Eye Twitch on New Year's Eve?

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ValgerAce59

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Hi all~~
Just a fast question here before I go out and celebrate New Years!! I hope you are all doing the same, and have a great time!! I wish I could enjoy the Holiday and not worry so much about what's going on with me.
My question is about an eye twitch I've been having, I was just wondering if any of you have had that particular one as consistently as I have lately~~I probably have had it now for at least a few weeks, each and every day. It is off and on all day, but it's really consistent, I have it each day, and it does get to the point where it really gets in the way, like if I'm reading or something, it actually affects my vision cause I can see it moving. It's on my right eye, kind of near the tear duct on the inside, and it sometimes goes over a larger area, like even the whole eyelid, and sometimes I'll even feel it on the top of my cheek area. It's just really driving me crazy, and I was wondering if any of you had a hotspot that long. Also, what bothers me is that I still feel like I'm having trouble with the speaking thing, like I'm tripping over my tongue alot, biting it, and generally aware of how I'm speaking, which is really uncomfortable. I also get tongue twitching, just not nearly as often as the eye. The tongue twitching is not every day, and usually short lived. It's a strange feeling in my jaw lately, like it's tense or something, and I can't talk right. You know how you would feel if you're really cold, and your teeth are chattering, and you're trying to talk? That is how my jaw feels sometimes, on a lesser level, but still annoying, and making me feel like something is really wrong. I can't imagine why my eye won't give it up already. Thanks in advance for any help. Happy New Year~~Val
 
Hello again Val and Happy New Year to you!

I had the darn eyelid twitch for a couple of months pretty consistently before I got the whole body twitches! It was so constant, it was there when I woke up and continued on throughout the day. I dont experience it often now it seemed to subside when the body twitches started.

Hope you have a fun new years eve, we had ours last night and boy was it hot! About 41oC!!!

Talk to you soon
Sandra
 
hey ! I have eye twitches for almost two months now. My left lower eyelid is twitching 24/7 and it is so annoying! I feel "worms" in my eye but when I am observing myself in a mirror I can see my lid moving.
 
Hi~~ thanks for the replies! The eye thing is still driving me crazy, but only with stress over what it might be, the actual symptom itself isn't so bad. Even the twitching really isn't so bad to live with, it's just the constant fear of ALS that I have. UNFORTUNATELY.....like an IDIOT, I somehow found myself googling als tonight, I guess I was having a bit of an anxiety attack, and I should know better, but I did it anyway. Nothing out of the ordinary was read, but it's just that when you are nervous about having als, then suddenly it's easy to identify with all the possible symptoms. I had to get on the computer to help my daughter with some homework, and I think I googled something simple to start off with, but then it kind of went downhill from there. Can any of you relate to this? Do you get nervous when you read the symptoms of it, and also the general progression explanations? It's just so scary to read, and that is what makes me so nervous of course of having als, is just how horrible it sounds. Also, I still feel like I'm having speech issues. I actually am driving my family nuts asking them to say certain phrases to see if they also have trouble with it. I just notice lately that my back teeth seem to be touching when I say certain things, and I don't remember ever noticing that before. Also, I still do get the tongue twitching off and on. Also, tonight we went out for a burger, and I felt like there were little bits of food left in my throat that I couldn't quite get down. When we got home, I had some milk to help me with it, it's an anxious feeling, like you're not swallowing right or something. Wow, I probably sound like a spaz tonight, but I am going through a bit of anxiety after going on those other sites. I really really don't know where I'd be without this site!! Thank you all so much~~Val
 
Hi Val,It's me again! I was reading your post tonight and I noticed what u said about your back teeth touching sometimes, well that has happened to me a couple of times too! And Val you are so right, to me the twitching I think I can live with but the actual fear of MND is so frightening to me! You do not sound like a spaz, I can so relate to what you are saying! Mine started with the eye twitch and that promptly dissapeared when it spread to the rest of me! My calves drive me nuts! Anyway Val, hope my small post has helped you a little! I have been outside in a tent with the kids and they have all decided to come inside so I thought I would hope on here for a little while!Talk you again soon!Sandra
 
Val,Have you been to the neuro , and have you ever had an emg and ncv study? Because I Know when I have been so anxious I know that this forum has been very supportive but I think you need to go to the neuro and request and emg and ncv because it sounds like you are having symptoms for quite some time that really bother you. In my opinion you need to have a doctor rule out the nasty stuff if you haven't already.Leigh
 
