Blepharospasm

[Kenneth]

What is Blepharospasm?
Blepharo means "eyelid". Spasm means "uncontrolled muscle contraction". The term blepharospasm ['blef-a-ro-spaz-m] can be applied to any abnormal blinking or eyelid tic or twitch resulting from any cause, ranging from dry eyes to Tourette's syndrome to tardive dyskinesia. The blepharospasm referred to here is officially called benign essential blepharospasm (BEB) to distinguish it from the less serious secondary blinking disorders. "Benign" indicates the condition is not life threatening, and "essential" is a medical term meaning "of unknown cause". It is both a cranial and a focal dystonia. Cranial refers to the head and focal indicates confinement to one part. The word dystonia describes abnormal involuntary sustained muscle contractions and spasms. Patients with blepharospasm have normal eyes. The visual disturbance is due solely to the forced closure of the eyelids.
I have a friend who has Blephrospasm! Has anyone come across this and treated it with any kind of success using Hypnotherapy, EFT, or any thing else.
Although I have known him for a long time, I did not know he had it. After talking with him, I suggested that I might be able to help, if anyone has any ideas I am open to suggestions. If not I will let you know how I get on.
It mostly affects him when he is tired, When he talks on the phone, or Person to person he holds his eyelids closed.
I can’t find any info referring to the use of hypnotherapy in the treatment of this so it may be a first!

[Gandalf]

Hi, im not sure but, i think it would make a difference to me, if i knew if this is something that this person was born with?

I also have a friend with something very simular to this, she couldnt go out without tinted glasses on as the wind, even a breeze would send her into a frenzy, between you and me i think she was on the blink..

It sounds very annoying, though..