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Tell me you Hiccup remedies
DH has had the hiccups since about 2am.
Funny story - he came out to the living room to check on me and I was actually asleep so he turned off the TV, when he turned around he scared himself in the larger floor length mirror (it was dark). I woke to his very loud hiccups.
Anyway, everyone has a remedy, what is yours? He has been known to hiccup for days, but normally it lasts about 5-8 hours.
Funny story - he came out to the living room to check on me and I was actually asleep so he turned off the TV, when he turned around he scared himself in the larger floor length mirror (it was dark). I woke to his very loud hiccups.
Anyway, everyone has a remedy, what is yours? He has been known to hiccup for days, but normally it lasts about 5-8 hours.
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Re: Tell me you Hiccup remedies
A teaspoon of sugar.
Scare him.
Rub earlobes.
I get the hiccups all the time. My friends tease me about it. Drinking water or any cold drink works for me. I let all my air out, then slowly drink 10 gulps right in a row while holding my breath.
Another thing that always works is to put a little Bitters on a lemon slice and suck on it. Tastes terrible but it works!
I get them ALL the freaking time. Nothing really stops them, but I try to hold my breath as long as I can which usually helps a little.
[QUOTE]BJs.
Posted by BlameCanada[/QUOTE]
Well that is a new one I have never heard before.
[QUOTE] Another thing that always works is to put a little Bitters on a lemon slice and suck on it. Tastes terrible but it works!
Posted by danieliza1127[/QUOTE]
My friendly neighborhood bartender taught me that one. Except he used a lemon slice, a sugar packet and the bitters. You suck on it fo as long as you can.
Works everytime. It also works for upset stomachs.
Or if I plug my nose, plug my ears and then take a big gulp of water, that works sometimes, too. Which I GUESS could go along with Blame Canada's remedy if you change a few things around.
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[QUOTE]Spoonful of peanut butter! Always works for me
Posted by LindsyLove[/QUOTE]
This is the remedy I use! I'll do the spoon full of sugar if we don't have peanut butter.
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Posted by aMrsin09[/QUOTE]
Actually DH had tired most of these and they do not work for him. Peanut butter has worked once or twice.
His longest stretch was 3 days. I can't even imagine 3 days of hiccuping.
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Hiccups happen when your diaphragm contracts, and all of the hiccup cures are psychosomatic - basically, they work because you believe they will work. When I was four years old and impressionable, my cousin told me to cure my hiccups by drinking any liquid and squeezing my throat with my hand while swallowing. That works great for me, but if I stopped believing it would work somehow, then it wouldn't.
FI can cure his hiccups simply by thinking about his diaphragm and telling it to stop. He is unduly proud of this.
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I get loud, painful hiccups.
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When I have them, the only thing that works is sleep...
Hope he's recovered by now!