Val,Have you been to the neuro , and have you ever had an emg and ncv study? Because I Know when I have been so anxious I know that this forum has been very supportive but I think you need to go to the neuro and request and emg and ncv because it sounds like you are having symptoms for quite some time that really bother you. In my opinion you need to have a doctor rule out the nasty stuff if you haven't already.Leigh
 
Leigh~~ I've been to a neuro, but he has only given me a blood test, and done some in-office exams. He doesn't seem to worried about the nasty stuff, and I have chosen so far to take his advice. Are you saying that the symptoms I'm having are very worrisome? Of course they do worry me, but I'm just trying to get through this, and hope that time goes by quickly. I'm coming up on the year mark, and will hopefully feel better after that. The tongue thing, and the speech thing worry me, but my family tells me I'm just being nervous, and I'm hoping that is true. My neuro says that there is no one real test for als anyway, and that it's a "wait and see" thing. Last time I went to him, he kind of talked to me for a while about being "hypervigilant" about symptoms, and so I'm trying to take his advice, and worry less. I don't think he thinks that I fit the description of someone with als, but he hasn't given me any definite answers. I'm just wondering if you said that cause you think my symptoms are really bad, or if you mean that I need to get an answer to deal with my anxiety. Thanks, Val
 
Val,I said what I did because I know the anxiety this stuff can cause. I have been to one of the top als docs in the world and Trust me there is a test for ***, it is called an emg and ncv and I do believe if anyone is worried like I was you NEED to have peace of mind. I would request this from my neuro no matter what but that is just me, I have had a total of 8 emgs and ncvs and yes that is the world record, but everytime I presented with a new symptom I was not going to take no for an answer. Luckily my husband is a physician and I was able to talk docs into doing this for my own piece of mind. But believe it or not after all of that I still worry because of the crazy things this does to your body. So I have read a lot of your post and been in your position and you need to go the neuro and request this test because It may or may not give you piece of mind but I believe after you had this done you will feel better. Leigh
 
Val,I said what I did because I know the anxiety this stuff can cause. I have been to one of the top als docs in the world and Trust me there is a test for ***, it is called an emg and ncv and I do believe if anyone is worried like I was you NEED to have peace of mind. I would request this from my neuro no matter what but that is just me, I have had a total of 8 emgs and ncvs and yes that is the world record, but everytime I presented with a new symptom I was not going to take no for an answer. Luckily my husband is a physician and I was able to talk docs into doing this for my own piece of mind. But believe it or not after all of that I still worry because of the crazy things this does to your body. So I have read a lot of your post and been in your position and you need to go the neuro and request this test because It may or may not give you piece of mind but I believe after you had this done you will feel better. Leigh
 
Hi Val-This whole twitching thing is scary. But getting on google will not do anything. At the time I am on panic level 10 out of 10 because I am having my next emg (3rd one) on this Tuesday. I mean I have called off the past 2 days of work because I was so stressed out. Like Leigh said its good to have the EMG and NCV done, but at the same point I have had 2 and she has had 8 and we (at least I) am still on edge. I would say that you should get set up with a different neuro. If that neuro says "lets do an emg" then do it and trust the results. I think the reason why Leigh and I are getting multiple and as most people are because our bodies have really weird things that go along with these twitches and we think the worst. I am finding dents in my arms and feet and freaking out, and 2 negative emg's didnt help me ONE bit. I left the doctor on my last visit with a negative emg and said "ok now I am going to quit worrying....I AM SO HAPPY". WRONG! Its been like 7 months since then and I am a wreck. But here is my point. I think if you walked in the door and had ANY thing that pointed toward ANYTHING wrong...much less the dreaded thing, then they would do an emg and find out. Maybe this neuro has patients exactly like me and knows that an EMG does no good to "help" with the anxiety. So I mean I would think about maybe getting a second oppinion and finding the best neuro you can, but after that I would try to have some fun and hopefully you will finally come to the understanding that this is all just benign and you are going to be fine. =)
 
