Hemifacial Spasm

[livingwith]

I was diagnosed with hemifacial spasm in 2006 and botox was suggested but my insurance rejected this treatment. (I do have different insurance now but based on my research I don’t know that I would want to take the botox route) I am sure like many of you I had to go through many doctors describing the same symptoms over and over before ever getting this diagnosis.
Like many of you described mine started as a spasm around my left eye and then over the years went down into my face about 10 ...Read the full article

[TRINA]

Hi, It began for me in March of 2007 with just a little twitch above my left eye. By October of 2007 it got progressively worse and turned into a hemifacial spasm. The spasm would actually pulled my lip up so it looked like I was smiling on one side. Nice and embarrassing as you know. I have been seeing a neurologist. I was on skelaxin (a muscle relaxer) which helped a little but I wanted it to go away completely. I cannot attribute to anything that would have caused this. My stress is no different then it ever was. I did finally get Botox to the left side. I had two little injections above the eye and two below the eye. it seems like it helped a little but I feel like I have pressure around the eye. It has only been 4 days and I will follow up with my doctor in a couple of days. I am sad to say at this point it has not removed the entire spasm at this point. I am also going to see my eye doctor to hear what he has to say. Good luck to you.