Weird things you have discovered about yourself

[Anonymous]

I get twitches in my lower eyelid or my cheek right under my eyelid whenever I eat mint candy or drink mint herbal teas. I suffered with this for years before figuring out the connection. I think of this now because I had a roll of Mentos yesterday and just felt a little twang. I wonder how many people also experience this and have no idea why.

What have you found out about yourself that you could never learn via Google or a physician?

[Anonymous]

When I'm pregnant the skin on my hips gets sore immediately and lasts until a day or so after I deliver.....I actually "knew" I had gotten pregnant the second time around because of the skin thing...

Accutane makes my nose and eyebrows sweat uncontrollably....

[Anonymous]

Okay, this is weird but here goes.

If I'm having a hard time catching my breath, or needing to take one of those really deeeeep breaths, I gently caress the webbed area between my fingers, right where the fingers end and the palm begins. It works every time. Within seconds I'm able to take deep breaths!

[Anonymous]

Oh, God, one of my eyes has been twitching off and on for months! I wonder if it is diet related. I figured it was lack of sleep, but I never get any sleep, why should this month be different?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay, this is weird but here goes.

If I'm having a hard time catching my breath, or needing to take one of those really deeeeep breaths, I gently caress the webbed area between my fingers, right where the fingers end and the palm begins. It works every time. Within seconds I'm able to take deep breaths!

I know that this is used in hand reflexology. Not sure all the official reasons but some say it works against headache.

[Anonymous]

In some people, the eye twitch is caused by a salt deficiency. (Not sure if it's regular NaCl, or some other dietary element.)

[Anonymous]

If I sip a carbonated beverage too soon after swallowing food, I have one loud hiccup that sounds like a screeching hawk. It happens to my mother, too, but I've never heard it from anyone else.

[Anonymous]

spicy food makes me sweat underneath my eyes

[Anonymous]

that other people get "ice pick" headaches. For the longest time I thought I was the only one and was going to have a brain tumor.

[Anonymous]

If I drink wine my cheeks get red but really red in a second.

[Anonymous]

I get eye twitches when stressed out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:that other people get "ice pick" headaches. For the longest time I thought I was the only one and was going to have a brain tumor.

Yes, Ice pick is exactly what it feels like! It used to freak me out too. I think mine are related to my caffeine addiction.

[Anonymous]

When I eat Trader Joe's knock off Cheetohs I get cracks on my fingertips and heels that are screamingly painful. (Don't know if it happens from brand name ones since I haven't had them in years.) Happens within hours.

[Anonymous]

DD sneezed the moment she puts chocolate into her mouth...every time!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:that other people get "ice pick" headaches. For the longest time I thought I was the only one and was going to have a brain tumor.

I get "ice pick" headaches and they were officially diagnosed as migraines. The ice pick feels like it is stabbing into my upper inner eye close to my nose, and also I have a sharp pain on the same side of my head in the back near where the back of my skull joins the neck. Sometimes these can last a day or two. It comes with light and noise sensitivity to one degree or another and sometimes, but not always, nausea. Once diagnosed I took a prescription med for awhile, but now I find that I can generally control them with Excedrin Migraine formula.

The "ice pick" description, hemispheric pain (meaning only one side of the head), light/sound sensitivity, and nausea are all typical migraine symptoms, so if this describes you, it might be worth a visit to the doctor.