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by wendy1, Jan 01, 2007 12:00AM
my left eye has been shaking for two days, should i worry about it?
Doctor's Answer
by Forum-OD-MP, Jan 03, 2007 12:00AM
it depends on what you mean by "shaking". if your VUISION is shaking, then its a VERY big deal (aquired oscillopsia...a neurological condition). you wouldn need an eye exam asap. but i suspect you're talking about being able to feel your eyelid quivering...thats MYOKYMIA and no big deal:
CUT & PASTED FROM ANOTHER POST ABOUT THIS QUESTION:
1) MYOKYMIA: caused by lack of sleep, stress, caffeine and other not-well-understood factors. sometimes people just get it for no apparent reason ("idiopathic" myokymia). it can be helped by warm compresses and topical (eyedrop) and oral antihistamines as well as obviously less stress and more sleep. coincidently, i myself have been suffering from this for about 2 weeks! so i know exactly how annoying it can be. it goes away when i use a Rx topical antihistamine (i use optivar), but it comes back a few hrs later. very annoying. i have definitely been losing sleep and having extra stress, so i know the cause of my own suffering. anyway, i digress. the vast majority of people who complain of "twitching" eyelid(s) have this temporary and totally benign (although admittedly irritating!) condition. differentiated from "blepharospasm" because myokymia is intermittent. it comes and goes.
CUT & PASTED FROM ANOTHER POST ABOUT THIS QUESTION:
1) MYOKYMIA: caused by lack of sleep, stress, caffeine and other not-well-understood factors. sometimes people just get it for no apparent reason ("idiopathic" myokymia). it can be helped by warm compresses and topical (eyedrop) and oral antihistamines as well as obviously less stress and more sleep. coincidently, i myself have been suffering from this for about 2 weeks! so i know exactly how annoying it can be. it goes away when i use a Rx topical antihistamine (i use optivar), but it comes back a few hrs later. very annoying. i have definitely been losing sleep and having extra stress, so i know the cause of my own suffering. anyway, i digress. the vast majority of people who complain of "twitching" eyelid(s) have this temporary and totally benign (although admittedly irritating!) condition. differentiated from "blepharospasm" because myokymia is intermittent. it comes and goes.
Member Comments (1)
by wendy1, Jan 03, 2007 12:00AM
THANK YOU. I work at nigth, so it's kind of true that i need more sleeep.
