i fucking hate em! i've had em on and off for days and they make me want to stab myself repeatedly in the diaphragm to get them to go the fuck away!
they hurt when i get them too.. the only thing that sometimes works is to take a deep breath and hold it in for 10 seconds and then swallow. it forces the diaphragm to stop spazzing.
Be careful hiccups have already turned one sweet innocent 15 year old girl into a murderer Jennifer Mee Hotwater
I don't know if this will help anyone else but it works for me. When I get the hiccups I psyche myself up to stop just one -- the next one. If you can stop the next hiccup, you can stop them all.
I hold my breath for like 14 seconds and then let it out slowly for 14 seconds, making sure that I am actually exhaling for 14 seconds. It works almost every time.
Hold your fingers to your temples (the soft sides of your skull) And swig a few gulps of water. Cures the hic ups for me every time. In fact I think I'm cured for life since I haven't had the hiccups in 13 years in counting.
really all the remedies are mostly about calming yourself down through repetitious habits and finding subconscious ways to regain control of your diaphragm. the one the works best for me is taking a few deep breaths, holding my breath, then swallowing a whole glass of water before slowly letting my breath back out. i also get periods of hiccups when i'm stressed out. i just have to remember to breathe slowly.
Get a glass of water and a tissue (kleenex). Put the tissue over the cup and let it filter the water as you drink it. You don't have to drink a lot, just a few sips.
Stretch while holding your breath Go to a door frame in your house and hold your hands above your head, grasping the top of the door frame, then lean forward so you feel an arch in your back and your abdomen stretching. Take a large breath then preform the stretch mentioned. Maintain this position for 30 - 60 seconds while holding a big breath. Repeat if needed.
This works well for me too. And peanut butter, but really a mouth full of peanut butter just makes you more or less hold your breath anyways.
I used to get them almost every day for hours when I was a kid. I don't get the hiccups too often now, but when I do they last for hours and are quite violet. Holding my breath NEVER works. Peanut butter does, but it's not always around when they strike. The one thing that always works, and has worked for everyone I've told to try it - it's just a stupid old wives tale - but put a knife in your glass of water and let the handle rest against your forehead as you drink the glass in one go. I know it's just psychosomatic but I can't "think" myself out of the hiccups any other way. A regular glass of water does fuck all, I could drink til I'm sick or hold my breath til I pass out, but the knife trick never fails, even for the drunkcups.
