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fluffy mess
197 posts
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
fluffy mess
197 posts
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Posted:
I know its common to get a twitch in your eye when a nerve is pinched or something, and I accept the fact that it will happen from time to time, but its been going mental recently, twitching every half hour or so for the past three solid weeks. I am going insane because of it.
The body has many glitches like this and hiccups too (Grrrr). So this thread is for nameing these glitches, shaming these glitches, finding out why they happen in the first place, and what we can do to get rid of them.
(Especially the eye twitch thing... I'm desperate to make it go away)
I know its common to get a twitch in your eye when a nerve is pinched or something, and I accept the fact that it will happen from time to time, but its been going mental recently, twitching every half hour or so for the past three solid weeks. I am going insane because of it.
The body has many glitches like this and hiccups too (Grrrr). So this thread is for nameing these glitches, shaming these glitches, finding out why they happen in the first place, and what we can do to get rid of them.
(Especially the eye twitch thing... I'm desperate to make it go away)
"I want to know if you can see beauty even when it's not pretty, every day,and if you can source your own life from its presence.." - Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: At the bottom of the garden with the fairies...
3,380 posts
Location: At the bottom of the garden with the fairies...
Posted:
i don't get proper hic-ups. i get hic-burps
maybe you are supposed to be insane, that why your twitching.
i don't get proper hic-ups. i get hic-burps
maybe you are supposed to be insane, that why your twitching. THWACK!!!!
Liz_Ard: Ouch!
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Macaque of all trades
8,738 posts
Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom
Macaque of all trades
8,738 posts
Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom
Posted:
I agree nothing (I do mean NOTHING) annoys me more than hiccups, why oh why does the body do such a stupid thing!!!
I have a muscle on the top of my left shoulder that at certain times twitches and pulses and i sit looking at it, move my arm and it stays twitching away, you can even see it through my t-shirt......
The body is wonderful, why doesn't it come with an operators manual?
(*thinks calm thoughts*)
I agree nothing (I do mean NOTHING) annoys me more than hiccups, why oh why does the body do such a stupid thing!!!
I have a muscle on the top of my left shoulder that at certain times twitches and pulses and i sit looking at it, move my arm and it stays twitching away, you can even see it through my t-shirt......
The body is wonderful, why doesn't it come with an operators manual?
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addict
422 posts
Location: London
422 posts
Location: London
Posted:
I cant burp.......I have tried and its just not happening. I do however get the
hiccups, and the twitche eye thing has anyone ever had the twitche knee thing now that annoying and all 3 together...............................
I cant burp.......I have tried and its just not happening. I do however get the
hiccups, and the twitche eye thing has anyone ever had the twitche knee thing now that annoying and all 3 together............................... There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers...
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Pooh-Bah
1,785 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
1,785 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Posted:
i get really really annoying twitches at the corners of my mouth, it makes it look like i'm smiling psychoticly!
The worst thing is that it always happens at the worst possible moments...like when my ex was breaking up with me, all i could do was sit there with my mouth was twitching into this wierd psycho smile....he really thought i was wierd after that!!
i get really really annoying twitches at the corners of my mouth, it makes it look like i'm smiling psychoticly!
The worst thing is that it always happens at the worst possible moments...like when my ex was breaking up with me, all i could do was sit there with my mouth was twitching into this wierd psycho smile....he really thought i was wierd after that!!
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ARRRR!
529 posts
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA
ARRRR!
529 posts
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA
Posted:
Sounds like Tourette Syndrome
Sometimes I wish I had the form of Tourettes where you blurt out a word randomly... Maybe I just need to practice. 
Sounds like Tourette Syndrome
Sometimes I wish I had the form of Tourettes where you blurt out a
word randomly... Maybe I just need to practice. "My skin is singed but it heals my heart and with glowing pride I'll wear my scars." -Davey Havok
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4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
Posted:
I get weird things, i think they are called Phantom Nerves, basically if i scratch or pinch a part of my body i willf eel it in another part, its really weird
I get weird things, i think they are called Phantom Nerves, basically if i scratch or pinch a part of my body i willf eel it in another part, its really weird
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1,433 posts
Location: 8 days at Cloudbreak, 6 in Perth, Australia
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1,433 posts
Location: 8 days at Cloudbreak, 6 in Perth, Australia
Posted:
I have been having the same twitching above the eye problem for a while now too...I can feel your annoyance...
The other one I get quite a lot is foot cramps that damn well won't go away for hours...they hurt so much they sometimes have me crawling on the floor crying due to the pain.
A doctor told me that they were calcium deposits causing them...
I have been having the same twitching above the eye problem for a while now too...I can feel your annoyance...
