Twitchy eyelid

[Tilly2]

Over the last couple of days, I have had a twitch in my right eyelid. I drives me mad. What causes it and is there any way to stop it?

[boxtops]

Usually tiredness, tilly - it's a tic, usually shows I need sleep

[islasmum]

I often get this if I'm stressed or tired - I don't think that there's much you can do about it - it disappears of it's own accord.

[Hopkirk]

It's not just short term tiredness that causes it, it is a long term lack of quality sleep.

Do you work shifts?
Trying to catch up on lost sleep with a few catnaps won't do it.

If you are lacking in sleep, you need to set yourself the task of regularly going to bed earlier and sleeping longer.

[RATTER15]

Carakeel had these twitches that spread down her face, she was offered an operation but it cleared up by itself. I think in your case it will just sort itself out, I think the eye twitching is quite common and is the result of a nerve being compressed in the face from what I remember.
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[rowanwitch]

You can also try resting with a cool cloth over your eyes for a while it gives a bit of temp relief sometimes. I have it now and then looks a bit odd but I think its only me that notices it

[Hopkirk]

You feel as though everyone must be noticing, like Herbert Lom in the Pink Panther films, but in practice no one can see the twitch.

[Tilly2]

Thanks, everyone. I don't feel particularly tired or stressed.. It's happened before and I know it goes away. I just wondered if there was some reason why it's happening again.

[boxtops]

I still think it's just a tic, a little spasm - it'll pass.

[Sqad]

This "twitch" without pain in the face is due to movements inside the muscle (fasiculation) and is involuntary.....beyond your control. The cause is unknown and it is a self limiting disorder....no treatment necessary or available.

RATTER....if Carakeel was offered an operation for her problem. then that is something completely different.

[ummmm]

I get it all the time and not just in my eyes.