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Eyelid twitching

Wed, 05/02/2007 - 14:09
My left eyelid has been twitching all day. It is driving me crazy!!!!! I am taking Topamax 25mg twice a day. Have had 2 tonic/clonic seizures. Posted more about my situation in the new to site section. Should I call my doc? Have never had eyelid twitching like this before????? Thanks Julie

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Lasik laser

Submitted by serine on Tue, 2010-11-16 - 01:08
Before surgery I couldn’t see anything clearly without glasses. Even worse, all outdoor activities were a strain.
Needless to say I couldn’t score many points playing basketball. At work I wasn’t able to use a computer for more
than an hour before I started getting head aches. This not only affected my performance but also my attitude. Now that I’ve had the surgery I finally have a full field of vision during every waking hour. Being able to walk
outside with no glasses or contacts and seeing everything is amazing. I highly recommend a Lasik laser surgery.

Re: Eyelid twitching

Submitted by eowc on Tue, 2008-06-17 - 11:28

In fact most of the neurology-related disorders are closely connected to the side effects of modern medications especially the Atypical Antipsychotics that carry the side effects of Extrapyramidal Symptoms (EPS), Tardive Dyskinesia (TD) etc that would potentially and eventually disturb the normally functioning of the dopamine receptors (one of the main neurotransmitters in our nervous system) resulting in bodily chemical imbalances that in turn trigger off a variety of involuntary and purposeless movement disorders that are substantially beyond control of the ones suffering from them. Included below are the weblinks on medical information about such neurology-related disorders.  

Extrapyramidal Symptoms :

http://www.hubin.org/publicfamilyinfo/treatment/side_effects/side_effects_6_en.html

 

Tardive Dyskinesia :

http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/tardive_dyskinesia.jsp 

 

Follow-up of The Information Given Above :

http://community.kget.com/forums/thread/2561470.aspx

 

Lastly, I hope that the information given will be useful to the intended readers. Thank you.

In fact most of the neurology-related disorders are closely connected to the side effects of modern medications especially the Atypical Antipsychotics that carry the side effects of Extrapyramidal Symptoms (EPS), Tardive Dyskinesia (TD) etc that would potentially and eventually disturb the normally functioning of the dopamine receptors (one of the main neurotransmitters in our nervous system) resulting in bodily chemical imbalances that in turn trigger off a variety of involuntary and purposeless movement disorders that are substantially beyond control of the ones suffering from them. Included below are the weblinks on medical information about such neurology-related disorders.  

Extrapyramidal Symptoms :

http://www.hubin.org/publicfamilyinfo/treatment/side_effects/side_effects_6_en.html

 

Tardive Dyskinesia :

http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/tardive_dyskinesia.jsp 

 

Follow-up of The Information Given Above :

http://community.kget.com/forums/thread/2561470.aspx

 

Lastly, I hope that the information given will be useful to the intended readers. Thank you.

Re: Eyelid twitching

Submitted by eowc on Sun, 2008-06-29 - 06:13
As for as the suggested alternative instrument-aided self-adminstered method of acupuncture method mentioned in my earlier posts as concerned (please refer to the prior posts above), it would actually and finally be effective on the intended persons with such problems whenever a blunt-pointed object such as a normal writing pen that is out-of-ink (that would serve as a leverage to produced a force that is adequately focused enough to generate the necessary 'reflexology stimulus' for the problematic facial nerves, especially the twitching eyelids) is pressed using just mild force onto the surface of the specified "He Gu" acupuncture point. And I can assure you that many people to whom I have recommended this method in my real life have gained tremendous curative benefits from this suggested method that eventually and fully cure that abnormally rapid non-stop eyelid twitching in the end once and for all. In fact, based on the acupuncturist attending to my eyelid twitching sickness, that acupuncture method actually serves to purge the dopamine-disturbing Risperdal toxin that cause all the non-stop eyelid-twitchings out of my nervous system and the nerves around my eyes enabling me to get totally cured in the end.


Besides, since I myself is not an acupuncturist, I really wonder if the same acupuncture mechanism that is to be applied onto other related acupuncture points would be applicable and work in the same way just like what I have explained in my articles in regard of my Risperdal-induced abnormally rapid non-stop twitching eyelids for the other parts of the human body such as arms, legs etc that are having the similar movement and neuromuscular disorders due to dopamine-disturbing side effects of certain modern medications too (by purging the dopamine-disturbing toxins out of the related nerves around the other related problematic body parts and the nervous system, please refer to the web reference included in my posts for those other acupuncture points). After all, there is just my personal opinion about the acupuncture mechanism based on my very own personal views and definitely a great deal of professional advices, consultancies, inquiries and confirmations would need to be obtained from the licensed acupuncturists who are in the actual and proper position to give clarifications and other related explanations to such views and suggestions .Next, please try to understand and take note that other acupuncture points may be located on the other parts of the human body that are either extremely vulnerable (such as near the eyes, ears, neck, head etc) or hardly reachable (such as the back, shoulder etc).


Next, this suggested therapy is actually a simple-to-practice and definitely free-of-charge one, and that is why I am greatly inspired to share my experience with others over the net so that they will eventually get such eyelid twitching sickness finally cured like me and the others too. Besides, for the ones who are having such a sickness, especially in such countries like India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and certain countries in the middle east for which there are a greater number of people troubled by such eye-related problem whilst such acupuncture treatment and related physicians are hardly available in these areas, I believe that my articles that account for my healing experience and the suggested self-administered acupuncture therapy will be much more invaluable and useful to them especially in terms of strengthening their eye nerves against a variey of eye diseases.


In addition, "HE GU" acupuncture point is located on both of the hands of a person. And for my case, my abnormally rapid non-stop eyelid twitching is caused by dopamine-disturbing side effects of Risperdal.


I don't know about the cause of your eyelid twitchings, but if one were to apply that acupuncture method on the "HE GU" acupuncture point of both of the hands, the healing effect would definitely at least double. So, why not give it a try (I have tried that before as a matter of fact.) And I can tell you that my eye condition now is even better than the one before I get such Tardive Dyskinesia-induced abnormally rapid eyelid twitching in the sense that my eyelids never twitch abnormally anymore ever since I get fully cured through that suggested alternative acupuncture therapy and my eyes rarely get overstrained even after I get to work lots of overtime for my work commitments that involve lots of paperworks and workings in front of a deskstop.


Lastly, I wish you a speedy and complete recovery for your eyelid-twitching sickness. Thank you.


Have a nice day.

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