I need some help. Very serious issue.

BowiesInSpace · April 2012

My bottom right eyelid will.not.stop.twitching. It's been going on for a couple of months now and if I don't get some relief soon, I might commit murder.

Increased sleep and hydration has not helped.

malibu5880 · April 2012

I have no advice for you other than that sucks, dude. Sucks. I hate the eyelid twitching. When I get it, it always lasts a few days and clears up on its own. Are you extra stressed lately? When it's gotten really bad, I've done both a hot or cold eye mask, with varied results. Have you tried anything like that?

Lesley&Prakash · April 2012

Have you switched any of your eye make up? I had a mascara that caused my eye to twitch. Switched mascaras and the twitching stopped.

sam&val · April 2012

(Lurker here.) The same thing was happening to me a few months ago, and it turned out to be a sinus infection. Mine had been twitching for at least a month. I thought it was just stress. I had no other symptoms until I woke up one day feeling like death and knew it was a sinus infection at that point. I googled it & found that lower eyelid twitching is a sign of inflamed sinuses. Once I got on meds for the infection, the twitching stopped.

BeebeeEater · April 2012

My eye twitched pretty much my whole senior year of high school, it's the worst. Sometimes when I am really tired and/or stressed, it happens, and since I was tired and stressed that whole year, I've always assumed that's what brought it on.

Are you stressed?? Even if you are getting enough sleep, stress can still cause twitches.

doglove · April 2012

Stress? Do you take any medications?

BowiesInSpace · April 2012

Huh. I never would have thought of inflamed sinuses. I feel fine and don't have allergies. Maybe I'll try some Claritin or something.

I have been stressed lately, but it's only been recent. Up until the last week or so, life has been good. Damn job, always interfering in my shiit. Operation: Be Independently Wealthy is still unsuccessful.

ETA: I don't take any meds other than BC.

zitiqueen · April 2012

Do you ingest a lot of Equal?

leslie14 · April 2012

I knew someone who went to the dr for this and they were told to cut back on the caffeine.

BowiesInSpace · April 2012

zitiqueen:
Do you ingest a lot of Equal?

Nope. I'm also not a big coffee/tea drinker (to the caffeine question).

emoflamingo · April 2012

I'm a lurker but eyelid twitching could also be caused by shortage of potassium, on top of stress and sleep deprivation. I usually eat a few bananas and try to get some more rest and it goes away.