Facial Ticks...

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Errr... weird question. I've been under a lot of pressure recently with... stuff, and as such, I've actually developed a facial tick. I mean, my face starts randomly jerking every now and then, especially when I'm feeling irritated.

Does anyone know how ticks are caused/cured/whatever?

Oh, and the first person to post a picture of the cartoon "The Tick" gets me coming round to their house to kill their pets.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 2 June 2003 17:38 (twenty-one years ago)

http://fantasia.ncsa.uiuc.edu/doug/tick.jpg
my parasites are my only pets.

― dyson (dyson), Monday, 2 June 2003 17:44 (twenty-one years ago)

If it's good enough for http://cn.cl2000.com/film2/dyrw/images/kitano%20takeshi.jpg

...

― amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 2 June 2003 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I went to the Highlands last week and got two ticks. One on my arm and one on my foot. Nice!

(it's 'tic', Dom).

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 2 June 2003 17:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it "tic"? Right... that's why my Google searches have turned up fuck all...

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 2 June 2003 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes it's tic, and stress can set it off. Try eliminating caffeine if you can, that helps.

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 01:08 (twenty-one years ago)

caffeine definitely brings mine right on

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 01:16 (twenty-one years ago)

alternatively you could embrace your tic and develop that into a screen persona. george clooney makes a good living this way. head tilt, smirk, head tilt, smirk.

in all seriousness reducing intake of coffee, nicotine and booze may help

― Chris Radford (Chris Radford), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 02:33 (twenty-one years ago)

reducing intake of coffee, nicotine and booze may help

crikey, i'd ingest virtually nothing if i did that

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 02:39 (twenty-one years ago)

heh. reduction jim, not eradicating. imagine a world without vices.

― Chris Radford (Chris Radford), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 02:45 (twenty-one years ago)

*brain explodes*

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 02:47 (twenty-one years ago)

shortage of magnesium can create these.

― huffaho, Tuesday, 3 June 2003 07:06 (twenty-one years ago)

where can we get this magnesium?

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 07:29 (twenty-one years ago)

oh yeah, magnesium helps you absorb calcium, and they both reduce muscle contractions/cramps. You can buy a combo vitamin for it.

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 09:19 (twenty-one years ago)

BEARD LICE!

― RickyT (RickyT), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 09:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the caffeine may just be it, I've been surviving on Diet coke and nothing else these past few weeks... cheers guys.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 09:21 (twenty-one years ago)

four months pass...

Dont know what there from. any help out there?

― Louann Schiavone, Monday, 27 October 2003 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

eight years pass...

guys my face has been twitching for TWO DAYS am i dying?

― horseshoe, Friday, 11 November 2011 05:22 (thirteen years ago)

I hope not. I've had an eye twitch for a week & I don't wanna die. Let's make a pact to LIVE, DAMMIT

― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 11 November 2011 05:25 (thirteen years ago)

okay! can stress cause this?

― horseshoe, Friday, 11 November 2011 05:28 (thirteen years ago)

and caffeine I think

― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 11 November 2011 06:03 (thirteen years ago)

lack of sleep causes my eyes to get twitchy

― buzza, Friday, 11 November 2011 06:04 (thirteen years ago)

stress can def cause this. I go through periods of mad face twitching for like a month or so until I go to the docs and they give me diazepam.

― owenf, Friday, 11 November 2011 23:55 (thirteen years ago)

I've heard (though have not bothered to Google to confirm) that low potassium can cause an eye twitch. I tend to get them when I'm really tired. So my advice is to eat a banana and go to bed.

― They're coming to get you, (Jenny), Saturday, 12 November 2011 00:41 (thirteen years ago)

I get a strong twitch (it's visible if I look in a mirror) on the left side of my chin every once in a while.

― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Saturday, 12 November 2011 04:42 (thirteen years ago)

there's a real difference between a compulsive twitch thing and a facial muscle spasm which are really common.

― owenf, Saturday, 12 November 2011 10:46 (thirteen years ago)

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