Myokymia
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
November 18, 2019 7:45pm CST
No, this isn't a type of mushroom, or a type of Asian or Thai food.
It's not some sort of made up world in a fantasy novel either.
It's involuntary spasms of the muscles, often the eye lid.
It's what I have dealt with off and on for the past couple of weeks. It can be caused by stress, tiredness / fatigue and too much caffeine.
A warm compress might help relieve it. I haven't tried that yet, but only because it tends to go away within a few minutes of starting.
Do you deal with involuntary eyelid twitching?
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@Butterfingers (66603)
• India
19 Nov 19
It's common when you are in front of the computer for long hours without taking any breaks
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
19 Nov 19
@Butterfingers none of the things she listed here would be reasons to cause mine today but yours would. I was online many ours yesterday doing surveys on Swagbucks without taking a break.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
19 Nov 19
@Butterfingers I had not thought of that, but that is atleast part of the reason mine was doing it. I have had it happen without being on the computer though.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
19 Nov 19
I limit my caffeine now, if I have any at all. In my teens and early 20's, caffeine was about all I drank. I began to discover that it was the cause of a lot of my health problems.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Nov 19
@LadyDuck I drink coffee so seldomly, and maybe a soda once a week. I need to drink more water. I drink apple juice, orange juice and kombucha otherwise.
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@LadyDuck (502189)
• Italy
20 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum I drink two cups of coffee in the morning and one soon after lunch, that is all the coffee I drink. I never drink caffeinated sodas... well I drink no sodas at all.
@shaggin (74988)
• United States
19 Nov 19
I hate when I get this. Usually it goes away pretty fast but today it has been doing it all morning. It’s really visible and I have to go three places in town today. I’m going to look like an idiot 
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
19 Nov 19
Mine hasn't done it today, but I have gone out before and my eyelid was spasming. It made me feel like an idiot for sure!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
19 Nov 19
It could have been a mix of both, or maybe too much use of the computer? Another person suggested that as a reasoning.
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@rakski (156240)
• Philippines
20 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum that can be a reason too. It is now gone thankfully
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Nov 19
@rakski Glad it's gone for you!
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
20 Nov 19
that doesn't happen to me very often so I just ignore it. It can be annoying though
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Nov 19
It seems to be happening to me a lot lately. Even today, My eyelid has twitched on it's own.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
19 Nov 19
Be lucky that you haven't, it's annoying to deal with.
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@RasmaSandra (97908)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Nov 19
No, it hasn't happened to me and I hope it goes away for you. They say warm boric acid compresses help the eyes.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
19 Nov 19
It has gone away, but if it happens again I'll try just warm water compresses first.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
19 Nov 19
I've had it happen to me like that before as well, but it's been ages since I've been that exhausted.
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