When I was young I figured out how to give myself the hiccups, really loud frog like ones, and would do exactly that during sermons at church. My mother would whisper angrily to me to go play outside. I would run to the playground and hang out until I knew it was time to go back in and sit down for the last few minutes.
Recently, during a long car trip, my husband got this exact type of hiccups and nothing would make them go away.
So, I was wondering how do you cure your hiccups?
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i've found that if someone tells me, "ok, hiccup now!" and i try to do it on cue, they stop!
1If you offer someone $20 to hiccup again they can't. Don't know why it works but it does! I've even been brave enough to offer $100 - but have never ever had to pay it out!
2Squeeze the pressure point between your thumb and first finger. Squeeze hard for 30 seconds or so. Weird, but it works.
3If I let out all of my breath and then hold for about 20 seconds they usually go away.
4When I was a kid one of my coaches told me to concentrate on my diaphram muscle and try to control it. She told me what it was and where it was and by the time my attention was brought to it they were gone.
5Six fast really deep loud breaths and then hold your breath for as long as you can. It works!
6Hold your ears closed and drink a glass of water. It takes two people to do this but, it works every time. I learned this from my 5th grade teacher. Only back then..we used a water fountain instead of a glass of water.
7I try to swallow with my tongue out. So I hold my tongue and then try to swallow - it's difficult, but sometimes it works!
8Light one match. Extinguish it in a glass of water and drink the water. I have no idea why it works (a bartender told it to a friend's mom and said it was the sulfur from the match or something), but it's the only thing that works for me.
9I slow down my breath to calm my diaphragm.
10I do the little sips of water, but I do 12, not 14!
11I take seven sips of water at the rate pace and it usually cures it.
12I try to force myself to hiccup. It's sort of what krEnElk said.
13I find that the best (and only) cure is just to distract myself and forget I eve had the hiccups. I think that's really what all the other "cures" are doing anyway, right?
14Hold my breath, works every time! Except sometimes I have to do it more than once...
15You left out having someone scare the dickens out of you. That always works for me;)
16The best way is to:
1. Eat 2 teaspoons of Peanut Butter (works everytime) "or"
2. Drink water UPSIDE DOWN (do not do a headstand, just bend over) THROUGH A STRAW.
I think that the Peanut Butter trick works the best!!
17I'm with Giggle, the scare works for me too.
18I just had to write a quick comment to agree with Jess that a spoonful of peanut butter works EVERY time. I learned to do this when I was about 10 yrs old, and it has never not worked for me, or anyone else I suggest it to for that matter.
19try it next time!
I agree that the whole having someone hold your ears (good seal is important) and slowly drinking water absolutely works. I have no clue why. It also helps to take a few deep breaths after you drink before they let your ears open up again.
20I just take a drink of water as I normally would. Works every time!
21I've been doing the sugar since childhood. It never fails me.
But I have to say there are few things that drive me more nuts than hiccups. I absolutely resent them if they last more than a few minutes. I'd be in a padded room if I had them for 3 weeks!
22*A big spoonful of peanut butter
23or
*A spoonful of granulated sugar with a little tap water
or
*My dad hits a pressure point in my neck, it seems to fix it EVERY time!
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