Well, thank you, I mean, I guess that helps, but suddenly there is this thing about getting another opinion, and getting an EMG, and I've been posting on here for about 9 months, and nobody ever really suggested that yet. I was kind of trusting my neuro, who seems to think it wouldn't help, and he thinks I don't need it. He said the EMG is painful, and wouldn't help in any way other than to stress me out. I was just kind of taking the 'wait and see' approach as he suggested. I sort of am too nervous to get another opinion, I don't think I could take it. Do most people on here have EMG's? I thought there were others in my situation that haven't had one yet. Do you think that since I'm still having symptoms after 9 months that could mean something worse? I guess if it were BFS, I should expect it to be gone, if not at least better by now. My neuro has done in-office exams, where he does strength tests, etc....and said everything was "in tact". He doesn't seem to be that concerned, and it's easy to just go with that, and not stir up anything. You know how it is, I've done it a million times, where you go to another doctor to hopefully find some peace of mind, and it only makes things worse. Actually, that is how I ended up at the neuro. I had gone to a regular doctor who wasn't concerned about my twitches, and just said I was fine, and then after probably a couple of weeks, I went to another doctor, who acted more concerned about the twitching, and sent me to a neuro, and then here I am. Anyway, I hope I'm doing the right thing right now, my neuro that I have is waiting for me to repeat my sleep study, and then go from there. I am just WAY too nervous to push for an EMG. I kind of am happy with him saying he doesn't want to do one. I don't know how you guys do it, I would be a nervous wreck to go in there. Maybe it's my subconscious knowing I really do have something bad. Yikes~~more cans of worms!! Talk to you later, Val
 
Hey Val-Some on here find some comfort in having an EMG done (if the neuro reccomends it or like me where I found something that worries me) or by getting a second oppinion. There are people here that have had this for a LONG time and have never had an EMG. You really should trust your Neuro. For one they spent all that time learning about these things, and then they work with people every day and are the professionals. I am 25 and have had twitches for almost 3 years if I really think back to my bicept and thigh twitching. I always thought that after x amount of months it would be gone and if not then I had something really bad. Well here I am after almost 3 years! If you really search this site you can find people that have twitched for 1,2, 5, 10, 20 years and I talked to someone that was in their 50's and had twitches since they were in their early 20's! If YOU are comfortable with what you heard from your doctor and trust him/her thats all that matters. People use this site because of symptoms and some like me need support because no one else understands what is going on besides other "fellow twitchers". This all can turn into a big cycle of worry, doctor visits, panic over and over again. So here are my tips for you Val, and these might help and might not but here it goes:#1 Get atleast 7-8 hours of FULL sleep. This is one of the first things my neuro told me to make sure I did. He wanted me to go to a sleep study to make sure sleep apnea was not causing the twitching (which it can). But if that does not work then....#2 Take the Target men's multivitimin and also take a "High Potency" 500MG Magnesium pill first thing in the morning (got at GNC or some other store). It took about 2 weeks for me to tell a difference. Try these, if they dont work then you will at least get all of your vitimins! (my neuro reccomended this also).#3 Make an excel spreadsheet or get a notebook and document your twitches. Where they are and stuff like that. I now can predict with EXTREME accuracy when I will get sick. About 3 weeks ago I was twitching fiercely all over, and told my wife "if I get sick..it will be a doosey". And I was so sick I could not get off the couch for 2 days but then a day or so after the twitches went WAY down in intensity and frequency. You will have days or weeks when they are really bad and other days when you say "wow now that I think about it I didnt really twitch". The notebook will help you remember that they come and go. #4 Try a hobby. I work full time, go to school online and have 2 kids (son 2 years, daughter 3 months) and am married. I am stressed out and thats probibly why I started twitching. I got back into flying and building model airplanes, and I never notice twitching when I am busy and having fun. So weather its golfing, surfing, bowling or just knitting, keeping busy always helps. I have noticed that almost all of us share a common thing (just from talking to others). Its that most of us come from an anxious background. Meaning we had worries or issues that bothered us before we started twitching. My Neuro told me that many people twitch but some of us are "hyper" sensitive about them and thats what causes us to see a doctor. I was like "ding ding ding" you are right because my cardiologist told me the EXACT same thing back when I was wrestling and had an irregular heart beat...that I was a "hyper sensitive person". We are here to help you Val. You can go through this entire forum and find different oppinions, test results and an occasional post that will make you say "OHHH NO". But look at the overall picture and know that all we are here for is to help each other through this. You may stop twitching and never come back here again, or you might have decreased symptoms and then they flare and come back here and try to get answers. Thats what we are trying to do, and I wish you the best of luck.
 
