Help! I have hiccups!

i keep on hiccuping till they stop,it works in few minutes, also try breathing a LITTLE faster

For me, I have the ability to will them away, if I concentrate hard enough. But a fool proof way is to fill a cup of water, hold your breath while slowly taking tiny sips. Do this until you can’t hold you breath any longer. If that doesn’t work, swallow a spoon-full of peanut butter.

last time i tried peanut butter i couldn’t get it down my throat and started gagging.

but it worked, lol

@Afos22 : I didn’t have any peanut butter so I downed a spoonful of home-made pesto and it worked! Thank you! Better go water my basil plants…the older I get the more I hiccup…

Time them. When you figure out about the general timing of when the next one is going to hit, hold your breath in a chest lock down, bend over to help your diaphragm become immobilized, and don’t let your diaphragm move! Plan to count to 100.

@Dutchess_III : Can’t I just eat more pesto? I really like pesto…

Get scared
ps pesto is 45% mold
jk :)

@kapuerajam : not mine! at least I sure hope not! I make it fresh…

@kapuerajam : oh. Just saw the “jk”. Silly me…

You can’t discuss Pesto, mold and hiccups at the same time in the “general” section!!!!!

oops

You can’t say “oops” in the “General” section! I’m telling Mom Auggie!!

Look at that guy who cured jillthetooth’s hiccups! Everyone should give him a great answer for that…

@Dutchess_III : tough room!
@Afos22 : Been there, done that, deeply grateful…

@Dutchess_III : don’t tell Mom Auggie, please, I’ll be good! I promise!

You should drink more water.

@discounthandbags : I put away about half a gallon a day already. Don’t think water’s the issue.

I find that tensing your abdominal muscles like you are doing a sit-up/crunch and holding that for a minute works every time.

The old folk remedy of holding your breathe is based on that, but most people don’t actually tense up those muscles to stop the diaphragm from spasming (which is what a hiccup is; a spasm in that muscle); they just stop breathing and expect that to work.

“You can’t discuss Pesto, mold and hiccups at the same time in the “general” section!!!!!”
is this true?

@Dutchess_III : That one’s to you!

Sing loudly.

@ Ludy Yes, it is true. Pesto and mold are off the topic of hiccups!

I’m teeeeeellllling @JilltheTooth! Unless you give me all of your coin collection! I’ll tell Mom what you did last summer too! Hand it over!

Ahem @jerv what he said, same ting. Just tense every mid-section muscle you have to stop it. It takes will power, strength, and moldy Pesto. Truly

I’m just stopping by because I like your name!

BOO!!!

Did I scare you? Are your hiccups gone now?

the scaring and the water drinking never work for me. Only concentrating on holding my breath.

I agree with everything that’s been said about holding your breath and holdig the diaphragm still. When I was younger and slimmer, I used to take a deep breath and press my fingers up into my abdomen right beneath my breastbone, putting as much pressure as I could on the diaphragm, and hold it for as long as I could hold breath. I can’t do that now I’m not skinny any more.

Breath out and suck your tummy in, keep it that way till you feel the hiccups subside. It worked for me.

Good luck

Thanks for all the great tips, folks, I plan on never hiccuping again for more than 30 seconds at a time!
@Dutchess_III : If nothing else, you’ve scared them out of me!

What @downtide said about holding the diaphragm still. Exactly.

You should be scared. Very VERY scared. Auggie is vewy, vewy scary! (not!) There is another question http://www.fluther.com/54726/how-does-it-feel-to-save-a-life/. And now I can answer it!! I hope you stay, because this was fun. For the future, consider posting in the Social Section. We can rock and roll there. :)

Welcome to Fluther!

Fill a glass with water, bend over and drink from the wrong side of the glass (upsidedown/backwards?) drink the entire glass of the water, holding breaths while sipping, exhale, hold your breath and sip more, continue till the glass is empty

The crunching of the diaphragm and the drinking of the water along with the breathing will cure your hiccups

I get hiccups alot. Holding my breath for about 30 seconds always works for me.

1) Drink water upside down. (This always works, unless the person thinks you’re crazy and refuses, then move on to my 2nd option below.)

2) Have someone stare you directly in the eyes and ask “When are you going to hiccup next? Tell me EXACTLY when you are going to hiccup!” Hold eycontact the entire time, even till you know the hiccups are gone. This one never fails, I’ve used it on many occasions. :]

I just used this to cure my nephews hiccups. Fill a medium sized glass of water.You might have to try a couple until you get the right size. Stick a butter knife in the glass. Let the dull end rest against your forehead, forcing you to tilt your head back, and drink the water. I don’t know why it works, maybe it works because I think it does, but I’m a “cool uncle” now according to my nephew.

Every response is a variation of, “Find a way to hold your diaphragm in a headlock.”

I’ve found the easiest way to cure someone’s hiccups (other than my own, I just concentrate and mine go away) is to tickle them (if they’re ticklish). Laughter uses so many of the same muscles it works nearly every time (numerous people), whether it’s the breaking of the cycle or the sudden tightening of the various muscles, I don’t know. But it works!