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so, i got the stupid eyelid twitch (blepharospasm, not nystagmus) myself recently. how annoying! i was negligent about looking after myself during the holidays ... actually because i was working so hard outside.. i started on the magnesium this week. i did 750mg mag citrate on monday, 500mg on tuesday (i had to work outside again on tues and was afraid of the GI issues but i didn't even have a BM til yesterday evening.. TMI!!! hehe) and 250mg so far today.. i have been up for half an hour and no eyelid twitching so far. whew!

I have had the symptoms of the eye ball twitching and thought I was the only one with it so i haven't mentioned it to my neuro. it feels really weird but not a pain, just twitching and twitching and if you can look in the mirror when this happens, you can actually see it move around.

the eyeball twitch can be from lack of B1. B1 is a major component of the klenner protocol for MS. as in, 300mg with every meal!

just ran across this:

Vol. 38 No. 10, October 1981 Archives
Downbeat Nystagmus With Magnesium Depletion
Robert F. Saul, MD; John B. Selhorst, MD
Arch Neurol. 1981;38(10):650-652.

Abstract
Two patients with neurological signs of magnesium depletion complained of oscillopsia and manifested downbeat nystagmus. Serum magnesium levels measured less than 1.0 mg/dL. Hypomagnesemia resulted from debilitating intestinal disease in both patients and apparently was aggravated in one case by failure to add magnesium sulfate to the patient's regimen for total parenteral nutrition. Neither patient had any of the neurological conditions reported with downbeat nystagmus. Thus, downbeat nystagmus in the primary position occurs with the metabolic derangement of severe magnesium depletion. Another apparent metabolic cause of downbeat nystagmus is thiamine deficiency. Downbeat nystagmus also may occur from a partial deficiency of the metabolic cofactors, magnesium and thiamine.