About dystonia Types of dystonia What are the symptoms? Symptoms of Meige syndrome include: excessive and uncontrollable blinking muscle spasms around the eyes causing them to close inability to re-open the eyes dry eyes eyes sensitive to light muscle spasms in the jaw causing the mouth to open or close muscle spasms that pull the mouth or tongue into different positions difficulty opening or closing the mouth difficulty chewing or swallowing tremor pain Stress and anxiety are known to exacerbate the symptoms.