• nik282000@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I’m on month 2 of an eye twitch. Last time it was 4 months in my arm and before that 4 months in my other eye.

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    1 year ago

    If you’re in the US, tonic water has quinine (a moderate muscle relaxor) in it. The eyelid of my left eye twitched constantly over a year. I suffered through a couple glasses of straight tonic water and my eyelid hasn’t twitched since

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      If you’re still turning to tonic water (or anyone else is looking to try this), you can buy tonic syrup and throw it in some soda water. It’ll taste way better

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          I personally don’t think so. If you’re buying the cheapest of the cheap it’ll just be bitter, fizzy, and stuffed to the gills with corn syrup but it’s serviceable. There’s plenty of easily accessible good quality tonic water in the states. I like tonic syrup because it gives you more control over the flavor of the drink you’re making. If.you’re taking it medicinally then syrup would probably be more palatable too, or at least easier to get down if you don’t care for the flavor. It’s typically a little sweeter and flavored with more botanicals than regular tonic water

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    I had eye twitching, went to an eye doctor and I had some mild astigmatism that my eyes were trying to compensate for and getting exhausted, especially when staring at computer screens, they don’t twitch now with glasses.

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    Everyone thinks I’m crazy, but for as long as I can remember I can usually stop mild twitches by just thinking about it. They sometimes come back after a few minutes but usually not.

    That’s probably the only superpower I have.