ANA Discussion Forum
Post-Treatment => Facial Issues => Topic started by: CROOKEDSMILE on September 04, 2008, 08:14:26 am
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Okay. I have have facial paralysis and getting some recovery. I was taking my son to school this morning and I couldn't hardly drive for my the muscles around my eye squeezing and jumping around. I could actually see it in the mirror. I have an eyelid stick on weight and have been exercising my eye to strengthen the blink per my therapist instructions. I wasn't doing anything this morning......just driving and not trying to move anything and my eye was going NUTS. What do you think is going on? It's even doing it right now as I type.
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Hey Angie. Can you call your facial therapist and ask what might be going on?
Hope it settles down for you. On the plus side . . . there's movement!
Sara
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hi, this happened to me one night in the bath my upper eye lid starting twitching like crazy, the next day i noticed my eyelid look as if it had moved slightly down, i has a gold weight in my eye.
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Here is a quick video that will show you what “nystagmus� can look like
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4900411642905092382&vt=lf&hl=en
I had this for a temporary period days 3 – 8 after my surgery. In my case it was caused by brain swelling and required I take Diamox (a diuretic anti-inflammatory nasty pharmaceutical drug)
Are you simply having some twitching of muscles around the eye or is the eye going bazirk in a horizontal pattern – such as in the nystagmus video?
If you think you are having nystagmus you need to see your neurotologist ASAP. You could also see an ophthalmologist- either of these professionals can assess your situation and refer you to a “neuro -ophthalmologist�
Please know that I am now just fine and my eye is back to 99% function… and I may just be barking up the wrong tree here … Nevertheless this is not normal AN recovery and you need to get this checked out by a professional medical practioner.
If it is just the muscles twitching (i.e. muscle spasm) around the eye- you should check with your qualified neuromuscular facial retraining therapist.
Keep us posted.
DHM
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I am seeing in your other posts that you have a history of Hemifacial spasm…
Here is a video example
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RejdFpEw5yw
Is your atypical eye movement more like this video ….or the precious one on nystagmus?
DHM
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Hi. It isn't hemifacial spasm as I had that for 5 years and that is why I had the surgery (MVD) which caused the paralysis. I didn't have an AN but had damage to my facial nerve like Sara. So this isn't that as the surgery got rid of the spasms. My eyeball is fine and doesn't move abnormal. It is the muscles around the eye and under it that squeeze then let go and are going crazy. Feels weird.
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Angie~
Let's hope it is a sign that things are a changin"!!! ;D
K
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Sounds to me like things are waking up!
What exercises do you do to strengthen you eye lid?...just curious.
Michelle ;D
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hi, the exercises i was told to do for making the lids stronger is the surprise wide look with your eyes without moving your eyebrows you will notice your lids stretch.