My eyelid has been twitching every 10 mins for the past 3 days. It’s getting quite annoying.
Besides punching my eyeball what else could I do?
Try eating a banana, the potassium helps control muscle contractions.
Yep, also if you want temporary relief you can try a warm compress on the eye. I imagine it helps relax the muscles a bit and let the eye rest (and even if it doesn’t work, a warm compress can feel nice)
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Have some fruit, water, and a nap. Are you feeling stressed? I’m usually either dehydrated, stressed, or both when mine starts twitching. Luckily haven’t had it in a while!
Be careful – have a doctor do it.
Make sure the doctor uses a left hook. Hitting with a right hook can cause permanent damage
Happens to me sometimes from greater than normal amounts of stress. Goes away after 3-4 days.
I see a lot of people suggesting potassium, and that’s what I usually do, but for a while now, it turns out that I needed magnesium (helps relax the muscles). I’m not a doctor, so definitely check with a professional, but having some nuts like walnuts might be a good idea.
Many people go straight to recommending potassium, but magnesium is key for helping muscle contractions. Fortunately bananas are also rich in magnesium as well as potassium, so they may be helpful for more than one reason.
That’s a great advice!
Eat a banana and drink some water and stop taking so many stimulants and get some rest.
Do you take any meds? I swear I’ve heard of this as a side effect before. Unless I’m just remembering some old I Love Lucy episode or something… Are you Lucy?
Happened to me often. Drink more water and eat potassium filled foods like bananas
If you don’t like bananas, potatoes have a lot more potassium by both weight and calories
And they’re less radioactive
And they’re fucking delicious
Justif-eye-able? yes.
imo, it’s probably a lack in magnesium.
when I get those, I just sleep it off. Just tired muscles in my experience.
Try to get some rest? Take a good multivitamin? Either of these things seems considerably more reasonable than punching yourself in the eye
Stress and lack of sleep will make your eye twitchy. Drink some chamomile tea and eat a chocolate cookie.
Happened to me for a while, idk why. Took a few weeks to go away. The human body is weird
I heard some doctors prefer a 1-2 combination!
On any stimulants?
I wish…no I don’t. I’m a former meth addict and haven’t done anything stronger than coffee in many moons. But even coffee doesn’t affect me.
Are you still drinking coffee? Congrats for getting off the meth btw.
