What makes your eyelid jump and what can make it stop?

Question

My eyelid has been jumping for about 3 weeks now and it is really irritating. I have heard it can occur from stress, and I 've been told to put ice on it, or take Ibuprophen. Can someone give me some home remedy to make it stop?

Answer 1

Eye twitching is usually caused by stress and lack of sleep. Even good stress is stress, like being tired after a vacation or a weekend of partying. You need to sleep more, take your vitamins, and drink plenty of water. Try to walk around the block once or twice a day too....exercise zaps the stress hormones. For today, you might want to take a long hot shower and also put some warm compresses on your eyes to try to calm it down and cut off the caffeine for a couple of days, this amplifies it, try drinking some camomille tea instead. Smooches!