Yes, its so annoying!

Yes I do. It's so annoying.

Yep, it drives me crazy.

It feels like their doing a little dance...feels very weird , doesn't usually last too long but I do hate it when it happens.

Yes. The only thing I've found that helps is to intentionally wink a couple dozen times, or just stretch it till it goes away. Anybody got a better idea? Fortunately, an optometrist told me that it's not noticeable to others.

YESS!!! its soo embarrassing. It always happens to me when I get nervous... its really frustrating.

Note : The following article is only meant as a reference material to the intended recipients and advices should be sought from the medical experts to establish the authenticity of its contents. Eyelid twitching, which is lately referred to as Blepharospasm or Myokymia is actually a symptom of involuntary and uncontrollable movements in the muscles around a person's eyes which in turn make them appear like 'blinking non-stop' to other people. Generally, the movements of one's muscle is controlled by the nerves around them that in turn receive signals from the brains which ultimately dictate the variety of 'ways' in which such movements are to be conducted based on a person's will. The causes of such eyelid-twitching symptom in most common cases may just due to short-term stress, over-tiredness, over-straining of one's eyes, occasional anxiety, temporary panic fits and nervousness which in turn can be easily relieved and recover naturally by a good rest, more relaxation and trying to calm oneself down to stop getting anxious, panic and worried and stressful over certain things. In this regard, such phenomena tend to be quite common among certain students and other professionals. However, in the cases of a persistent uncontrollable twitchings of the eyelids which only get aggravated rather than improved over time and last for months and even years, it may just probably imply that the nerves around the eyes organ are simply not 'properly functionable' enough to bring about the desired movements of the muscles based on the mental instructions from the brains of a person. Except for any brain and other muscle damages or any forms of irritations to the eyes organ such as dry eyes, sore eyes etc, such a chronic eyelid-twitching sickness may likely be caused by certain disturbances and disorders that affect or weaken the functionality of the nerves around the eyes to bring about the desired movements of this organ based on the person's will. In this regard, the possible reasons of such chronic eyelid-twitching sickness may probably due to the causes as mentioned above which is experienced by a person over a considerably long period of time rather than just temporarily. Apart from that, other likely causes may be certain traumas, especially the emotional ones, allergy to or overdosage of certain medications that carry such side effects as muscle spasms, particularly photophobia in the case of eyelid-twitching symptom. In fact, I myself have also been suffering from such a sickness due to allergy and overdosage to such medications like Risperdal and other similar drugs. As such, I would very much like to share my own genuine personal experience with you over the course of my treatment of such a sickness and I hope that it will somehow be helpful to a certain extent especially to those who have been having the similar experience as mine and I would to emphasize that it again only is meant as a reference material to anyone reading it. For your information, I have been suffering from this ickness in the past few years whereby my eyelids also tend to twitch both continuously and uncontrollably without me being able to do anything to control the twitchings at all. As a result, my eyes would seem like blinking all the while to anyone who looks at me and I totally could not drive, look directly and persistently at the pc or tv screens and most of the times, I simply can’t read any books or newspaper properly. And I have sought lots of medical treatments and advices as well as apply various kinds of eye drops, taking various types of vitamins, mineral pills as well as many types of anti-muscle spasm medications from lots of eye specialists, neurosurgeons and psychiatrists (who explain the medical theories mentioned above to me), ENT specialists and other general practitioners, and even have the MRI examinations taken to get my eyes cured , but these efforts turn out to be in vain as they fail to yield any positive results and my eyes still keep on blinking non-stop. Luckily, just about a year after I suffer from such a sickness, I come across an acupuncture expert who studied and observed closely about my problems and then administer a therapy needle on the part of the flesh which is about 1.5 cm above the middle part between my thumb and my forefinger of my right hand (as per attachment) to strengthen the weakened and sensitive nerves around my eyes. After that, he just ask me to press (using just mild force) that acupuncture point using such objects like toothpick /normal writing pen or anything with a blunt-pointed end for at least 2 hours a day and then consistently for about 2 months. Having done that persistently based on his order, my eyelid-twitching that makes my eyes blinking all the while just totally recover in time and I can drive, work with the pc screens, watch tv, movies and read as well as work like any other normal persons. For your further information, I have also come across quite a couple of people in my real life annoyed by such an eyelid-twitching problem of different causes and degrees of severity, and accordingly, I just recommend the method as mentioned above to them and within weeks, they just experience significant improvements to their conditions after applying this therapy, and after a few months , they just recover totally from this sickness. . And I hope that by contributing this piece of article to you, it will somehow help you to in at least getting a clue about this sickness. Lastly, I sincerely wish that the ones troubled by such an annoying eyelid-twitching sickness can recover finally from their illness. Thank you.

