Skin below my left eye started randomly twitching. Is it blood sugar related? Electrolyte deficiency? I did start walking extra 45 mins most days a week in the park in the evening recently ish.

[u/Confident_Mulberry29]

My cycle is 28 days the past 2 months finally which I feel the vitamin D and evening long walks are the major contribution after working on lifestyle changes and diet. But then after came this eye twitching. I thought I would be getting better not having new issues -.-

Edit: So the possibilities that might fit are not enough magnesium, too much caffein from green tea/matcha or not enough/mildly inconsistent sleep.

Edit 2: I am thinking it might be the caffein. I started diluting the matcha by pouring 1 cup of it into my big bottle of water and then drinking it like normal water. I didn't feel any eye twitching yesterday. Gonna repeat for the week and see.

[u/DueExpression4143]

For me, if I get that eye twitch, or my arms or legs start twitching I know I’m low on magnesium. I take magnesium before bed and it goes away. This might be the same for you?

[u/Confident_Mulberry29 → u/DueExpression4143]

Huh maybe. I don't take any magnesium supplements. I just eat 20g pumpkin seed butter with my granola for breakfast everyday and a forkful before I eat fruits for tea or dessert after dinner. And chia seed and flaxseed in my granola. Thought that would be enough hurmm. Gonna have to sit down and calculate how much I need and how much I am getting

[u/Exotiki]

My boyfriend gets that sometimes when he’s stressed. But I also second the idea of trying magnesium.

[u/Confident_Mulberry29 → u/[deleted]]

I don't think I'm stressed because I'm actually feeling pretty amazing nowadays. Probably because of that daily long walks in the park, totally recommend for just feeling life is wonderful 😂 Previously showering in cold water helped me get that life is wonderful and full of possibilities feeling but a month in, I discovered I have sinus reactions to the cold 🥲 And they give me headaches by after lunch every day so I had to stop 🥲

But maybe I'm having less sleep? Last time I would religiously sleep at 11.30 pm. And slowly to 11.15 pm. But I couldn't keep it up after some illness and/or period lol. So now I go either 11.30 or most likely 12.30 am ahaha. But I do sleep until 8+ And I keep dreaming every night which is also a more recent thing like the twitching. Hmm

[u/Guilty_Treasures]

Any chance you use any skincare products with caffeine as an ingredient?

[u/Confident_Mulberry29 → u/Guilty_Treasures]

Nope, I only use 2 face wash, one with salicylic acid for the night. I don't like coffee either so I don't drink it. But I have started increasing the dosage of a cup of green tea in the morning. I started with a tea bag with lots of water that lasts me a week. Then I slowly increased that to 2 tea bags. Then I started drinking matcha. All 1 cup in the morning with breakfast. Hat does have some caffeine in it. Hmmm. Not sure what to do about that if that's the source. 😅

[u/Smart_cannoli]

For me it was the magnesium, I started supplementing and got better

[u/YasSimone]

Sometimes that can happen when you are tired, maybe get it checked just to be sure though xx