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stopdog · Dec 22, 2021 at 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Anyone ever have an eyelid prone to random but frequent twitching?

My right eyelid has been doing that the past few days. I’m sure it’s not serious, probably stress or eyestrain or exhaustion or eye dryness, I just want it to go away and know how much longer I have to put up with it.

I do have that happen from time to time. It is very annoying. I get it every so often and it lasts for a few days and then goes away.

velcro003 · Dec 22, 2021 at 10:22 PM

Kit: Congrats! I haven't gotten a bonus in years, nor a raise

ATAT: It hasn't happened in a while, but I used to get random eyelid twitching and it drove me mad!

unaluna · Dec 22, 2021 at 10:51 PM

My eye used to twitch often. Esp when i was working, didnt get enough sleep and drank too much coffee. But it hasnt happened since i was put on topamax, which is an anti-seizure medication among other things. So i would say you guys got a screw loose somewhere, analogically speaking.

ScarletPimpernel · Dec 22, 2021 at 10:58 PM

It looks like H already got the job! We'll supposedly know tomorrow!

atisketatasket · Dec 22, 2021 at 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

My eye used to twitch often. Esp when i was working, didnt get enough sleep and drank too much coffee. But it hasnt happened since i was put on topamax, which is an anti-seizure medication among other things. So i would say you guys got a screw loose somewhere, analogically speaking.

As long as we’re not nuts.

unaluna · Dec 22, 2021 at 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

As long as we’re not nuts.

Nope, just shortin' out.

Polibeth · Dec 23, 2021 at 12:06 AM

I get the eyelid twitching - which always lasts a few days - and it totally annoying.

LonesomeTonight · Dec 23, 2021 at 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Anyone ever have an eyelid prone to random but frequent twitching?

My right eyelid has been doing that the past few days. I’m sure it’s not serious, probably stress or eyestrain or exhaustion or eye dryness, I just want it to go away and know how much longer I have to put up with it.

I've had this happen--it's annoying. It will happen a bunch for a week or so, then stop. Try taking magnesium--it can help.

ArtieTheSequal · Dec 23, 2021 at 06:50 AM

Congrats on the raise, Kit!!

ArtieTheSequal · Dec 23, 2021 at 06:50 AM

Morning, couch. Hugs and head nods all around as appropriate.

unaluna · Dec 23, 2021 at 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

I've had this happen--it's annoying. It will happen a bunch for a week or so, then stop. Try taking magnesium--it can help.

Yeah, doesnt magnesium help your electrolyte balance? Thats why youre shorting out.

LonesomeTonight · Dec 23, 2021 at 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Yeah, doesnt magnesium help your electrolyte balance? Thats why youre shorting out.

Yes, something like that, can help relax muscles and nerves. Also helps with migraine prevention. I think potassium can also help with the twitching (another electrolyte). The human body is so complicated...

StressedMess · Dec 23, 2021 at 08:54 AM

My chiropractor recommended magnesium and potassium supplements to stop the muscle spasms I was having in my back. He said something marketed for leg cramps would work.

I get the twitch in my eyelid occasionally, if I put my fingertip on the spot it will stop, but it always repeats. Since I don't have healthy sleep hygiene I always blame it on eye strain and fatigue.

Involuntary muscle movements are weird!

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LonesomeTonight · Dec 23, 2021 at 11:11 AM

Agreed on involuntary muscle movements being weird. One of the two times I had a panic attack during physical therapy is when they had me hooked up to a TENS machine (little electrodes giving zaps to muscles) and it hit on this one neck muscle in a certain way that it kept twitching strongly. I was alone in the room, they weren't due to come back for 10 minutes, and I was freaking out because it was such an odd sensation (I think they'd just placed it a bit wrong or had it dialed up too high). I could have called for someone, but being like, "heeellllp!" seemed a bit extreme. But I was freaking out.

