Eye Twitching Remedies

OMGOMGOMG. My right eye has literally been twitching non stop for over a year. I just drank about 15 oz of tonic water and poof, it stopped. OMGOMGOMGOMG> THANK YOU

I wrote in a couple of weeks ago about baking soda and lime causing an eye twitch. Well this email is about how I finally cured it. My eye twitch went on for 10 days! INSANE!! Never had that happen before!!

I tried many of the remedies found here on EC: acupressure, magnesium, mag oil, bananas, and even electrolytes. The electrolytes helped slightly but then the twitch came back a couple of hours later. This weekend, after my eye was getting progressively more swollen from twitching, I decided to go and buy potassium supplements instead of just eating bananas. I ended up with potassium caplets instead of capsules as the big box store that was open didn't have capsules. (I don't think caplets are absorbed as well and will buy capsules in the future). I took one pill and my eye twitch stopped an hour later after 10 relentless days!!!

The twitch came back about 12 hours later, though less intensely than before, so I promptly took another potassium. I have repeated the dosage for two days now and the twitch is completely gone.

Another side effect from the alkalizing tonic that I didn't mention in my last post because it started a couple days after that, was that I also got nerve sensitivity to cold in my gum line. Very uncomfortable to drink. Guess what, the potassium cured that too!!!

Folks, do watch out when you do these alkalizing and detoxing remedies. They can pull vital nutrients from your body, leaving you with side effects that may take you down the rabbit hole trying to figure out!!!

My eye had literally been twitching for about 4 months, very strongly and was causing me anxiety. I drank about 8 oz of tonic water, and it reduced the twitching about 75% in the intensity and the amount of times it was twitching initially, and the over the next couple of days it completely stopped. I haven't experienced anymore twitching since the 8 oz....yay! This works...

My left eye has been twitching for many months now and I ignored it hoping it would cure itself, but it didn't. So I found this site discussing cures.

This is what worked for me. I closed my eyes and used the my back of my left index finger to apply heavy pressure over the middle and last part of the left eyebrow for a few minutes. After a minute or so of applying pressure, the left eyelid stopped twitching. I continued applying pressure for 5 minutes more or so. I fell asleep and when I woke up the twitching had gone completely. Let's hope it does not return.

Thank you! My undereye (where my undereye bag is) was twitching, like a muscle spasm) for almost a month. I saw the posts on this site, so last night I tried tonic water which says it has quinine (found it at CVS Pharmacy next to the mineral water), drank only 3 oz, and today in the afternoon it finally stopped! OMG! Thank you for posting! I can't believe it worked!

Tonic Water worked instantly for me. I have had eye twitches on my right eye for about two weeks and they seemed to be getting stronger. My ophthalmologist told me to drink 1oz. of Tonic water daily. He said it could take up to seven days to work. It worked instantly the same night. I actually took 2 oz. the first night. Today is day 3 and I have taken 1 oz. of tonic water daily(except for the 1st day when I drank 2oz.) and I have had no eye twitches since day one.

My right upper eyelid started twitching many times per day causing me to seek a cure here. I tried bananas, potassium, magnesium, pressure in the area. None of those worked. I remembered that when my ribs were in pain my Chiropractor said the muscles were in spasm from a fall I had that caused a nerve to be pinched. When adjustments to relieve the pinched nerve failed he put electrodes on the area and applied shock treatments to the area to exhaust the muscles so they would be too tired to spasm and would get out of the habit of doing so.

That made me think I needed to exhaust the eye muscles but unwilling to put electrodes and shock in the area of my eye I just practiced blinking the eyelid as rapidly as possible for 30-45 seconds and found that stops it for a few hours so I am not constantly bothered by the twitching.

Hope this helps someone else. I still hope to find something that works totally.

