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Tonic Water
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 :-)
Tonic Water
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
Tonic Water
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.
Tonic Water
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.
Replied by Priya
(Tamil Nadu)
09/08/2015
Replied by Jd
(Santa Rosa)
12/12/2015
Tonic Water
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).
Tonic Water
Posted by Stacey (San Diego, Ca) on 01/05/2013
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I had an eye twitch that would happen many times throughout the day for about a month. I went to the eye doctor and he also suggested tonic water with quinine. I went right to the store and bought a bottle. Had only a few sips that night, as the tonic water is very bitter. The next day the twitch was completely gone. It was amazing!
Tonic Water
Posted by Josey (Las Vegas, Nv) on 08/07/2012
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The tonic water works! I had an eye twitch for about 1 1 /2 weeks. I drank around 3 oz. of tonic water (nasty stuff! ) and about 1-2 hours later my eye started watering. It twitched just a few times more throughout the night and then felt dry and itchy. I put on a brewed tea bag for about 20 minutes and woke up good as new the next morning! It has not returned since (about 2 weeks age).
Tonic Water
Posted by Starmaker (Saskatoon, Sk, Canada) on 07/13/2012
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Rapid eye twitch in left eye for 2 days.
Further to this 2007 suggestion of tonic water. I went looking for a tonic water (shudder) without sugar or corn syrup. Even the high priced one had sugar. And was almost $4 for one lousy soda.
It was recommended to me to try JUST Quinine which is the ingredient in tonic water that the OP was talking about. A supplement called Leg Cramps with Quinine was $23 for 100 caplets. I bought those to try and dissolved 3 immediately under my tongue.
I don't know how it works, but it worked. And in record time. I have also been overdoing the work outs the past week and my persistant leg cramps went away as well. I am amazed.
Doing a search for Quinine online made me a little uneasy as there are side effects for some. I will report back if the twitches return. But in a nutshell. Quinine stopped the eye twitch cold!
Thank you so much for that suggestion of tonic water/quinine.
I was ready to stick a lit cigarette in my ear (above) lol, Sam
Replied by Starmaker
(Saskatoon, Sk)
07/16/2012
Tonic Water
Posted by Rebecca (New York City, NY) on 12/17/2007
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I had an annoying eye twitch lasting already two months before seeking help from my eye doctor. He said to drink tonic water for the quinine. Quinine is a muscle relaxant, and sure enough, the twitch subsided that very day.
Tonic Water, Lysine
Posted by vidal sasoon (singapore) on 01/04/2023
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I was having these eyelid spasms for a month. I tried calcium, magnesium, bananas, eye drops, warm compress.. nothing worked.
Then I saw the tonic water cure. So I bought a few cans of Schweppes tonic water. After drinking it, I could feel the twitching easing up a bit, but it was still twitching even on my fourth day of gulping down at least 3 cans of tonic water per day. Was really envious of those who got cured by this quickly.
Then I decided to switch brands, and I bought this more expensive tonic water with quinine sourced from south america. At that point in time, I remembered how I always cure my nerve pain (I get them every now and then after my shingles episode) - ie LYSINE. And I felt this eye twitching is probably due to some nerve abnormaly. Hence, I started taking like 2 lysine tablets every 6 hrs or so. At the same time, I started drinking the more expensive tonic water. Within a few hours of starting this regimen, I could finally feel it improving substantially. By the next day, it was like 95% gone. Also, pls avoid coffee. Coffee triggers my nerve pain, and makes my twitching worse.
In short, try taking Lysine and drinking tonic water with south american quinine. Hope this helps others plagued by this distressing ailment.
Water
Posted by Rita (Gananoque, Ontario Canada) on 08/05/2012
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My sister-in-law suggested plain water for the twitching of my eyes. Apparently it comes from dehydration. Two days later (after a regimen of a liter a day), my twitching stopped, not to have returned. My last episode of eye twitches was five years ago.