The other one I get quite a lot is foot cramps that damn well won't go away for hours...they hurt so much they sometimes have me crawling on the floor crying due to the pain.
A doctor told me that they were calcium deposits causing them...
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99 posts
Location: west coast
99 posts
Location: west coast
Posted:
people with twitching eye problems might want to find out a bit about taking a high potency B vitamin complex, and a sublingual B12... .
people with twitching eye problems might want to find out a bit about taking a high potency B vitamin complex, and a sublingual B12... .
wherever you go, there you are
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addict
529 posts
Location: North Shore, New Zealand
addict
529 posts
Location: North Shore, New Zealand
Posted:
i can feel the cold in my big toe 3 days before it hits-
my left knee does the rain and if its going to be cold and wet then the right knee hurts-im getting old i think
i can feel the cold in my big toe 3 days before it hits-
my left knee does the rain and if its going to be cold and wet then the right knee hurts-im getting old i think
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a revolver at him?
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addict
449 posts
Location: Australia
addict
449 posts
Location: Australia
Posted:
I had that for a few weeks once... it scared the hell outta me, i had no idea what it was.... then it suddenly dissapeared as mysteriously as it came. I hope you're as lucky as i was.
Written by: blu_valley
I know its common to get a twitch in your eye when a nerve is pinched or something, and I accept the fact that it will happen from time to time, but its been going mental recently, twitching every half hour or so for the past three solid weeks. I am going insane because of it.
The body has many glitches like this and hiccups too (Grrrr). So this thread is for nameing these glitches, shaming these glitches, finding out why they happen in the first place, and what we can do to get rid of them.
(Especially the eye twitch thing... I'm desperate to make it go away)
I had that for a few weeks once... it scared the hell outta me, i had no idea what it was.... then it suddenly dissapeared as mysteriously as it came. I hope you're as lucky as i was.
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1,433 posts
Location: 8 days at Cloudbreak, 6 in Perth, Australia
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1,433 posts
Location: 8 days at Cloudbreak, 6 in Perth, Australia
Posted:
Stress can cause eye twitches...that's what mine is all about.
It's funny but everytime I think about work my eye flickers (not just general work but for example: when I get up in the morning and realise I have to go to work again).
My work stresses me out so much and that is what makes my eye go nuts.
Stress can cause eye twitches...that's what mine is all about.
It's funny but everytime I think about work my eye flickers (not just general work but for example: when I get up in the morning and realise I have to go to work again).
My work stresses me out so much and that is what makes my eye go nuts.
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fluffy mess
197 posts
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
fluffy mess
197 posts
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Posted:
I was told that it was a stress or lack of sleep thing, but I have been experiancing neither lately. I did recently quit all my naughty habits for a month, so I thought it may have been my body reacting strangely to my system cleaning itself out, but I have since reverted back to my old ways and the twitching has not stopped.... (Because I would rather be a walking toxin than have a twitchy eye)
I'ts a wierd kind of twitch, because you cant really see it from the outside, but it makes my vision go funny in my right eye, and it's just annoying!
I think I will look into that B vitamin complex thing, thanks rowanlee. Hopefully it does just disappear one day...sooon!!
GRRRRRR!
I was told that it was a stress or lack of sleep thing, but I have been experiancing neither lately. I did recently quit all my naughty habits for a month, so I thought it may have been my body reacting strangely to my system cleaning itself out, but I have since reverted back to my old ways and the twitching has not stopped.... (Because I would rather be a walking toxin than have a twitchy eye)
I'ts a wierd kind of twitch, because you cant really see it from the outside, but it makes my vision go funny in my right eye, and it's just annoying!
I think I will look into that B vitamin complex thing, thanks rowanlee. Hopefully it does just disappear one day...sooon!!
GRRRRRR!
"I want to know if you can see beauty even when it's not pretty, every day,and if you can source your own life from its presence.." - Oriah Mountain Dreamer
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fluffy mess
197 posts
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
fluffy mess
197 posts
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Posted:
Ok, the twitching hasnt stopped but its either calmed down a bit or I'm learning to live with it, although, today I have woken up with a black-eye. I dont know why. I didnt get hit and I dont remember walking in to anything. There was nothing I could have knocked it against in my sleep apart from my own fist.
What do you think may have caused this? Maybe my eye was twitching in my sleep and I punched myself?
It looks really bad, I cant open my eye properly because its swollen and its pinky-purple in colour. Some people at the office have asked me how it happened, and truthfully I answered that I don't know. No one believes me ofcoarse. I can see the rumours brewing in peoples brains.So what should I say?
