What's your hiccup cure?

[Lemon Grrrrrl]

Just wondering.

For me, I plug my ears while someone gives me a glass of water. I drink as much as I can in one gulp. It never fails!

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

BOO!!!

Did it work?

 

[Utoo]

Kissing. A slow, real kiss. Works 50% of the time. Enjoyable 100% of the time.

 

[Doozer61]

hold your breath and hold your nose together for 20 seconds

 

[redkat]

a bartender recently gave me a lemon soaked in bitters after all else had failed it worked

 

[LemonMelon]

Still use the bag method. Works 100% of the time, but it may take 5-10 minutes.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Still use the bag method. Works 100% of the time, but it may take 5-10 minutes.

Hold on a second, "the bag method"? How does this work exactly?

 

[Screwtape2]

All you have to do is just swallow a couple times.

 

[waynetravis]

Just wondering.

For me, I plug my ears while someone gives me a glass of water. I drink as much as I can in one gulp. It never fails!

same here. always works

 

[ylimeU2]

I eat a teaspoon or so of peanut butter. Works every time for me.

 

[tiny dancer]

Holding my breathe always works for me.

 

[AngelofHarlem01]

drink a couple sips of water upside down..not literally of course but just kind of tilting your head before you swallow. also holding your nose and drinking some water usually helps too.

 

[LemonMelon]

Hold on a second, "the bag method"? How does this work exactly?

Just breathe slowly into a paper bag until it stops. It works for hyperventilation too, and can be relaxing.

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

Hold your breath, drink the water upside down, a spoonful of sugar. Any combination of the three or all three.

 

[Laura M]

Hold my nose and drink water

I had the hiccups tonight at the cinema, everytime I went to take a drink it started.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Just breathe slowly into a paper bag until it stops. It works for hyperventilation too, and can be relaxing.

Oh, okay... I was thinking plastic bag over the head or something weird like that...

And for the record, holding my breath as long as I can and slowly releasing it usually works for me, it can take a couple of tries though...

 

[LemonMelon]

My mom keeps begging me to try the cure that AngelofHarlem01 was talking about...maybe I should...

 

[Lara_Croft]

a glass of water + a spoonful of sugar


always worked

 

[Sicy]

a bartender recently gave me a lemon soaked in bitters after all else had failed it worked

Yep, bitters and lime if you're at the bar.. always works.

Or I plug my ears and hold my breath for 20 seconds.

 

[Bug]

I can't get rid of mine and they're always violent.
They just have to go away on their own for me. Damn diaphragm.

 

[shari schultz]

a glass of water + a spoonful of sugar


always worked

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

A spoonful of peanut butter always does it for me. But sometimes I do a spoonful of sugar.

 

[susanp6]

Holding my breathe always works for me.

That works for me some of the time but not always!


Genuinely getting a fright does however always work but if you know it's coming then it doesn't really work

 

[Where'sTheLove]

i just try to anticipate when the next one will come. just pause and take a "wait for it... wait for it" moment and focus on it so much that it will actually not come. a friend had me try this a while back and it works for me everytime.

 

[Bono's Betty]

I hold my breath but it never really seems to work

 

[gherman]

We use Amitriptyline in the pharmacy. I did hear someone say they drink a tablespoon of Astroglide and that helps his chronic hiccups.

 

[LemonMelon]

i just try to anticipate when the next one will come. just pause and take a "wait for it... wait for it" moment and focus on it so much that it will actually not come. a friend had me try this a while back and it works for me everytime.

That's because you stop all movement and slow down your breathing to nearly a stop when you wait for the next hiccup. I imagine holding your breath would work similarly well.

 

[gherman]

Its just a spasm in your diaphram and just controling your breath will help.

 

[christiana]

Take a deep breath and hold it.

I hiccup so often that I begin to think if I got a disease or something

 

[absintheminded]

Drink warm water in a coffee mug with a table knife laying against your temple while you drink the whole thing.

Works 95% of the time all the time~