“What to do about a twitching eyelid?”

Most eyelid spasms go away without treatment in a few days or weeks. If they don't go away, you can try to eliminate or decrease potential causes. The most common causes of eyelid twitching are stress, fatigue, and caffeine.

Usually this is benign and caused by stress/caffeine/sleep deprivation.

Eyelid twitching, also known as myokymia, is almost always a harmless (although bothersome) condition. It is most frequently associated with stress, lack of sleep, or too much caffeine. In order to get it to stop, you could try to catch up on some sleep, cut back on the coffee, soda, and/or other caffeinated beverages, or try some meditation or stress-relief
exercises. In the rare event that it doesn't go away, or if you develop any other symptoms which cause you any concern, I would recommend visiting your eye doctor or your primary care doctor to make sure it isn't anything else.
Here is some further reading materials if you are interested:

https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/how-to-stop-eye-twitching
https://www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/eye-twitching/basics/definition/sym-20050838

Hope this helps. Take care,

Eric Downing, MD

Relax. If unassociated with other signs or symptoms it is rarely a sign of trouble. Commonly occurs at times of stress or fatigue

Ice pack for 5 minutes at a time a few times a day

Typically related to caffeine and/or lack of sleep. If not better in 1 week, contact an eye care professional.

Alan J. Franklin, MD, PhD