Eye twitch!

[WoahGreenGiant]

Hi everyone! I have an annoying eye twitch at the moment that's been freaking me out a bit. It's been there on and off since Sunday. It's only in the top lid of my right eye and happens every few minutes or so and then it'll stop for a longer period and start again.

I'm a bit of a worrier anyway and I'm convincing myself it's an MS symptom (my mum was diagnosed with MS a few years ago and I've been anxious about the family link ever since, although I don't know what her symptoms were).

Can anyone talk me down? Is it likely to be dehydration/stress? I'm symptom-spotting and worrying myself! By chance I have an optician's appointment tomorrow so hopefully they'll spot any possible eye problems. If anyone can advise me, I'd be super grateful.

Caffeine and tiredness give me an eye twitch, but only when I'm at the waaayyy too much Diet Coke and coffee and waaaayyy too little sleep stage.

I've had a similar arm numb/tingly sensation when the muscles in my neck and shoulders have been tight and knotted due to stress or sleeping badly.

Getting a couple of nights decent sleep, combined with relaxation and heat applied to neck/shoulders has helped. I find swimming good for this too as the exercise stretches out muscles and I find swimming up and down up and down.... tranquil (as long as there's no blokey blokes speed swimming, thrashing and splashing as they go)

@Caramel78 @TorysSuckRevokeArticle50 I agree with these guys! I have this feeling in my left shoulder and I too connected it to awful neuro disease because that's what google says. I saw a chiro who said my muscles on that side are extremely tight compared to the other - and it's the side I sleep on etc - I do think anxiety has a big part to play - I've also had all the bloods and scans and docs keep coming back to anxiety - we can't all have something terrifying so hopefully odds are in our favor!

Thank you, everyone. The numbness in my arm is stil there slightly but not as bad as it was. It seems to be in my shoulders now and up to my jaw, but especially in my shoulders when I was driving. It's a bit scary, I think my panicking is probably not helping. I'm relieved by the optician not seeing any signs of MS but I'm going to try to bring the doctor's appointment forward just to talk to a HCP about it. Thanks, everyone.

I've been doing the heel-toe walking test and touching my nose with each index finger from outstretched arms (does that make sense?) and they both seem to be fine. Still feeling panicky about MS now that I've got the idea in my head. I know nobody here can tell me whether I have it or not but it helps a bit to post. Do you think these things always get picked up by OCT scans or could they have missed it? Sorry, everyone.

@WoahGreenGiant tell the doc your worries hun, my doc was quite reassuring with it, I was only sent for the brain scan because my anxiety was sky high and I cried and cried but my GP and the neuro didn't feel it was needed in fact the neuro said I wouldn't normally scan with your symptoms and I had what u are talking about and more. I still have to try and tell myself that now because my MS fear is out of control. My grandfathers stepbrother had it and was close to the family so I think my panic started there! I find it a tough worry to handle because there is no easy fix to testing and also because it's so random with symptoms (or so the internet says!) please try not to let yourself spiral, just try and put it to the back of your mind for now, tell the doc your worries and then trust their opinion. All the things I wish I'd done before the worry took 7 years!

Hi everyone, just wanted to give a bit of an update if that's OK, because you've spent time and energy replying to my worries.

I'm still waiting on blood results and my doctor's appointment is later on this afternoon but I went to the chiropractor yesterday (never been to one before) and it seemed quite enlightening!

He said that my right hip (or sacral joint and then consequently hip) doesn't extend quite as it should, possibly due to a running injury, which pushed one of my cervical vertebrae slightly out of its place on the right hand side. Because it was a vertebra in the neck, it's probable that that was affecting my nerves on both sides, hence the tingling in my hands and arms. Since my appointment yesterday I've had some 'zings' through my hands but nowhere near the level of tingling and numbness that I had before. Fingers crossed this is the answer. Still waiting to hear what the doctor has to say though!

@WoahGreenGiant yessss! Great! Exactly what happened to me with the numb shoulder feeling and it was no where near the same after the chiro! Bet your bloods come back normal too :)

@WoahGreenGiant I know this post is nearly 2 years old but I have had an eye twitch for 9 weeks now and I’ve been having heaviness in my right arm too for the last 2 weeks I’m waiting on blood results and a brain mri but my doctor seems to think this is all down to anxiety I’m just wondering if you got over all your symptoms or got a diagnosis? 😊

@Michelleheidi. I appreciate you posted a while ago. Did you ever get to the bottom of your symptoms?