insanely low dose, but as long as I keep taking it steady, I don't have the twitch.
Thanks for the link Colleen C! I'll have to go check it out, especially since the little ad at the top said something about weight loss..

Pay close attention to the twitch. Document if it is all the time or when it is and if it is always the same severity or sometimes less intense. Consult a specialist. My best friend's mom had a serious twitch and ended up having brain surgery to stop it. Brain surgery is risky and she lost her hearing in one ear from it and the twitch only went away part way, not completely; and she had gone to one of the best specialists in La Jolla, CA. Don't want to scare you and I hope it is a temporary thing but just want you to be aware of how serious it can be. You can find information and research on the internet on this condition.
Good luck to you,
L. P