11/15/2025
In perimenopause, nerves and muscles can get extra sensitive from stress, sleep disruption, and hormones shifting.
Common culprits:
🚫Sleep trouble and fatigue: less rest = more twitchy eyelids.
🚫Caffeine/stimulants and dehydration: jitters show up anywhere, including your eyes.
🚫Eye strain: screens, bright light, and not blinking enough can trigger it.
🚫Hormonal fluctuations: estrogen/progesterone shifts affect nerves and muscle responses.
🚫Stress and anxiety: your body clings to tightness wherever it can.
Okay maybe I was being a tad dramatic. There are a couple things we can do without HRT:
✅️Restore rest: prioritize sleep, even small naps if needed.
✅️Hydrate and trim extra caffeine: sip water, scale back after 2 PM.
✅️Gentle eye breaks: 20–20-20 rule (every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds).
✅️Gentle eye care: warm compresses for a minute, blink more, reduce screen glare.
✅️Move and decompress: 5-minute reset breaks—breathing, shoulder relax, light neck release- capacity conscious yoga can help with this!
May the force be with us 🤣
