I have some bad-ass hiccups that wont cease!

[tainted_chimp]

Ive held my breath, and drank 10 gulps of water upside down.

does anyone have any suggestions?

This is becoming ridiculous....

[RebelOne]

1. You may not like this but it works for me.

Take a big gulp of vinegar. Instant hiccup cure.

[tainted_chimp]

2. Thank you!!

I'll try anything to stop them.

[caledesi]

3. This works every time.

Take a Q-tip and touch the uvula (that piece of sking hanging in the back of your mouth) and they will cease.

(got this idea from a person who worked for a doctor and a patient came in w/ hiccups he had had for a week)

[tainted_chimp]

4. Thanks Caldesi and RebleOne...

they stopped on their own all of the sudden as I was reading your advice. So weird!

But I'll keep your tips on hand for the next time.

:loveya: I so appreciate!

~Lisa


How do hiccups stop like that all of the sudden!?

[stilpist]

5. What works for me.

My understanding is that hiccups are spasms of the diaphragm. I close my eyes and comcentrate on relaxing my diaphragm (inside at the bottom of your ribs, just above your stomach). Works every time for me.

[Bronco69]

6. I know this sounds gross

but I always force myself to belch and it seems like that works every time. :-)

[radfringe]

7. there's actually TWO types of hiccups

depending on the cause or origination, unfortunately the resulting "hiccuping" is the same

if it lasts longer than 24 hours or the "hiccups" frequently reoccur -- then it's time to see a doctor

one type of hiccup responds to "sweet", the other to "sour"

most common responds to "sweet" -- take a teaspoon of sugar add a couple of drops of water to "liquify" it and swallow it -- repeat if there is no change in about 15 minutes

if the above doesn't work -- then you may have the kind that responds to "sour"

teaspoon of lemon juice and water -- about half water and half lemom juice

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. That's interesting...

The sugar cure was always used in our family; but I'd never heard of the vinegar one.

Thanks for the info!

[Dissenting_Prole]

8. ice-cream

A spoonful of ice-cream might work.

Or try drinking a glass of water with a butter knife in it. Really, it works.

[flamingpie2500]

9. I always hold a pencil horizontally under my tongue then drink water.

[radwriter0555]

11. vitamin deficiency. quad up a dose of multi-vitamins..

you'll be fine in an hour or so.

[Hubert Flottz]

12. Put a plastic bag over you head for about ten minutes!

[LDS Jock]

16. I've heard that works

but only one time.

[lazarus]

13. sugar cure has always worked in my family

Spoonful of sugar, put it under your tongue, let it dissolve. This gets it absorbed into your system super fast.

[Gildor Inglorion]

14. Mental exercise...

close your eyes and visualize the last WHITE HORSE you've seen. Concentrate on it for about 30-45 seconds. Your hiccups will cease.

[LynzM]

15. Hiccoughs are psychological, mostly

The first one, yeah, you need that one. The rest of them are because you keep thinking about them, and can't relax/forget... I can do the same thing mentioned above, concentrate on them and relax and force myself to breathe normally. You can teach yourself to do this. Also, think about most hiccough cures; they distract you from thinking about your hiccoughs (drink water upside down, stand one one foot and sing, drink vinegar (blech!) etc). You're concentrating so much on what you're trying to do that you forget about your hiccoughs. My proof? Probably 90% of the people I've told this to while they are hiccoughing aren't hiccoughing anymore by the time I'm done telling them! :D ;)

[Skittles]

17. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

DID I SCARE YOU ???

[The empressof all]

18. If the sugar does not work

Breathe into a PAPER bag. 10 deep breaths should do it.