Ok, the twitching hasnt stopped but its either calmed down a bit or I'm learning to live with it, although, today I have woken up with a black-eye. I dont know why. I didnt get hit and I dont remember walking in to anything. There was nothing I could have knocked it against in my sleep apart from my own fist.
What do you think may have caused this? Maybe my eye was twitching in my sleep and I punched myself?
It looks really bad, I cant open my eye properly because its swollen and its pinky-purple in colour. Some people at the office have asked me how it happened, and truthfully I answered that I don't know. No one believes me ofcoarse. I can see the rumours brewing in peoples brains.So what should I say?
"I want to know if you can see beauty even when it's not pretty, every day,and if you can source your own life from its presence.." - Oriah Mountain Dreamer
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Macaque of all trades
8,738 posts
Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom
Macaque of all trades
8,738 posts
Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom
Posted:
Make up a stupid and slightly embarrassing story like to went to open the fridge and smacked yourself in the face...if you depreciate yourself people are more likely to believe you if you say you did something they themselves would not own up to doing...lie big or don't lie.
or just say the eye fairy came during the night because your head was under the pillow and you had to fight it off, but still left you bruised.
Make up a stupid and slightly embarrassing story like to went to open the fridge and smacked yourself in the face...if you depreciate yourself people are more likely to believe you if you say you did something they themselves would not own up to doing...lie big or don't lie.
or just say the eye fairy came during the night because your head was under the pillow and you had to fight it off, but still left you bruised.
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The artist formerly known as Phae'xorl.
145 posts
Location: South-East Ohio (the foothills of the Appalacian M...
145 posts
Location: South-East Ohio (the foothills of the Appalacian M...
Posted:
My upper lip curls into a sort of snarl sometimes....usually only when I am lifting anything with any real weight from the ground up...For instance, I was helping my friend move a few months ago, and as he was thanking me for helping him out, I appeared to be snarling at him...I had to explain the whole thing to him, as he thought I was pissed off or something...I felt bad that I snarled at him, but all I could do was giggle...
My upper lip curls into a sort of snarl sometimes....usually only when I am lifting anything with any real weight from the ground up...For instance, I was helping my friend move a few months ago, and as he was thanking me for helping him out, I appeared to be snarling at him...I had to explain the whole thing to him, as he thought I was pissed off or something...I felt bad that I snarled at him, but all I could do was giggle...
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comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
Posted:
I hate getting hiccups I get so frustrated. My hiccups always ache in my throat everytime.
I haven't had a eye twitch for ages, I hate them so much though.
I hate getting hiccups I get so frustrated. My hiccups always ache in my throat everytime.
I haven't had a eye twitch for ages, I hate them so much though.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Posted:
I hiccup. constantly. I am the hiccup queen. It dosn't bother me though, as my hiccups sound like mice being stepped on, and make other people laugh, so meh
I get 'phantom' nerves sometimes too. Where it hurts or twitches in other place to where I've been hit/hurt.
I hiccup. constantly. I am the hiccup queen. It dosn't bother me though, as my hiccups sound like mice being stepped on, and make other people laugh, so meh
I get 'phantom' nerves sometimes too. Where it hurts or twitches in other place to where I've been hit/hurt.
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....of doom!
585 posts
Location: Hastings, UK
....of doom!
585 posts
Location: Hastings, UK
Posted:
i get hibburps. yes, thats right, weird hiccup/burp hybrids. they are HORRIBLE. i hate them. i also get dry spots in my throat and they're sooo annoying *claws out throat* and i have a weird phantom nerve in my belly button that is attached to my big toe. ick.
i get hibburps. yes, thats right, weird hiccup/burp hybrids. they are HORRIBLE. i hate them. i also get dry spots in my throat and they're sooo annoying *claws out throat* and i have a weird phantom nerve in my belly button that is attached to my big toe. ick.
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Pooh-Bah
2,109 posts
Location: Philadelphia, PA - USA
Pooh-Bah
2,109 posts
Location: Philadelphia, PA - USA
Posted:
I cant burp either. Only occasionally by accident does it happen.
Sometimes I get an itch but when I scratch it, it doesnt help. It often ends up being in a different spot and only when I start scratching my whole body do I find it.
I cant burp either. Only occasionally by accident does it happen.
Sometimes I get an itch but when I scratch it, it doesnt help. It often ends up being in a different spot and only when I start scratching my whole body do I find it.
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Clique Infiltrator, Cunning Linguist and Master Debator
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Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom
Clique Infiltrator, Cunning Linguist and Master Debator
4,219 posts
Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom
Posted:
I had an op on my left hand to fix some severed nerves and tendons around the base of my pinky finger as i'd sliced it open with cut glass (accident of course). The surgeons didn't do a good job fixing it because if i stroke down the inside of my lil finger, its the outside that tingles. Funnily enough I've lost most the feeling on the outside until i touch the inside. v weird!
