Eye twitch

[Paulydoglover]

I switched from cigarettes (roll ups) to e-cigs 7 weeks ago today. Everything is lovely but - 2 weeks ago I developed a twitch in my left lower eyelid that is driving me potty.

I've Googled it, and I'm not the only one to develop this annoying eye twitch a month in to vaping, but no one seems to have pinned down the reason or cure.

Much as it's against my very being to attribute anything negative to vaping - I really love it and it's changed my life and health so amazingly - it is definitely, 100% sure, caused by vaping. It is not caused by tiredness/stress/neurological problems/computer screen overuse, etc.

The trouble is, I don't know which aspect of vaping is the culprit - is it the brand I use, the strength, the flavour, the PG?

So does anyone here have any similar experiences and/or have they found a cure? Knowing what you use would be interesting also:
I use Liberro Realis with their Liquid Purity Maple Cured juice at 18mg.

Thanks

Pauly

 

[NancyR]

Pauly I would suggest you speak to your dr. I won't say it is not vaping related as I don't know. What I will say is there are other issues that smoking covers up, so there is a chance it is not the vaping but just something else going on that smoking is no longer masking.

 

[rolandpibb]

Why are you so easily removing stress from the equation? That's the only reason I've ever heard for eye twitching.

The stress of quitting cigarettes may be taking more of a toll than you think.

 

[reflogsdrawkcab]

i get that damn eye twitch when im stressed and not sleeping well, always have.. maybe youre using too high of a nic juice at night?

 

[Clovery]

I would try to cut the nic level and see if that helps.

 

[recidivus]

I can't say how different people react and I won't say that you shouldn't be concerned. I'm fairly new to all this, but:

Correlation does not imply causation. Eye twitches can come from any number of things. Stress, tiredness, eye strain, caffeine, alcohol, dry eyes, nutritional imbalances, allergies. These all come up on searches unless you specifically add ecig, it's been happening to folks for a long time. On top of that you are still taking in nicotine, an "upper" which just adds to it all. I'd guess your body is used to the reduced nicotine by now, so that probably isn't adding much stress any more.

Ecigs aside, if it's been going steady for 2 weeks I'd consider seeing a gp if you can. I've had a twitch for a few days and it's nothing fun, but 14+ seems a bit beyond the scope of "normal" to me.

 

[Harplayr]

Occasionally I get that too.
I’m not too concerned because I’ve had that happen even before I started vaping. For me it occurs mostly when vaping a bit too much. My eye feels a tad dry and I attribute it to too much nic, not enough sleep and possibly the vapor drying my eyes out a bit. It doesn’t happen often enough or severe enough for me to make a special appointment though.

 

[Beans]

I've had eye twitches for years and years, stress, nerves, even infections can cause these. I haven't had many in the last 1 1/2 that I've been vaping. If your concerned go to the DR. Good luck