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Left top lid out of control. I own a bagel and coffee shop. I get no sleep and drink 2 -20 ounce cups a day. I will try to not do the coffee but I still have no chance at gettin any sleep. I will let ya know

It's hard to believe that so many people have this problem. I have had the eye twitch in both eyes off and on for two years. Last year I began working out and the problem wenrt away. Unfortunately the twitch resurfaced about 1 month after I stopped exercising. There is no question that stress has a major impact on my condition, along with lack of good sleep and too much floursecent light. My question is how exercising is able to impact the condition ?

me again! Just to add...I do not drink tea or coffee, I get plenty of sleep (sometimes 12hours) and I eat reasonably healthy. I also work out.

I am going through a divorce, moving to scotland in july and having to figure out what to wear to a wedding in less than a months time - could it all be stress related??

Ive got plenty of time to chill out and relax, im in the cornish country side - cant get more relaxing than this! whats wrong with me??

I've had an exaggerated intermittent twitch in my upper right lid for about three months now. I havent managed to eliminate it (yet!) but I have minimised the twitching so that it's something that I can deal with. I initially visited my doctor and an optician in order to get a professional view, but neither was particularly helpful, saying that I was either tired or stressed.

I decided I needed to take things into my own hands and understand what was going on, so I started to keep a twitch diary. Ive logged, on a particular day, how bad the twitch was, at what time it was occurring, what I was doing at the time and what I attempted to do to alleviate the twitch. At the end of two weeks I reviewed the diary and spotted some interesting things. Anyway, although some of the following may be me having some sort of a placebo effect on myself (as none of this stuff is particularly scientific), here are some of my observations that you might find useful.

I've noticed that my twitching increases when I'm focusing on things with high contrast (such as bright white paper, when reading a book or report with black print, or my bright TFT computer monitor while sitting in a shaded room). I've turned down the brightness and contrast on my monitor at work (I work with a PC for about 25% of my job), and started to use yellow pastel paper to photocopy work onto. I feel that this really has helped minimise my twitch.

Also, my eye twitches more during the day, in bright light, than at night. I think my twitching is probably related to high contrast and bright light. I generally tend to squint my eyes in bright light, and I think this is making things worse. My optician supplied me with prescription sunglasses which have helped somewhat.

I've also started to massage my eyelid in the morning and nights with a little moisturising cream (a gentle circular motion) as massage definitely helps and has been the main way Ive been alleviating the twitch. I've been gently massaging for about five minutes on the affected spot.

Anyway just some thoughts, and to let you guys know that you are not alone!

Gary (in the U.K.)

I too have been plagued with this. It's been going on in my lower right lid for a week now and is driving me nuts!! I can plainly see there really is no sure answer. I have emailed my medical doctor, waiting to see what she says. Not real confident that she will have an answer though now after reading all these comments. I had no idea so many people have this problem. It doesn't seem to get in the way of my sleeping but as soon as I'm up and going it starts twitchin. I will try more meditation/prayer and the eye massage, seems to be the only thing I'm seeing that remotely works. thanks to all who listen.

Hey guys, a quick update.

I'm two weeks twitch-free. The eye-lid massage REALLY did the trick for me, and I've also benefited from wearing prescription sun-glasses to cut the glare.

I think my twitch was triggered by me squinting in bright light, as I've noticed on photos that I do that a lot, so in minimising my squinting (due to bright light) I think I've solved my problem!

Just to let you guys know that there is some hope!

Gary.

I HAVE READ ALL THE POSTINGS THANKS - I HAVE HAD A TOP LEFT EYELID TWITCH FOR A WEEK NOW - I THINK ITS A LITTLE DUE TO BRIGHT SUNLIGHT (SQUINTING) ME SNEEZING A LOT (HAVE A COLD) AND STRESS (THREE TEENAGERS) I SHANT BOTHER GOING TO DOCTORS I'M GOING TO DE-STRESS, MASSAGE EYELID AND NOT GO OUT!!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo...Techniques

This is a link to get people started who wish to find out about EFT.

My personal viewpoint is that alternative therapies don't work, and generally tend to be unregulated and expensive. I suggest anyone who is interested do some serious research. If the evidence is anecdotal, then steer clear when mony is involved...

Just my 2p worth.

Hey you are right!!! Moisture helps relaxe the muscles and rubbing them too. I thought I would go nuts with these twitches...but thankyou!!! It really did help!!! I still have them occasionally, but no matter...it is not serious at all.