Written by: PyroWill
I get weird things, i think they are called Phantom Nerves, basically if i scratch or pinch a part of my body i willf eel it in another part, its really weird
I had an op on my left hand to fix some severed nerves and tendons around the base of my pinky finger as i'd sliced it open with cut glass (accident of course). The surgeons didn't do a good job fixing it because if i stroke down the inside of my lil finger, its the outside that tingles. Funnily enough I've lost most the feeling on the outside until i touch the inside. v weird!
Always use "so's your face" and "only on Tuesdays" in as many conversations possible
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Location: Guelph, ON, Canada
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1,389 posts
Location: Guelph, ON, Canada
Posted:
I hiccup every single day. Just really random ones that are loud and make people stare at me. I never had them before I came to europe... I don't find them that annoying, just tell people when they look surprised at me, I say it's normal for me to hiccup randomly.
However, when I get a real bout of hiccups, they are horrid! Last for about half an hour, and they're really often, and loud... Last bout I had on Oxford st. in London, and people were looking at me funny, because they could hear them over the traffic even... My dad was really worried for me! It's a hassle though, because everytime I try to talk, I hiccup through a word. Kinda funny actually
~ Bobo
I hiccup every single day. Just really random ones that are loud and make people stare at me. I never had them before I came to europe... I don't find them that annoying, just tell people when they look surprised at me, I say it's normal for me to hiccup randomly.
However, when I get a real bout of hiccups, they are horrid! Last for about half an hour, and they're really often, and loud... Last bout I had on Oxford st. in London, and people were looking at me funny, because they could hear them over the traffic even... My dad was really worried for me! It's a hassle though, because everytime I try to talk, I hiccup through a word. Kinda funny actually
~ Bobo
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Posted:
i get the witchy eye thin aaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllll the time and it sooooooooooooooooooo annoying!GRRRRR!!! one of my eyebrows also randomly twitches up and down so half the time i look like i'm coming on to whoever im talking to!!!!Super embarrassing when its ageing relatives!! However i do find that sucking an ice cubes helps.Sounds random i know,but hey it works for me!!
(goes into a quiet rant about the twitchy eye thingy)
i get the witchy eye thin aaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllll the time and it sooooooooooooooooooo annoying!GRRRRR!!! one of my eyebrows also randomly twitches up and down so half the time i look like i'm coming on to whoever im talking to!!!!Super embarrassing when its ageing relatives!! However i do find that sucking an ice cubes helps.Sounds random i know,but hey it works for me!!
(goes into a quiet rant about the twitchy eye thingy)
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Clique Infiltrator, Cunning Linguist and Master Debator
4,219 posts
Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom
Clique Infiltrator, Cunning Linguist and Master Debator
4,219 posts
Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom
Posted:
whenever i get a twitchy lip thing, i do an Elvis impression
ah huh huh!
whenever i get a twitchy lip thing, i do an Elvis impression
ah huh huh!
Always use "so's your face" and "only on Tuesdays" in as many conversations possible
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
We learned about the twitchy eye thing in medical school.
1) It doesn't have a name.
2) It happens to almost everyone at some point in their life.
3) It goes away.
4) It may mean you need to drink water, but other than that, there isn't a cure.
5) It's probably similar to hiccups, but nobody's really studied it...
We learned about the twitchy eye thing in medical school.
1) It doesn't have a name.
2) It happens to almost everyone at some point in their life.
3) It goes away.
4) It may mean you need to drink water, but other than that, there isn't a cure.
5) It's probably similar to hiccups, but nobody's really studied it...
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
So my random body glitch.
Every 5 or so years this will happen and it just happened this morning:
I'll wake up feeling fine. I'll drink some water. And then over a period of 30 or so minutes I'll be taken by a slow wave of nausea. AWFUL feeling. Like my guts are twisting themselves inside-out, and oh, the headache... And then it will suddenly get really bad and I'll throw up a bunch of water.
And then I'll sit there breathing heavily over the pool of vomit (or toilet if I got to one) and two minutes later I feel right as rain, like it never happened.
So my random body glitch.
Every 5 or so years this will happen and it just happened this morning:
I'll wake up feeling fine. I'll drink some water. And then over a period of 30 or so minutes I'll be taken by a slow wave of nausea. AWFUL feeling. Like my guts are twisting themselves inside-out, and oh, the headache... And then it will suddenly get really bad and I'll throw up a bunch of water.
And then I'll sit there breathing heavily over the pool of vomit (or toilet if I got to one) and two minutes later I feel right as rain, like it never happened.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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