Twitchy eyelids

[Liege]

I have Hashimoto's and have problems with my eyes this comes and goes but eyelid twitching lasted for 3wks and still not going away ? meds need changing or vit deficiency

[Marz]

Could it be B12 ? - or low VitD - or low T3. Do you have any results ?

[humanbean]

It could be all sorts of deficiencies. I'd suggest magnesium is worth an early trial.

[HLAB35 in reply to humanbean]

I'd go with that and if you're prone to muscle spasms and cramps like restless legs you'll know you've got low Mag.

[Liege]

My last tests in August were B12 670,VitD 67,Mag 0.87 I do supplement these but not sure how levels are currently

[Liege]

T3 4.4

[hashimotoes01]

Hi, i had similar in one eye for 18 months. It was almost like a facial spasm. It was at the eye clinic that they picked up my tiredness and gave the blood test for underactive thyroid. It was only when i was on medication that it rightrd itself. I would say that you need to have a blood test t see if you are under dosed. Good luck and hope it clears up.

[jacrjacr]

MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY

[stuartwwhouse]

I have had this too and it is so annoying! I am 99% certain that it can also be caused by pooling of T4 meds - I stopped my levo for 2 days and it went - I resumed my levo and it returned again

I waited another week and tried again - exactly the same happened

The obvious first thing would be Mag deficiency but just thought I would share my experience if vitamins and minerals don't end up helping or aren't the root cause for you.

[Liege in reply to stuartwwhouse]

Sounds interesting I do take 250 mg magnesium but its not helping maybe I need to increase dose?

[shelbydaws in reply to Liege]

You can safely try up to 600 and maybe as far as 700 but increase gradually.

[stuartwwhouse]

Twitchy eye is so common with us hypos I had to test it , it may not be levo but for me it's a sure sign I have too much in my blood at once