What is your personal cure for hiccups? I sprinkle sugar on my tongue and drink water quickly. Works

[debm55]

every time for me.

[Haggard Celine]

1. I hold my breath. Sometimes it takes a

little while, but it works.

[debm55]

2. Thank you.

[Haggard Celine]

5. You're welcome.

[brewens]

3. I had a buddy that had a medical condition that made him hiccup. I don't think it

is a true hiccup, but it seemed to him and everyone else it was. He had that for almost year before some specialist diagnosed it. It sounds funny but it wasn't after a while. They cured him somehow.

[debm55]

6. That would be terrible. I am glad they finally cured him.

[brewens]

10. Just in case. The odds would be really long, but way out of control hiccups could be something

else.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Let me ask you what you mean exactly,

you sprinkle a little sugar on your tongue and then immediately drink some water quickly...how much sugar and how much water?

[debm55]

9. I coat sugar on the entire tip of my tongue and drink water very quickly. My husband uses a brown

lunch bag and it works for him. The sugar doesn't work for him.

[alittlelark]

7. Takes 2 ppl - friend holds your earlobes back

While u drink a glass of water. Works every time.

[debm55]

11. For real? Have you tried?

[alittlelark]

25. Many, many times - never fails.

[BlackSkimmer]

33. ...

Thread winner!

[Hortensis]

8. :) From my husband's family, stare without blinking into partner's eyes

while holding breath and count to 20. Stop if blink, or laugh (!), and start over. Repeat if needed. Works for me.

[debm55]

13. I the sugared tongue always works for me. I tried holding my breath--no go.

[yorkster]

12. 2 or 3 sips of water "upside down" - from the far side of the glass.

It has worked since I was a kid. Thanks,Dad.

You may want to do this away from any peeps. They will laugh or you will, thus defeating the whole purpose..

My favorite literary cure for hiccups was a Robert Benchley essay - paraphrasing a bit...stick your head in a bucket of water and "inhale deeply twelve times".

[debm55]

14. Don't you get water all over you?

[yorkster]

15. No, just bend at the waist and tilt the glass slowly.

It really does work.

[debm55]

44. Thanks for your suggestion.

[LuckyCharms]

17. +1000

[Rhiannon12866]

29. Yes! That's what I learned, too - at summer camp. And it's always worked for me...

[yorkster]

31. And another precinct heard from :)

Glad it has worked for you, too, Rhiannon.

[badhair77]

16. I hold my breath and swallow three times.

It’s worked for me.

[Brother Buzz]

19. My target is swallowing ten times

It's really, really hard to do, but it works 100% of the time

[debm55]

42. Brother, that seems easy enough.

[debm55]

43. Funny how we each have our own cure. and they all work

[catrose]

18. A few tablespoons of dill pickle juice

[debm55]

41. And it works for you?

[catrose]

45. It does.

Someone said the vinegar makes your muscles relax--I don't know if that's true.

[Niagara]

20. A teaspoon of creamy peanut butter.

It works every time for me.



I also don't have a peanut allergy.

[debm55]

39. Never heard of that . And it works---wight have to try.

[beemerphill]

21. A tea spoon of dry sugar.

Put the dry sugar in your mouth and wait about a minute before drinking some water. It usually works the first time.

[debm55]

40. That's what I use. And it does work everytime.

[virgdem]

22. My tried and true method for curing hiccups:

Drink a glass of water while pinching my nose. It resets the diaphragm. Works like a charm.

[yellowdogintexas]

23. I take a deep breath, hold it and drink water.

works for me

[virgdem]

32. Basically it's the same concept

It involves holding your breath while drinking, allowing the diaphragm to get back in sync. However its done. it is one of the best ways to stop hiccups.

[Rhiannon12866]

28. When I was at summer camp, my friend told me to drink a glass of water upside down

Sounds like it could work in a similar way and it's always worked for me.

[debm55]

38. That is also an interesting cure.

[ironflange]

24. Pineapple juice

[debm55]

37. Interesting, never heard of that one.

[Major Nikon]

26. Whiskey

[debm55]

36. Just a shot?

[Iggo]

27. Pencil between the teeth. Tilt head slightly back. Drink water.

A bit messy.

Works for me, though.

[debm55]

35. Good whatever works for us.

[CTyankee]

30. I calm myself down and take slow, deep breaths.

Breathe in "peace"

breathe out "stress"

I just slow down.

[debm55]

34. Does it work?

[CTyankee]

46. Every time!