Dr's Opinion-eye Twitch Cause Usually Metabolic

[babysteps]

FYI I had my eyes checked recently (hooray, no new prescription needed) and when I told the eye doctor that the skin below my eye used to twitch but since glasses & going gluten-free the twitching went away, he said

"in my opinion the cause of eye twitches is almost always metabolic".

He said the usual culprits are water and salt (too much or too little of either) - but accepted that gluten alone might do it.

Hey, in my system if I get glutened the D does a job on my water & salt levels anyway

[Mother of Jibril]

Another person mentioned eye twitches a few days ago... mine stopped doing that! I used to notice it in my upper eyelids when I was watching TV because it would interfere with my vision.

Actually, I haven't noticed any muscle twitches either since I went gluten-free.

[lizard00]

We had thread about this a while back. My eye twitched for almost the whole month of Dec last year. The suggestion on here was sublingual b12 and a b supplement. My eye stopped twitching within a day or two of starting both.

[ravenwoodglass]

We had thread about this a while back. My eye twitched for almost the whole month of Dec last year. The suggestion on here was sublingual b12 and a b supplement. My eye stopped twitching within a day or two of starting both.

This makes sense. Twitches would be misfires in the nervous system and since the B12 helps nerve conduction that would help with the misfires. I hadn't thought about it but I don't get those either anymore. Or the drooping eyelid that sometimes would drop so far that it interfered with my vision.

[MaryJones2]

I get twitches from time to time too and it drives me nuts! My doctor suggested a magnesium supplement to reduce the spasms.

[fedora]

mine just started up again bad. I started drinking coffee again, I stopped in January cause I could not handle it after going gluten free.

hmmm. caffeine, plus I am not drinking enough water either.

[Generic]

My eye lid twitches when my blood sugar is starting to get low. Sometimes it is a nice warning to go get something in me quick, before my sugar levels drop down to the basement.