LonesomeTonight · Dec 23, 2021 at 11:30 AM

Today in amusing Dr. T things:
We were talking about ways that I can connect with myself and things that make me happy or have made me happy in the past. I mentioned dancing in my basement the other night and just listening to music. He's historically said he doesn't like music. Today he said, "I don't hate music. I do listen to it sometimes when I'm doing things. I just wouldn't spend $200 and 10 hours on a concert. But I do like some of it." Me: "OK, so you aren't a total weirdo then." Dr. T (smiling): "No, just mostly a weirdo."

Note: I'm not saying that people who aren't into music are weirdos, it's just sort of recurring joke between me and Dr. T.

Session otherwise went well, including discussion of a minor conflict/misunderstanding from last session that led to an email.

atisketatasket · Dec 23, 2021 at 01:00 PM

Okay, I'll go out and pick up some magnesium/potassium supplements.

I hope you all have good malpractice insurance--stopdog will be representing me in the event of a negative outcome.

ArtieTheSequal · Dec 23, 2021 at 01:03 PM

LT, I do enjoy reading your "amusing Dr T" posts! Thanks for keeping 'em coming!

atisketatasket · Dec 23, 2021 at 01:09 PM

RIP Joan Didion. That woman knew how to construct a sentence.

ArtieTheSequal · Dec 23, 2021 at 01:11 PM

Oh! That's sad. Yes, she most certainly did! (Know how to construct a sentence, I mean.) I will never forget the first time I read "Play it as it lays" many years ago. It affected me deeply, even back then (early 1980's). I think I'm going to read it again.

unaluna · Dec 23, 2021 at 01:53 PM

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Okay, I'll go out and pick up some magnesium/potassium supplements.

I hope you all have good malpractice insurance--stopdog will be representing me in the event of a negative outcome.

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velcro003 Elder Member Since Oct 2008 Posts: 7,361 15 25 hugs given	Dec 22, 2021 at 10:22 PM #182 Kit: Congrats! I haven't gotten a bonus in years, nor a raise ATAT: It hasn't happened in a while, but I used to get random eyelid twitching and it drove me mad!

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,058 (SuperPoster!) 12 66.8k hugs given	Dec 22, 2021 at 10:51 PM #183 My eye used to twitch often. Esp when i was working, didnt get enough sleep and drank too much coffee. But it hasnt happened since i was put on topamax, which is an anti-seizure medication among other things. So i would say you guys got a screw loose somewhere, analogically speaking.

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Polibeth Poohbah Member Since Jun 2014 Location: Earth Posts: 1,193 9 2,235 hugs given	Dec 23, 2021 at 12:06 AM #187 I get the eyelid twitching - which always lasts a few days - and it totally annoying.

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,323 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,796 hugs given	Dec 23, 2021 at 06:50 AM #189 Congrats on the raise, Kit!!

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,323 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,796 hugs given	Dec 23, 2021 at 06:50 AM #190 Morning, couch. Hugs and head nods all around as appropriate.

atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,172 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Dec 23, 2021 at 01:00 PM #196 Okay, I'll go out and pick up some magnesium/potassium supplements. I hope you all have good malpractice insurance--stopdog will be representing me in the event of a negative outcome. __________________ The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.—Alice Roosevelt Longworth

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,323 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,796 hugs given	Dec 23, 2021 at 01:03 PM #197 LT, I do enjoy reading your "amusing Dr T" posts! Thanks for keeping 'em coming!

atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,172 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Dec 23, 2021 at 01:09 PM #198 RIP Joan Didion. That woman knew how to construct a sentence. __________________ The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.—Alice Roosevelt Longworth

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,323 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,796 hugs given	Dec 23, 2021 at 01:11 PM #199 Oh! That's sad. Yes, she most certainly did! (Know how to construct a sentence, I mean.) I will never forget the first time I read "Play it as it lays" many years ago. It affected me deeply, even back then (early 1980's). I think I'm going to read it again.