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holding my breath for 10 seconds and then theres one final hiccup and then they dissapear :) its always worked for me !!

I've heard:

- drinking a whole glass of water
- picking up a penny/dime off the floor without bending your knees
- hold your breath
- scare the person with hicups

I personally "act" like I have hiccups (you know, gasp and stuff) and that accually counteracts the hiccups..just like running around in circles to get rid of dizziness..

it's all about holding your breath or change you breathing enough to fix your diaphram..

Taylor. I'm usually merely a borrower of your badges, but I noted this post and had to reply. One night a couple years ago, I couldn't shake the hiccups so I went on a web search and found lots of really dumb ideas. Finally I found one that worked so well I placed it at the bottom of my weblog's FAQ so if someone went Googling for a cure, he or she might run across it. Here it is: Try lying down flat on your back and breathing in and out of a paper bag (NOT PLASTIC) held over the nose and the mouth. This raises the carbon dioxide level of the blood, calming the nerve and muscle irritability (related to your diaphram I believe) that causes hiccups. Works for me.

Offer the person $20 if he/she hiccups one more time... sometimes the thought of winning the money will make them nervous and the hiccups will go away. If not, well then you're screwed. If you don't want to pay up, just say you were trying to help them.

I get the hiccups all the time and nothing worked - until my friend gave me a lemon wedge that she had soaked in bitters. I sucked on that and they went away. It's the only thing that's no-fail for me.

I was watching some show on the Discovery channel that explained the cause of hiccups was something to do with your diaphragm contracting and expanding...? Anyway, the solution is to change your breathing pattern -- whether it's by holding your breath, drinking water, having someone scare you (make you gasp), breathing into a paper bag, etc. They all have a change of breathing pattern in common. (Well except the sugar one... never understood that.)

I heard that if you drink a glass of water upside down (as in, from the opposite side of the glass) it helps.. Although I always end up choking on the water. I usually just tough it out. Those suggestions seem to work though, I'll keep them in mind :-)

Peanut butter. Just have a spoonful of that, a by the time you're done swallowing that sticky stuff, you've forgotten all about your hiccups. =]

Hope , I agree w/ your "act like you have them" hiccup theory .. (at least that disguises the real ones.. lol).. I really just let them go til they stop .. theyre kinda fun , no?

I dont really mind the hiccups, I think they're kind of fun, but that's probably just me.. I actually heard that some guy had the hiccups for like 60 years, OMG! lol.. Well.. I get the hiccups alot, and I have no idea why..I just do.. it's life.. I get over it.. But anyways, I had met a new friend named Tim and we were talking on the phone.. and of course.. I get hiccups..So, he asks me my middle name, I think this is kind of odd, but I answer anyways.. and.. My hiccups miraculously disappeared!! And everytime I get the hiccups and someone asks me my middle name, it never fails! ...weird, huh??

I was told at a young age that if you hold your breath your hiccups will go away, usually unsuccessful so I asked around and I got these as cures.
Taking 4 breaths of air without exhaling take 7 sips of water.
Get a cup with a little bit of water then drop a lit match it in and drink the water without taking your eyes off the match.
Personally I believe its all concentration on something other than your hiccups.

Sip a glass of water and swallow it upside down. Works without fail.

Freekin take penut butter, and if that doesnt work stay completely still and itl go away.

Methods I've used or have had recommended to me: drink water from the wrong side of a glass, put a penny between your toes and walk in a circle, lap water out of a dish (the way a cat drinks), do a handstand, hold your breath, have someone scare you (works better if they just do it instead of you asking them to), drink something while pinching your nose shut. All but the penny thing have something to do with changing your breathing. I think the penny works because it takes focus and somehow distracts you from hiccupping.
My hiccups really hurt. Most people aren't bothered much by hiccups, but mine are extremely loud and painful.

well i was reading this page i had the hiccups. the thing thatworked for me was reading this page and trying every meatod you can do in your computer chair. i think it takes your mind off the hiccups or you will devinetly find your method.

I just keep reading and doing tips from the internet until one of them works. Good Luck!

Drink enough water youy are about to puke

Drink enough water youy are about to puke

Drink water until you want to vomit.. Then just vomit and hild your breath.. This works with the WORST CASES!!!

I GET HICCUPS SOMETIMES FOR 2 OR 3 DAYS STRAIGHT AND YES, THEY DO HURT. IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME WHEN i HICCUP AND SOMEONE ALWAYS SAYS "YOU'VE GOT THE HICCUPS"
TO WHICH I REPLY "NO THAT WAS A BACKWARDS FART"

1.Get a tall glass of water.
2.Pinch your nose and hold your breath.
3.Take 10-20 big sips of water.
4.Exhail & Inhail
5.TAKE THAT YOU MEAN OLD HICCUPS!

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