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Destress? Destress?! Why don’t I just put on my destress helmet, wiggle down into my destress cannon, and fire myself off into destress land where destressors grow on destressies?
I think it was a typo. I think what they wanted to say was “de-dress”.
Eye drops themselves can also be the cause. antihistamine drops seem to cause it.
Oh yeah. If you are treating blepharospasm though just plain old saline eyedrops (NO astringents) are key. You also need to use them frequently, like once every 3h while awake for a couple of days. Drop screen time to absolute minimum and really try to get 3-4 nights of decent sleep time (if at all possible). Everyone is different and those of us that get these spasms know they can last for quite awhile, and are difficult to treat. Nonetheless, strongly recommend this protocol - give it a try next time.
Just pull a gun on them and scream don’t moove, if they do again, fire.
Found the American commenter!
Absolutely not. Im German. But a flamethrower is to long to hold it in your face…
I’m on month 2 of an eye twitch. Last time it was 4 months in my arm and before that 4 months in my other eye.
WebMD points me to nerve damage but I’m also very tired 🙃
Are you epileptic?
Nope, no other nerve issues that I know of.
That’s pretty wild. I have epilepsy and get seizures that are exactly as you describe, though I don’t think I’ve had one for a month.
If you’re in the US, tonic water has quinine (a moderate muscle relaxor) in it. The eyelid of my left eye twitched constantly over a year. I suffered through a couple glasses of straight tonic water and my eyelid hasn’t twitched since
If you’re still turning to tonic water (or anyone else is looking to try this), you can buy tonic syrup and throw it in some soda water. It’ll taste way better
Does US tonic water taste really bad or something
I personally don’t think so. If you’re buying the cheapest of the cheap it’ll just be bitter, fizzy, and stuffed to the gills with corn syrup but it’s serviceable. There’s plenty of easily accessible good quality tonic water in the states. I like tonic syrup because it gives you more control over the flavor of the drink you’re making. If.you’re taking it medicinally then syrup would probably be more palatable too, or at least easier to get down if you don’t care for the flavor. It’s typically a little sweeter and flavored with more botanicals than regular tonic water
Yoooo this actually worked. Had a glass-ish amount a couple nights in a row and have had no problems for over a week now! Thanks for the tip
Happy to help! It seems like a small annoyance, but years back when I was dealing with it it was incredibly depressing. Huge quality of life improvement to get that resolved.
Absolutely! Not as bad as hiccups but a similar kind of minor but all absorbing annoyance
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This is how you end up with astigmatism. Don’t rub your eyes like this.
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Okay well the fix costs thousands of dollars, takes time and can be unfun if they have to start slicing into your eyeballs, but good luck.
Why is memes the most informative community?
If you’re on Windows 11, go to the Start Menu and type “Night Light” and setup your screen so it’s super yellow. Or, alternatively, download the F.lux app which does the same thing. It’ll look disgustingly yellow for the first minute and then you won’t realise it’s on. Then, feel your eye strain wash away :D.
On X11 Linux, install redshift with your package manager. Run it.
I had eye twitching, went to an eye doctor and I had some mild astigmatism that my eyes were trying to compensate for and getting exhausted, especially when staring at computer screens, they don’t twitch now with glasses.
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Everyone thinks I’m crazy, but for as long as I can remember I can usually stop mild twitches by just thinking about it. They sometimes come back after a few minutes but usually not.
That’s probably the only superpower I have.
Don’t have caffeine? Top panel reaction is right
