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I started feeling my eyelids twitch during thesis year in college. At first, it was just annoying, until one day I felt that it was happening more than usual so I decided to look it up. Apparently it's a condition called blepharospasm, an uncontrollable twitching of the muscles around the eyelids--either on the upper or the lower part, and the main causes are tiredness, stress, and lack of sleep.

It gradually stopped when I started getting more rest, and thankfully didn't develop into anything serious. You might be quick to dismiss it if you also experience eyelid twitching, but I recently found TwitchingEyelids.com , a website that extensively discusses this condition and provides tips on avoiding it. According to the site, the twitch that I experienced was called Benign Essential Blepharospasm (BBB) a non-life threatening condition that easily passes.

But I was surprised to find that there was a more severe type of twitching related to "a neurological disorder like Tourette's syndrome." The site further explains that severe twitching can even lead to chronic conditions like permanent drooping of the eyes, in which case, a physician must be consulted. Treatment isn't practical, too--you can opt for either surgery or botox to control the eye muscle spasms.

If you do experience BBB, TwitchingEyelids.com advises getting more sleep, lessening your caffeine intake, exercising, and simply taking things slow. After all, doing these little things can pay off, and won't even cost more than surgery and botox definitely would.