What is your cure for hiccups? Mine is putting sugar on the tip of my tongue and drinking water. what's yours?

[debm55]

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Holding my breath.

[debm55]

2. Thank you for sharing with us. sinkingfeeling.

[Lifeafter70]

6. Same but I hold my nose and breath out through my mouth.

Works for sneezing too.

[debm55]

8. Thank you very much for sharing your cure, Lifeafter70.

[Walleye]

3. Holding my breath while drinking nine sips of water

I guess I heard that one from one of my elementary school, teachers, but it works for me

[debm55]

9. Thank you, Walleye, for sharing your cure.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I sit down, take a deep breath, and HOLD IT as long as I can. Blow it out, and repeat!

It has never failed me. And you don't need anything else. I believe that holding your breath stretches the nerve and helps it relax. Of course, the sooner you do this, the faster the hiccups go away.

[debm55]

10. Thank you for sharing, CaliforniaPeggy.

[hlthe2b]

5. Holding my breath interspersed with deep breathing exercises to try to relax...

[debm55]

11. Thank you very much, hIthe2b, for sharing your cure.

[indigoth]

7. This has worked multiple times for other people

I hear them hiccuping. And I pull out my wallet and show them a single dollar bill. And I tell them “ if you hiccup one more time, I will give you this dollar”.

No more hiccups.

Has worked every time.

[debm55]

12. Oh you, hahahaha. thank you indigoth for the funny.

[trueblueinmo]

13. Tips on hicups

Gargle with vinegar. Works every time!

[LakeVermilion]

14. From a bartender:

Put a drop of bitters on the tongue. Hiccups stop, instantly!

[debm55]

17. Thank you very much for your cure, trueblueinmo

[niyad]

15. Lime and bitters, or a spoonful of sugar toward the back of the tongue.

[debm55]

18. Thank you very much, niyad for your cure.

[Nittersing]

16. Long, deep breaths

And just telling my whole body to relax.

[debm55]

19. Thank you very much, Nittersing, for your cure.

[Niagara]

20. A reasonable scoop of peanut butter on a teaspoon

This forces the body to swallow in a way that disrupts the diaphragmatic spasms and this cure works immediately.





Disclaimer: Obviously if anyone that has a peanut allergy shouldn't consume peanut butter.

[debm55]

21. Thank you very much for sharing your cure, Niagara.

[LNM]

22. Drink a glass of water backwards

That is, drink from the far side of the glass. Works every time. Do it over the sink as you’re going to spill.

[debm55]

23. Thank you very much, LNM for the cure that works for you. I would be afraid that I would have water all over the place.