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February 21st, 2006

the physical manifestations

How do I know I’m exhausted (other than the general malaise)?

My right eyelid has started to twitch. This has not happened to me in YEARS. Any suggestions on what I can do to make it stop?

posted by k at 1:56 pm | just me |

comments

Study less? :) My left eyelid twitches when I’m stressed… that’s the que for me to take a break.

posted by Dave!, February 21st, 2006 at 2:12 pm

Er, *cue*… see? I need to relax more. :)

posted by Dave!, February 21st, 2006 at 2:14 pm

Yoga

posted by Hanah, February 21st, 2006 at 2:59 pm

Have you ever seen A Clockwork Orange? There are ways to keep those eyelids in place…

posted by rj3, February 21st, 2006 at 5:03 pm

chocolate!

posted by emily sitton, February 21st, 2006 at 6:16 pm

Yeah, it’s the left one for me too. I’m told that potassium (like bananas) helps. I dunno. I still have the spasm; now that IT is all over, we’ll see if it goes away with the stress…

posted by Kristine (the other one), February 22nd, 2006 at 5:48 pm

This must be a common affliction for law students. I have the same problem but it’s from stress, not tiredness.

And check this out — another law student blogged about the same eyelid twitching problem.

(sorry - I don’t know how to post links in comments)

http://www.blogrolling.com/br/sidebar_frames.phtml?r=21be45a72265055df133ba745a6563a4&overridetarget=br_main

posted by some guy, February 23rd, 2006 at 2:29 pm

I had the twitch in law school too. When I finally scrounged the money to buy new glasses, I got anti-reflective lenses, which seemed to help offset the strain from constant computer work–and alleviated the twitch, even while studying for the bar exam.

posted by Mommy, Esq., February 26th, 2006 at 9:37 pm