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Tonic Water
Posted by Tab (Australia) on 11/09/2021
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I had an annoying upper eyelid twitch for 3 weeks. I read on here to try tonic water. I can say it definitely worked for me! While it never stopped it completely, after drinking a glass, it would give me reprieve for a few hours and then when I felt the twitch, I would drink more. I drank a litre a day on and off for 2 weeks and then dropped it back and then I woke up one day and it stopped. While I don't know if the tonic water cured the twitch, it will definitely stop the twitch for a certain amount of time, which really helped my anxiety as the twitch was really impacting my daily life. I would definitely try this miracle drink and go for the diet version (less sugar).
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Posted by Shannon (Port Talbot ) on 04/23/2018
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Had a twitch In my right eye for 5 weeks. It stopped last week and now it's started back and I'm having twitch in my left eye on the bottom lid. I've been stressed the past couple weeks thinking it's never going to go, but when I see posts about tonic water stopping it, I thought I'd give it a go so I'm drinking it atm. Does anyone know how long it will take for it work?
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Posted by Peppermint (Imperial, Ca) on 04/01/2018
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Thank you! My undereye (where my undereye bag is) was twitching, like a muscle spasm) for almost a month. I saw the posts on this site, so last night I tried tonic water which says it has quinine (found it at CVS Pharmacy next to the mineral water), drank only 3 oz, and today in the afternoon it finally stopped! OMG! Thank you for posting! I can't believe it worked!
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Posted by Moroco (Denver, Co) on 11/28/2017
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OMGOMGOMG. My right eye has literally been twitching non stop for over a year. I just drank about 15 oz of tonic water and poof, it stopped. OMGOMGOMGOMG> THANK YOU
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Posted by Jennifer (Lagrange, Ga) on 11/06/2017
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My left upper eyelid twitched for 6 weeks and I thought I was going to lose my mind until I found this thread about people having great results with tonic water. I went out and bought several liters and drank 8-16 oz a day for a week. The twitch is 90% better! Amazed and thankful!
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Posted by Beth (Uk) on 05/29/2017
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Quinine definitely works. I've an eye twitch for about 5 months now. It stopped while I was on holiday, but now I'm back home it started again. On holiday I was drinking gin with bitter lemon, without realising this has quinine in it - which must be what stopped the twitching. At home I usually drink gin and soda (no quinine) which is why the twitch must have started again!
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Posted by Deb (Texad) on 02/16/2017
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OMG! I had an annoying eye twitch for three or four weeks and read about the tonic water. I had one small bottle one night and it was way better the next day. Had a second small bottle the next night and it is completely gone today. Thank you for the tip!
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Posted by Spencer (Oregon) on 10/23/2016
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Tonic Water worked instantly for me. I have had eye twitches on my right eye for about two weeks and they seemed to be getting stronger. My ophthalmologist told me to drink 1oz. of Tonic water daily. He said it could take up to seven days to work. It worked instantly the same night. I actually took 2 oz. the first night. Today is day 3 and I have taken 1 oz. of tonic water daily(except for the 1st day when I drank 2oz.) and I have had no eye twitches since day one.
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Posted by Kim (Corona, Ca) on 05/04/2016
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My eye had literally been twitching for about 4 months, very strongly and was causing me anxiety. I drank about 8 oz of tonic water, and it reduced the twitching about 75% in the intensity and the amount of times it was twitching initially, and the over the next couple of days it completely stopped. I haven't experienced anymore twitching since the 8 oz....yay! This works...
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Posted by Donna (Alaska) on 04/04/2016
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I just want to say I tried the tonic water for eye twitching...I drank 1.5 lt over 24 hours and my eye hasn't twitched for 4 days now! Worth a try...
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Posted by Tasha (California) on 10/16/2015
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Let me tell you now, tonic water ABSOLUETELY works! After about 2 weeks of my left eye twitching about 8 times every 1-2 I minutes (I promise you, I am not exaggerating. It was terrible! ) I was seriously - not really, but almost - thinking it would be better to gouge my eye out rather than deal with the excessive twitching. I am soooo happy to have found this website when I did. I rushed out of the office to the nearest store and packed my shopping cart with 9 bottles of diet tonic water. I drank about 3 to 4 liters a day for 3 days an it's FINALLY GONE! Thank you all for you tonic water suggestion. I feel like I'm sane once again :-)
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Posted by Sandy (Bangalore) on 10/31/2014
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Cigarette Bud, stress reduction, acupuncture supplements .. nothing worked for 2 years. Finally, Tonic water! Galloped 3 bottles yesterday night .. it has been 12 hours, not a single twitch!
It worked for me! Thanks for earth clinic community
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Posted by Foxyroxy (Pittsburgh, Pa) on 06/06/2014
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Tonic water for eye twitch... Absolutely works! This definitely got rid of my eye twitch. You do have to drink a lot of it though. I drank a liter a day for a few weeks. I stopped drinking it about 5 weeks ago and haven't had a problem since. Try to get the diet if you are concerned about calories. Also, the active ingredient (quinine) can cause you to get a false positive on a drug test for heroine, so keep that in mind if you need to get screened for some reason.
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Posted by Joseph (Oakland, Ca) on 07/01/2013
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I've had a persistent eye twitch in my right eye for about 3 months now that's driving me crazy! Yesterday, I drank a glass of tonic water. I was going to have a gin and tonic, but I didn't want to be buzzed, so I just had a glass of tonic water and noticed that night (and this morning) the twitch had dramatically stopped by about 80%. I took a bottle of tonic water with me to work and have drank about about 16oz and the twitching has almost stopped completely. I have some of that powdered calcium/magnesium stuff at home. Might give that a try, but it seems like tonic water is the magic bullet.
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Posted by Red77 (Altanta, Ga) on 03/13/2013
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I tried the tonic water after reading these posts and experiencing over two weeks of constant twitching in my right eye. My condition improved so much with just under a liter of tonic water in 24 hours that I almost forgot to write in to thank you for the suggestion. I am grateful for a simple and effective remedy, and for the generosity of the poster to share the info. (also glad to hear cigarettes have a potentially useful purpose, and that I didn't have to go that route).
