So... I have the hiccups.....

JustAddWater

Help!

Have the hiccups all day non stop and I've tried various "cures" and nothing is working

Any suggestions before I explode?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2DscjJ7tN4

kneemos

BOO

Chucken

JustAddWater.

Kovu

I've been wanting to try out one I heard. Push your finger against the spot on your forehead above your nose & between your eyes.
Hold it there for 5 seconds & then press your tongue against the roof of your mouth for a further 5 seconds. And alternate.

If it works, hurray!

entropi

Pat your head and rub your belly for 15 seconds, wait 15 seconds then run anti-clockwise in a small circle 6 times. Finally, 10 star jumps.

Once this is done, you'll be too confused or out of breath to bother with hiccups.

Chucken

entropi wrote: »

Pat your head and rub your belly for 15 seconds, wait 15 seconds then run anti-clockwise in a small circle 6 times. Finally, 10 star jumps.

Once this is done, you'll be too confused or out of breath to bother with hiccups.

I thought that was for making ready brek?

Fr_Dougal

Op, 'technically' I'm no longer allowed to practice medicine in Ireland, but I'm 100% sure you have TB.

To cure TB all you need to do is drink a bottle of tequila, in one sitting.

Get well soon.

The Backwards Man

BOOO!!

Kenjataimu

digital rectal massage :pac:

http://qi.com/infocloud/hiccups

Rosy Posy

Get a big glass of water and take 20 consecutive sips. Works for me. Also drinking from the wrong side of the glass or yogic breathing.

Mickey H

JustAddWater wrote: »

Help!

Have the hiccups all day non stop and I've tried various "cures" and nothing is working

Any suggestions before I explode?

Go you do a little wee every time you hiccup?

If you do, then it's funny.

Capt'n Midnight

take a pregnancy test

fiona-f

Breathe in, hold closed one nostril with your finger, breathe out and then deeply in again, switch to close the other nostril, breathe out and in slowly and deeply. Repeat for about ten breaths and ta-da, hiccup free.

I hate the hiccups.

Fox_In_Socks

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

take a pregnancy test

Is that to all the ladies on this thread or the whole website, you stud?

:P

Frosty McSnowballs

Get someone to punch you in the stomach.

That will sort ye out

wil

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

take a pregnancy test

You don't reckon the shock could kill him.:eek: (gender assumption)

shopaholic01

Get someone to offer you €50 if you can hiccup again. For some weird reason it usually works.

niamhg13

VINEGAR-take a slug of vinegar out of the bottle,they will go straight away!

MadsL

Stand up
Arms behind your back
Head up
Breathe in and out 3 times.
Exhale the last breath very very slowly
Concentrate on pushing gently down the diaphram and relaxing it.

Works a charm.

tony 2 tone

Kovu Murr wrote: »

I've been wanting to try out one I heard. Push your finger against the spot on your forehead above your nose & between your eyes.
Hold it there for 5 seconds & then press your tongue against the roof of your mouth for a further 5 seconds. And alternate.

If it works, hurray!

Is that not for clearing the sinuses?

lab man

drink a pub bottle ofginger ale in one slug off the neck / bottle works 100%

Kovu

tony 2 tone wrote: »

Is that not for clearing the sinuses?

:eek:
I think you're right and I'm mixing up my cures.

RiverOfLove

sucking on a slice of lemon works. It's sour so put sugar on top and it works. Brown sugar is better but white will do too.

RiverOfLove

The lemon seriously works. I'll give you 20 euro if it doesn't.

JustAddWater

wil wrote: »

You don't reckon the shock could kill him.:eek: (gender assumption)

Yeah it'd be wierd, arnie wierd!

Bit better now but for how long?!

EuropeanSon

This http://www.cognitial.com/hiccups.shtml

I was astonished by how effective it was.

JustAddWater

niamhg13 wrote: »

VINEGAR-take a slug of vinegar out of the bottle,they will go straight away!

Don't have vinegar but Iif they persist ill head to the chipper!

kjl

Found this about 5 years ago, works everytime
http://www.cognitial.com/hiccups.shtml

Hiccups are caused by your diaphragm muscle spasming, this method forces you to stretch out the diaphragm leaving you Hiccup free.

kjl

EuropeanSon wrote: »

This http://www.cognitial.com/hiccups.shtml

I was astonished by how effective it was.

beat me to it

Ihatecuddles-old

I love the hiccups. I never get them though

JustAddWater

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

I love the hiccups. I never get them though

You can have mine! ... They're making me wretch. Why would anyone love that?

mattjack

A small dab of tomato ketchup under each nostril clears up hiccups in seconds.

The One Who Knocks

I don't understand how everyone has so much trouble with this one, or how there's so many supposed *cures*

Just swallow air!

It works for me everytime, and I can stop hiccups within 10 seconds. I don't know if people just have trouble with the technique or what but just take a breath, close your mouth and force air down your oesophagus - as if you are swallowing food. Repeat 2 - 3 times and it's gone!

Coopaloop

A tea spoon full of sugar,just swallow it an try not to gag! Works every time for me!

franer1970

I always find I start hiccuping when I need to burp.
For me the key to preventing hiccups starting is to allow the burp out without hiccuping first.
Once the first or second hiccup has happened I'm locked in and it's too late for burping. I'll drink a large glass of water slowly without breathing or else alternate holding my breath / breathing quickly if that's not an option.
The need to hiccup/burp will happen to me dozens of times each day so prevention is definitely better than cure.
Can't find anything online about a link between burping and hiccuping - am I some freak of nature??

NuckingFacker

Kovu Murr wrote: »

I've been wanting to try out one I heard. Push your finger against the spot on your forehead above your nose & between your eyes.
Hold it there for 5 seconds & then press your tongue against the roof of your mouth for a further 5 seconds. And alternate.

If it works, hurray!

I didn't have the hiccups, but I tried this and still didn't, so it's safe to assume it works. If you do this, you won't hiccup. Fact. (sample size may be a little on the small size) On the less happy side, they do say getting the hiccups a lot is an early indicator of lung cancer..........sooo........yeah, i didn't like knowing that either.

Pang

Hold your nose and breath at the same time.

Drink a glass of water upside down.

Fox_In_Socks

Jamez735 wrote: »

I don't understand how everyone has so much trouble with this one, or how there's so many supposed *cures*

Just swallow air!

It works for me everytime, and I can stop hiccups within 10 seconds. I don't know if people just have trouble with the technique or what but just take a breath, close your mouth and force air down your oesophagus - as if you are swallowing food. Repeat 2 - 3 times and it's gone!

Tsk! That's the Devil's talk!

Wat you do is mix tincture of lithium and coal tar oil together in equal portions, and use a turkey leg to apply the mix to your backside.

The hiccups will be gone by the time you try and find these ingredients

if832uspx4eogt

Hold your breath for as long as you can, then inhale (without exhaling)
Then hold that for as long as you can, until you explode. Then it'll be gone.

I'm crap at explaining, but that always works for me!

coolhull

Rosy Posy wrote: »

Also drinking from the wrong side of the glass or yogic breathing.

How would you know which is the wrong or right side of a glass? That always confused me.

wil

coolhull wrote: »

How would you know which is the wrong or right side of a glass? That always confused me.

This one, Guaranteed 100% cure
or your hiccups back

dar100

What clothes were you wearing yesterday?

Archeron

Name seven bald men, and you're not allowed use Yul Brenner.