Hiccup cures

JeepHair77
JeepHair77 Posts: 1,291 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
Holding my breath isn't working. I've heard of some weird drink upside down trick but I don't know how to do it.

What else? You know you have some weird mama tale about vinegar or something.

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  • LaDispute57
    LaDispute57 Posts: 371 Member
    I have heard bite on a lemon.... and also pull hard on your tongue. Never tried either. They sound fake.
  • ToxicRain1098
    ToxicRain1098 Posts: 176 Member
    I have no idea if they work. Googles says it dose . So it must right ?
    Bite on a lemon.
    Put a pinch of sugar under your tongue.
    Ask someone to scare you.
  • Just_Mel_
    Just_Mel_ Posts: 3,992 Member
    Sex helps.
  • LaDispute57
    LaDispute57 Posts: 371 Member
    ToxicRain1098 wrote: »
    Ask someone to scare you.

    This one has been around for a long time, but I could never figure how it would work. If you ask someone to scare you, wouldn't you be expecting it and not get scared?

  • JeepHair77
    JeepHair77 Posts: 1,291 Member
    Ha! I know that the scare thing works, but it's difficult to ask for, and frankly, I HATE it.

    Headed for the sugar packets...
  • ToxicRain1098
    ToxicRain1098 Posts: 176 Member
    LaDispute57 wrote: »
    ToxicRain1098 wrote: »
    Ask someone to scare you.

    This one has been around for a long time, but I could never figure how it would work. If you ask someone to scare you, wouldn't you be expecting it and not get scared?

    But you wont know when and how .
  • emmies_123
    emmies_123 Posts: 513 Member
    I have two.

    Method one: Slowly sip a drink of water and control your inhale/exhale. To clear my mind i use the mantra "just breathe" on the inhale and "concentrate" on the exhale. Dunno why but clearing my mind seems to help.

    Method two: Lay on your back on a solid surface and try to clear your mind. Take steady, deep breaths until hiccups die away. Also helps control the more painful, body-lurching hiccups
  • ButterIsGood
    ButterIsGood Posts: 201 Member
    Drinking a glass of water usually works for me.
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  • AmberGlitterSparkles
    AmberGlitterSparkles Posts: 699 Member
    A customer taught me a spoon full of sugar. It actually works.
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  • Riffraft1960
    Riffraft1960 Posts: 1,984 Member
    Holding your breath works, but you must hold it after exhaling the air out of your lungs. Most people inhale hard and then hold their breath (doesn't work as well)
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    Plug your ears and nose, and at the same time drink water
  • AmberGlitterSparkles
    AmberGlitterSparkles Posts: 699 Member
    LMNOP55 wrote: »
    @AmberGlitterSparkles wrote: »
    A customer taught me a spoon full of sugar. It actually works.

    How long has Mary Poppins been your client?

    Ever since she jumped into that street drawing and go sucked into my cartoon world.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Usually if I just breathe slowly in and out a few times my hiccups go away. I breathe in through my mouth for like the count of 5 and then out through my nose.
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