Hi Suzie, it is unfortunately typical for doctors unable to help patients and thus put them on antidepressants, usually with no warning. It happened to my husband when they could not control his blood pressure, "here, take these". I read side effects including 'electrical brain snaps in brain' and was mortified. My husband was not told the pill was an anti depressant. Good on you for keeping up the search, some ideas for you. Transdermal Magnesium lotion applied below the eye, not too close, and because it sounds like a mineral is lacking, add 1/4 tsp unrefined sea or Celtic salt to your liter of water, at least two litres a day. Keep a food diary, and note which foods make the condition worse, so you can avoid. I think you'll find foods with aspartame, artificial colors and msg are your culprits. I would also replace your caffeine drinks or sodas with organic herbal tea to see if helps. Good luck!

Let me tell you now, tonic water ABSOLUETELY works! After about 2 weeks of my left eye twitching about 8 times every 1-2 I minutes (I promise you, I am not exaggerating. It was terrible! ) I was seriously - not really, but almost - thinking it would be better to gouge my eye out rather than deal with the excessive twitching. I am soooo happy to have found this website when I did. I rushed out of the office to the nearest store and packed my shopping cart with 9 bottles of diet tonic water. I drank about 3 to 4 liters a day for 3 days an it's FINALLY GONE! Thank you all for you tonic water suggestion. I feel like I'm sane once again :-)

I had a severe eye twitch for 10 months. It was driving me crazy. Homeopathy didn't work; rest and relaxation didn't work- and I was at my wits' end. Then I got smart- I went to an acupuncturist. After just TWO sessions the twitch was completely gone, and it has not returned! It has been about 5 months.

Next time, try cream of tartar. It is a natural form of potassium - 1/4 of a teaspoon twice a day 😄😄👍

OMG! I had an annoying eye twitch for three or four weeks and read about the tonic water. I had one small bottle one night and it was way better the next day. Had a second small bottle the next night and it is completely gone today. Thank you for the tip!

I just want to say I tried the tonic water for eye twitching...I drank 1.5 lt over 24 hours and my eye hasn't twitched for 4 days now! Worth a try...

I came to this site desperately trying to cure my twitching eye that had gone on for almost a month. The twitching was constant and I was feeling horrible. I was looking at the mirror a thousand times a day hoping it would have stopped. I tried taking tonic water and other remedies without success.. I then decided to start taking magnesium and calcium tablets....pap, it's gone, within two days of administering the multivitamins. Am so happy and thankful to God for using all the good people in this site. I will keep my diet on good check and never again take health for granted. Thanks to all you who share the knowledge.

Cigarette Bud, stress reduction, acupuncture supplements .. nothing worked for 2 years. Finally, Tonic water! Galloped 3 bottles yesterday night .. it has been 12 hours, not a single twitch!

It worked for me! Thanks for earth clinic community

Tonic water for eye twitch... Absolutely works! This definitely got rid of my eye twitch. You do have to drink a lot of it though. I drank a liter a day for a few weeks. I stopped drinking it about 5 weeks ago and haven't had a problem since. Try to get the diet if you are concerned about calories. Also, the active ingredient (quinine) can cause you to get a false positive on a drug test for heroine, so keep that in mind if you need to get screened for some reason.

Rapid eye twitch in left eye for 2 days.

Further to this 2007 suggestion of tonic water. I went looking for a tonic water (shudder) without sugar or corn syrup. Even the high priced one had sugar. And was almost $4 for one lousy soda.

It was recommended to me to try JUST Quinine which is the ingredient in tonic water that the OP was talking about. A supplement called Leg Cramps with Quinine was $23 for 100 caplets. I bought those to try and dissolved 3 immediately under my tongue.

I don't know how it works, but it worked. And in record time. I have also been overdoing the work outs the past week and my persistant leg cramps went away as well. I am amazed.

Doing a search for Quinine online made me a little uneasy as there are side effects for some. I will report back if the twitches return. But in a nutshell. Quinine stopped the eye twitch cold!

Thank you so much for that suggestion of tonic water/quinine.

I was ready to stick a lit cigarette in my ear (above) lol, Sam