Eye twitches
Question:
with bananas to reduce twitches. I no longer eat a banana a day, but I do drink a caffiene-free coffee substitute that has a moderate amount of potassium. I wonder of that helps, too?
If you’re looking for more potassium from foods, add a handful of raisins to your menu every day. Contains more postassium than bananas. Certainly not the bulk, however. Gordon Held
Response:
Hi Snit, I used to get eye-LID twitches quite a lot. I have found that eating bananas seems to help. I used to eat a banana a day – now I am not quite so consistant, but I do go back to htat whenever I start getting twitches. As odd as it sounds, I have had a number of people tell me that this has worked for them, too. It is very unlikely to do any harm, unless you are alergic… snit
You know something I use to eat one to two banana`s a day, and stopped, was getting a bit sick of them. And one of my eyes has been twitching ever so slightly again. I am going to go back on banana`s, maybe chocolate covered ones<G and see if I see a difference. They are also thinking banana`s might be slightly helpful to people with hypertension(please no one ditch their meds or stop seeing their doctor). And when I was put on paxil in March the doctor told me to eat a banana everyday, which I was doing anyway, she said it would prevent me from getting the *strange* taste in my mouth that paxil can cause. My mother was put on a antibiotic recently and complained of a metallicy taste in her mouth, I told her to eat a banana everyday while on the med, she claims it helped wonderfully. Of course YMMV…… Jackie 
Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat.
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You know something I use to eat one to two banana`s a day, and stopped, was getting a bit sick of them. And one of my eyes has been twitching ever so slightly again. I am going to go back on banana`s, maybe chocolate covered ones<G and see if I see a difference. They are also thinking banana`s might be slightly helpful to people with hypertension(please no one ditch their meds or stop seeing their doctor). And when I was put on paxil in March the doctor told me to eat a banana everyday, which I was doing anyway, she said it would prevent me from getting the *strange* taste in my mouth that paxil can cause. My mother was put on a antibiotic recently and complained of a metallicy taste in her mouth, I told her to eat a banana everyday while on the med, she claims it helped wonderfully. Of course YMMV……
I would be interested in any success, or failure, you have with bananas to reduce twitches. I no longer eat a banana a day, but I do drink a caffiene-free coffee substitute that has a moderate amount of potassium. I wonder of that helps, too? Good Luck, Snit — Snit’s Anxiety Suggestions: http://www.azstarnet.com/~snit/anxiety.html Ramblings about my journey toward recovery.
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We’ve had discussions on this board about muscle twitches and jerking motions with people on AD’s, especially Paxil. I also experience this with my eyes. While I’m reading, I’ll all of a sudden find that my eyes jerk away from the page and then back again. I momentarily lose control of them. It’s pretty disruptive for reading! Has anyone else experienced this?
I used to get eye-LID twitches quite a lot. I have found that eating bananas seems to help. I used to eat a banana a day – now I am not quite so consistant, but I do go back to htat whenever I start getting twitches. As odd as it sounds, I have had a number of people tell me that this has worked for them, too. It is very unlikely to do any harm, unless you are alergic… Snit — Snit’s Anxiety Suggestions: http://www.azstarnet.com/~snit/anxiety.html Ramblings about my journey toward recovery.
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We’ve had discussions on this board about muscle twitches and jerking motions with people on AD’s, especially Paxil. I also experience this with my eyes. While I’m reading, I’ll all of a sudden find that my eyes jerk away from the page and then back again. I momentarily lose control of them. It’s pretty disruptive for reading! Has anyone else experienced this? Sharon
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In the earlier stages of my anxiety disorder (that would be a couple of years ago) i used to get frequent, random, eye twitches. I’ve learned since then, that these type of twitches are common symptoms of anxiety disorders. To me it seems, from the way you described it, and from my own history, that the twitches are just manifestations of anxiety that have nothing to do with the medicine. But really, you should talk it over with your doctor. by the way, I’ve taken buSpar, Paxil, Xanax, Klonopin, Zoloft and Prosac and have never had eye twitches while taking them