It's actually called Blepharospasm which is a symptom of involuntary and uncontrollable movements in the muscles around a person's eyes which in turn make them appear like 'blinking non-stop' to other people. In certain cases, this may be caused by myasthenia (muscular weakness) in the eyes organ as a result of stresses, overstraining of the eyes, lacks of sleeps, the serious lacks of certain nutrients / minerals to support the normal functionings / movements of your eyelid muscles etc. Next, in the case whereby no stress, any kinds of infections, overstraining of the eyes etc are involved whilst the eyelids and the entire organs just look superficially normal and ok, and at the same time, the eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking just get 'unexplainedly' from bad to worse from time to time, such medical scenarios could actually be caused by other neuromuscular disorders which are much more complicated. And in terms of such neuromuscular disorders, they may arise as a neurological / Tardive Dyskinesia side effect of certain medications, especially the powerful mind-altering tranquilizers of antipsychotics / neuroleptics, particularly when such medications are over-relied on to the point of sheer abuse. In such a connection, please consider the following excerpts : - "Chlorpromazine (an antispychotic / neuroleptic) side effects Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. Stop taking chlorpromazine and call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as: twitching or uncontrollable movements of your eyes, lips, tongue, face, arms, or legs;" which are quoted from the website : http://www.drugs.com/mtm/chlorpromazine.html and, "Tardive dyskinesia is characterized by repetitive, involuntary, purposeless movements. Features of the disorder may include grimacing, tongue protrusion, lip smacking, puckering and pursing of the lips, and rapid eye blinking. Rapid movements of the extremities may also occur. Impaired movements of the fingers may also appear. For comparison, patients with Parkinson's disease have difficulty moving, while patients with tardive dyskinesia have difficulty not moving." quoted from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardive_dyskinesia Other Related Information : Details About The Acupuncture Technique (which involves 'He Gu' Acupuncture Point located on one's wrist) : http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1233341#i Documented Medical Evidence For The Effectiveness of The Suggested Needleless Acupuncture Technique (A free-of-charge one) : http://www.medicalacupuncture.org/aama_marf/journal/vol14_1/poster1.html Further References For The 'He Gu' Acupuncture Point : http://www.acuxo.com/meridianPictures.asp?point=LI4&meridian=Large%20Intestine My Healing Experience From Risperdal-induced Non-stop Eyelid-twitching / Eye-blinking - In Full Details : http://brainmeta.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18683 The Story Behind The Suggested Self-administered Acupuncture Technique For Abnormally Rapid Eyelid-twitching / Eye-blinking Described Above : http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1386471#i Details About Botox Medications / Injections - which are actually medical derivatives from Clostridium botulinum bacterium (which causes botulism): http://www.answers.com/topic/botox http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1260852#i http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1422626#i Summary : http://silkwise.com/content/viewthread_thread,4243 Additional Information From Q & A sessions about Blepharospasm / Hemifacial Spasms : http://www.steadyhealth.com/Eyecare_Hemifacial_spasm___Risperdal_induced_Non_stop_Eyelid_twitching___My_Healing_Experience-t156617-0-asc-30.html

yes I do it is annoying.

Yep. People look at me wierdly when I go around with one eye shut trying to stop the twitching!

Not as much as I don't like blowing a snot bubble...