Parkinson's Disease Support Group

Parkinson's disease is a movement disorder often characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing of physical movement, and in extreme cases, a loss of physical movement. The primary symptoms of Parkinsons are due to excessive muscle contraction, normally caused by the insufficient formation and action of dopamine, which is produced in the dopaminergic neurons of the...

509 Members

3,338 Posts

0 Online

peachybum 06/29/2009

I know l shouldnt blame everything on pd, but for the last week l have had a constant eyelid twitch, and it is really annoying.

Maybe a medication side effect?
Maybe another shit effect of PD? not sure

deleted_user 06/30/2009

I get the occasional facial twitch too, sometimes my eyes and recently between my nose and mouth.

I put it down to medication although I used to get an eye twitch occasionally before I had Parkinson's, mainly when I was tired. Could be you just need more sleep?

Dirky 07/02/2009

Hi peachy, upto now I don't have a eye lid twitch, but I've soo nearly got myself into some uncomfortable instances with my apparrently staring eyes....I have realised I may look at something/someone without seemingly aware of it for quite a while without blinking at all...then someone throws me dagger looks so I've learned to look away slowly and make it look as natural as I can without making things worse.
I asked my Dr, and she said that starey eyes or lack of blinking is common in PD....

Maybe you should check it out.... I wish you well.. Hugs Dirk !!;O))

Join the Conversation