And really I thought you were a new member but I see you have posted more than me here, so sorry if I sounded like you just joined (durrr on my part). I saw that you had replied to some of my posts where I was freaking out =) ha ha. Well anyway we are in the same boat and im glad to be sailing with you.
 
Sean~~ My daughter has to use the computer for homework, but I just had to say a couple things real quick~~first of all, THANK YOU SO MUCH for the great reply~~you have REALLY helped calm me down tonight!! I know what you mean, I was just telling another poster, who I think is new, that there are times I am freaking out on here, and really need help, and then other times when I'm reassuring someone. Wow, this eye twitch that I am having is really driving me nuts tonight, I am trying to type and it's affecting my vision. Anyway~~I don't know if you had read the particular post in which I mention this, but the last visit I had with my neuro was good, and he started talking to me about, as he put it, "hypervigilance" about my symptoms. He said EXACTLY what you had mentioned, that everyone gets weird things, but then some people not only recognize the actual symptoms they are having, but then take it to the extreme, causing those symptoms to be more aggravated, and then others to show up. I guess he was basically calling me a hypochondriac, but in more medical terms! Really, though, the talk he gave me did help alot, and that plus this board is what is getting me through this. I also had to mention real quick that it was weird that you mentioned the irregular heartbeat thing, because I have had, and still do have, the palpitation thing really bad. I am sorry if I'm repeating myself, because I did mention this before on here, but I don't know if you read it. I started having heart palpitations when I was about 31, and at the time, I was scared to death of each and every one, because I just thought I was dying. I remember when I felt my very first one, I was driving home with my kids, and probably almost got in an accident on the way home! Anyway, by the time I got home, I had called an ambulance, and my kids stayed with neighbors while I went off to the ER. That was the start of a very long journey for me with the heart thing. It took a really long time for me to come to terms with the palpiations, but I did. I remember feeling like I couldn't even get off the couch, thinking I would have a heart attack. I got up in the morning, and waited for the first one, and then my day was shot. We moved to Tulsa, OK for a while, and there I just fell into a huge trap of anxiety attacks, fueled by my fear of the palpitations. Fast forward to now, I live with them, and hardly notice them. I don't get anxiety attacks anymore, and have read up enough on them, and had enough tests done to probably be an expert cardiologist myself. I remember when I first started getting them, my body would jump with each and every one, like I was coming out of my skin. I couldn't help it, it was like a response I didn't have any control over. Now, I have PVC's all the time, and don't even respond to them. I went back and forth, off and on medication, but for me, found that I do better on no medication at all. At least for now, while the palpitations aren't dangerous. I guess as I get older, that could change, but hopefully not. Anyway, I had to share that, and now my daughter is staring at me, so gotta go!! Thanks again for taking the time to write that out, it really really helped me!! By the way, you sound just like my brother, his kids were about your kids' ages when he started getting his twitching, and I know it was because not only was he stressed out, but also I think for him it was the overwhelming responsibility of being a parent, and how many people are counting on you. Also, he loves his kids so much, that I think he worries to death about not being here for them. That is my problem too, I always worry worry worry about the future. I worry now that my older kids are going off to college, etc..and how life would be for my youngest daughter, who is 13 right now, if I had something serious. I worry that her life right now, with her older sister and brother here is great, but how things could turn very fast if they move out, and she has to deal with me being sick. See, this is where it all starts!! Yikes~~thoughts I don't need to be having!! Talk to you soon, Thanks, Val
 
Hi All, I am Nitin Vaidya from India. My experiences on eye twitching is very similar to most of the respondents on this site. I have a very different view about eye twitch. My views are as follows1) If your eyes twitch, you may be in tension 2) Your tention is wrt an aspect very dear to you. like your family members or your promotoion in job 3) You may not actually know the reason of tension. It may be in your subconscious mind4) You are a sensitive person and go in solitude (going in shell) when in tension5) Twitching goes away when your tension is gone.Your eye twitch may tell you/warn you in advance. May be nature tries to tell you something in advance. My view is that one should not try to suppress twitching by medicines and must try to hear what nature tries to tell us.In my experience twitching in my left eye is informs me about good things happening for me and twitching in right eye is negative. Twitching on different points signifies different results.I would like to share the points on the two eyes and the meaning for same. But I need to post a hand made diagram. And I dont know as how to do the same.I would like to know your observations.
 

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