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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:05 AM
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Anyways,I have this little muscle twitch in my eyelid. It's been going on
since yesterday. Totally annoying. Don't you hate when that happens?
Either that, or MrsGrumpy has finally gone round the bend.

:hi:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:07 AM
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1. I get one of those from time to time.
Usually when I haven't had enough sleep. That's one of the messages my body sends me.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:09 AM
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2. This could be the reason. I never thought of that GOP. I've
been getting about 4 hours a night for the past week.

Phew, glad I got something else to blame it on.

:hi:
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:11 AM
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3. Been having that problem myself lately!
Began late last week. :wtf:
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:33 AM
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7. Maybe they are putting eyelid twitching weapons of mass eyelid
destruction in our drinking water....

:tinfoilhat:

It's freaking annoying, eh?
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:12 AM
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4. vitamin B12 deficiency...
Edited on Tue Jan-27-04 10:21 AM by ElsewheresDaughter
This has helped me and some others also. Go to a reputable health store and buy sublingual vitmain B12 tablets (called methylcobalamin) 1000 mcgs. Take at least 1 a day. Also, get a good B complex vitamin. I had a twitching eyelid for weeks, and I started the B12, and it went away. Good luck
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:34 AM
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8. Thanks ED, I will have to try that. It's just enough to make me
irritated. :hi:
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:19 AM
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5. Do you drink a lot of coffee?
Cuz that'll do it.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:35 AM
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9. My profile says it my hobby, so I guess I would have to say yes.
But then I'll have to make a decision between severe headache versus eyelid twitch. :7
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put out Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:21 AM
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6. I always think of Inspector Clouseaus' beleaguered boss.
It's harmless, just makes you look like you're on the edge of a breakdown. Use it to your advantage, and try to go get some sleep.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:35 AM
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10. Thank you put out. My husband has thought for years that I was
on the edge of a breakdown...now I've got proof!

:hi:
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girl gone mad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:48 AM
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11. I get that too..
stress, I think. Have a glass of red wine with dinner.

More sleep, B-12 - all good ideas.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 01:37 PM
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21. Thank you ggm!
:hi:
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 11:11 AM
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12. ZombyCoffee does NOT cause eye-twitching!
So stop saying that! :D

(Yes, it is a vitamin-deficiency, because I get the same problem some times. But too much Vitamin B causes my gums to be tender, so I have to be careful)
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 01:38 PM
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22. I would be loathe to give up my beloved coffee for the sake of
an eye twitch. :)
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ProudGerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 11:20 AM
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13. I get it too
Though, it usually related to a traveling muscle twitch. Roams my whole body, quads, triceps, even my pecks once. That looked funny, to say the least.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 01:39 PM
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23. I bet that did look funny. I only get this occasional eye twitch.
Which I refuse to refer to as a tic, because then I really will sound crazy. :hi:
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 11:40 AM
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14. Calcium
Caffeine leeches calcium from your system.. may be giving you that eye twitch.

Or it could be a potassium deficiency?

Have a banana and a glass of milk. One or the other should do the trick. :^)
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 01:39 PM
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24. I took you up on the suggestion GPV. I'll let you know what happens
Thanks! :hi:
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 11:54 AM
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15. When my eyelid starts twitching like that
It means I'm starting to have an LSD flashback.

At least I get a signal, some people don't.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 01:40 PM
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25. No LSD to flashback on here...
Maybe it's an epidural flashback... :silly:
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 12:01 PM
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16. Ah. The dreaded Moderator's twitch.
;-)

Get some sleep. Meditate with a cup of green tea. Have a glass of wine and sit in the tub for an hour.

But most of all, know you're appreciated around here. :pals:
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 01:41 PM
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26. Awww, thanks SOteric. That helps. Green tea. I just bought some
yesterday at Good Food. That's a great idea. And you are appreciated as well!!!

:loveya: Laura
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BritishHuman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 04:35 PM
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31. But don't make the same mistake I did...
And think that because it isn't "regular" tea, it doesn't have any caffeine. I think it might even have a little more.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 12:02 PM
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17. Maybe it's from a week without Matcom or the fact that Oscar is archived
he was in Mexico for a week of vacation

Or that thread about the mystery animal Oscar went into Archived - that could be also affecting it.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 01:42 PM
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27. Ya know? You might be on to something. Often I have been
ruminating on these very two subjects...hmmmmm.

:hi:
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 01:06 PM
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18. Eyestrain will also cause those annoying eyelid twitches...
Maybe too much time spent in front of the monitor? Or, if you wear glasses/contacts, could it be time for an upgrade?

Just a thought.

Take care -- :toast:
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 01:42 PM
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28. Funny thing, I just got my eye check up card yesterday and thought
I would wait until the twitch went away. Good idea, rezmutt.

Thanks!! :hi:
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Lostmessage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 01:11 PM
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19. Astigmatism is a bitch
I hate it when my eye lids start to twitch. Damn brings back memories.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 01:43 PM
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29. It's horrid ain't it?
:hi:
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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 01:26 PM
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20. Vitamin K deficiency. Take a slam dose of some multivitamins, then get
regular on a daily dose of a good quality multivitamin...

That's all it is.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 01:43 PM
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30. I am not so very good at remembering vitamins, but I went and
took one. Thanks for your advice!!

:hi:
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