How do I get rid of the hiccups?

[Rising Phoenix]

I know a couple tricks but they all involve someone else holding a cup while I plug my ears and so forth. Right now I am all alone. Any suggestions.

[billyskank]

1. Control your breathing and keep your diaphragm tense

It's not guaranteed, but it's the only method that has ever worked for me.

[BlondieK143]

2. Nope. Not a one.

I got a BAD case two Saturdays ago when I was drinking. After an hour, I started to believe they would NEVER stop.

:loveya: Hey you!

[Rising Phoenix]

14. thats reassuring

[WeRQ4U]

3. Try to anticipate when the next one is coming.

[Mutley]

4. I hold my breath and drink soda at the same time.

But it's gotta be soda, something about the carbonation. Seems to do it for me.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. Eat a teaspoon of granulated sugar.

It works every time.

[bicentennial_baby]

6. Big spoonful of peanut butter

works for me every time


:loveya:

[Misunderestimator]

7. Hey!

[Rising Phoenix]

11. lol

sorry, didn't scare me, thanks for trying

[Misunderestimator]

23. shoot

:(

[RebelOne]

8. Take a big gulp of vinegar. I know it sounds gross,

but it works for me every time. Also, take a small sip of hot sauce. It shocks the hiccups out of your system.

[jobycom]

10. SOUNDS gross? You mean, IS gross! I'd rather have hiccups! nt.

[jobycom]

9. All the successful ones I know of are fatal...

Sorry.

[anarch]

12. drink an eight ounce glass of tequila.

repeat until the hiccups stop.

[Rising Phoenix]

13. Holy Shit

An eight ounce glass - I"d be wasted for a month

[anarch]

15. well, you probalby wouldn't care about the hiccups anymore... n/t

[progressoid]

16. Drink water backwards...

You drink out of the opposite side of the glass that you normally drink. You have to lean way over - like you are about to do a summersault. Takes a little finesse to keep water from spilling out onto your face, but it works every time!

[bertha katzenengel]

17. let's see if I can explain this

Take a cup of water. Hold your head over it and with your lips, grab the rim of the cup that is away from your body. Bend over, tip the cup's bottom toward your body, take a drink (the water will hit the roof of your mouth) and swallow while bent over.

Hard to explain. Not exactly easy to do. But it works.

[progressoid]

20. Yeah, that's what I was trying to say also - - - above

[Rising Phoenix]

21. BRB gonna go try this...

[Rising Phoenix]

32. IT WORKED

Drinking water backwards, though hard to do, cures the hicuups! Thank you, thank you.

[bertha katzenengel]

33. Yahoo! Progressoid & Bertha are on the case!

Congratulations upon your release, Mrs. Sniffa. :bounce:

[sniffa]

36. i'm so proud of you babe

now i can come home.

[Misunderestimator]

37. LOL

:rofl:

[Misunderestimator]

25. EXACTLY... PLUS you put a paper towel over the top of the glass...

and suck the water through it... swear!

[bertha katzenengel]

34. Oo, I never heard that wrinkle.

Hmmm... :D

[NoSheep]

35. That's the one I use! and it IS hard to explain!

[Tallison]

18. Thorazine

You know, the old-school antipsychotic? For real, that's what they'd give if it became chronic and required treatment. :crazy:

[MissMillie]

19. a really big spoonful of peanut butter

works for me every time.

[Tallison]

24. You know your post is verbatim

what misunderestimator wrote earlier in the thread? :tinfoilhat:

Never heard that about peanut butter before...not that I need any excuse to down a big spoonful of it...

on edit: oops, I meant bicentennial baby...

[MissMillie]

26. I just noticed that

I guess great minds think alike!

[dhinojosa]

22. Sex

and if that doesn't cure it, your partner will appreciate the ride.

[Rising Phoenix]

30. I did mention I was all alone...

[dhinojosa]

38. Excuses. nt

[jus_the_facts]

27. take a deep breath as you look up at the ceiling....then count to 20....

....swallow as you lower your head back down...works every time. :P

[jane_pippin]

28. A spoonful of lime juice works for me. n/t

[Sequoia]

29. Drink 9 sips of water without breathing.

or have someone scare you. When I was in 8th grade a boy kept hicking and the teacher said in an even low threatening voice, "You're in serious trouble Jim, go see the principal." The kid says in shock, "What!!?" Then she said, just kidding, but you've stopped your hic-upping."

And he had.

[dajoki]

31. sugar water

one heaping teaspoon in a glass. and chug it.

[LaurenG]

39. Teaspoon of sugar. nt