I have a muscle twitch in my lower left eyelid that has been going, pretty consistently, for close to a month now, and it’s driving me out of my mind. It’s been going especially crazy today.
That is all. Insert more swearing as desired.
Oy. I get all sorts of twitches. Eyelids, fingers, shins; my left forearm and fingers started up as I was typing this. Nothing near that duration, though.
I hope you get relief soon.
“If thy right eye offend thee . . .”
I work in ophthalmology, and after a particularly long-lasting bout of eyelid twitching, I asked if there was anything to be done about this. Not only was the answer no, but the suggestions were to get more sleep, go on vacation, or cut down on caffeine. I laughed. (It eventually went away on its own.)
But it says nothing about left eyes!
Isn’t potassium supposed to help with muscle spasms? Eat a banana.
Well, if you take out the right eye, that’s all you’d have left! 
A small quick shot of highly diluted cosmetic botox. Partially paralyze the lid to relieve the twitching, and patch the eye until the botox wears off. Dilute it even further than the normal cosmetic botox.
Do keep in mind I am not a doctor nor have I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express recently.
I had a twitch in one of my eyelids (right one, I think) for several weeks a while ago. I thought it was a permanent thing, but it did go away eventually. It still gets a little twitchy now and then, though.
Yeah, muscle spasms or cramps can be caused by a lack of minerals, either potassium, magnesium, or calcium.
I had a lower eyelid twitch for months that nearly drove me insane. After reading that it might help, I started taking a daily magnesium supplement, and the twitch did stop a few days afterward. Whether the magnesium had anything to do with it, I don’t know. Might be worth a try, though.
Huh, just goes to show what double standards this board has. No one’s called out the OP on their flagrant hate speech and threats of violence, but I bet you if a conservative were to post “I want to stab Smeghead’s eyeball out of his/her face” there’d be an uprising. Enjoy your circle-jerk, liberals!
That’s what this pit thread was missing.
Didn’t the magnesium give you the runs?
This thread needed some shit.
So you still have both your kidneys, eh?
That usually works for me. And there’s worse ways of taking your medicine than eating a banana.
Solution: The Drink!
Is it improper to suggest you just make light of it? that’s assuming remedial actions are ongoing.
“No you don’t look weird. I just have an eye twitch.”
250mg/day didn’t. But I didn’t push my luck.
Ooof… Magnesium Force. I too thought potassium was the key, bananas and Gatorade.
Reduce stress and caffeine, and the supplements probably wouldn’t hurt. Changing jobs eliminated my two-year daily eye twitching completely. Also the sudden-onset heart palpitations.
Aaaaahhhhhahahahahahahahaha. Well, a good laugh always helps, right?
I’ll let my PhD advisor and my autistic three-year-old and my infant know that they all need to back off a bit.