Eye Twitches

I don’t know about you, but I’ve always wanted to know why our eyelids twitch.

I have this issue a lot, especially during times of extreme stress. I once worked as a corporate event planner and during one specific event each year my eye would twitch the entire time. It got to be a funny part of the process. When my coworkers saw my eye twitch, they’d say, “Must be time for the big conference again!”

Naturally my eyes (in their now “untwitched” state) caught this article that helped explain the causes. Among them were:

“Stimulants from products such as caffeine, medications or substances of abuse, lack of restful sleep, and stress or anxiety.”

That certainly explained my annual eye-twitching outbreak. We’d typically operate on little sleep, relying instead on diet soda to keep us awake. And as far as stress or anxiety, the event we planned was loaded with both!

While usually harmless, eye-twitches can sometimes be a sign of a more serious disease. If you have an eye twitch that doesn’t go away, you should mention it to your doctor.

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