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tatianne

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Anyone experience eyelid twitching ???
« on: February 20, 2008, 03:00:29 pm »
My right lower eyelid, (AN side) has been twitching on and offf everyday for the past two weeks. not painful just annoying.
Anyone else experience this ??
Could this be AN related ??
I always thought it was stress or too much caffeine....
Thanks
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Re: Anyone experience eyelid twitching ???
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2008, 04:28:06 pm »
I had the twitching pre surgery - thought it was due to fatigue.  It is AN related
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Re: Anyone experience eyelid twitching ???
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2008, 07:06:21 pm »
me too, thought it was fatigue but its the tumour on the facial nerve.  I still get it, especially when I'm tired and stressed.
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Re: Anyone experience eyelid twitching ???
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2008, 07:18:24 pm »
Thinking about eyelid twitching, I had UPPER eyelid twitching on the AN side pre-surgery number 1. It was years before the surgery but I know now that I already had the tumor.

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Re: Anyone experience eyelid twitching ???
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2008, 08:11:14 pm »
It's referred to as a "blepharism" and yes, I get them quite often. Especially during and after an episode of conjunctivitis.
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