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What is your cure for hiccups? Mine is putting sugar on the tip of my tongue and drinking water. what's yours? (Original Post) debm55 14 hrs ago OP
Holding my breath. sinkingfeeling 14 hrs ago #1
Thank you for sharing with us. sinkingfeeling. debm55 14 hrs ago #2
Same but I hold my nose and breath out through my mouth. Lifeafter70 14 hrs ago #6
Thank you very much for sharing your cure, Lifeafter70. debm55 13 hrs ago #8
Holding my breath while drinking nine sips of water Walleye 14 hrs ago #3
Thank you, Walleye, for sharing your cure. debm55 13 hrs ago #9
I sit down, take a deep breath, and HOLD IT as long as I can. Blow it out, and repeat! CaliforniaPeggy 14 hrs ago #4
Thank you for sharing, CaliforniaPeggy. debm55 13 hrs ago #10
Holding my breath interspersed with deep breathing exercises to try to relax... hlthe2b 14 hrs ago #5
Thank you very much, hIthe2b, for sharing your cure. debm55 13 hrs ago #11
This has worked multiple times for other people indigoth 14 hrs ago #7
Oh you, hahahaha. thank you indigoth for the funny. debm55 13 hrs ago #12
Tips on hicups trueblueinmo 12 hrs ago #13
From a bartender: LakeVermilion 12 hrs ago #14
Thank you very much for your cure, trueblueinmo debm55 3 hrs ago #17
Lime and bitters, or a spoonful of sugar toward the back of the tongue. niyad 11 hrs ago #15
Thank you very much, niyad for your cure. debm55 3 hrs ago #18
Long, deep breaths Nittersing 3 hrs ago #16
Thank you very much, Nittersing, for your cure. debm55 3 hrs ago #19
A reasonable scoop of peanut butter on a teaspoon Niagara 1 hr ago #20
Thank you very much for sharing your cure, Niagara. debm55 1 hr ago #21

Walleye

(44,416 posts)
3. Holding my breath while drinking nine sips of water
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:50 PM
14 hrs ago

I guess I heard that one from one of my elementary school, teachers, but it works for me

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,510 posts)
4. I sit down, take a deep breath, and HOLD IT as long as I can. Blow it out, and repeat!
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:50 PM
14 hrs ago

It has never failed me. And you don't need anything else. I believe that holding your breath stretches the nerve and helps it relax. Of course, the sooner you do this, the faster the hiccups go away.

indigoth

(200 posts)
7. This has worked multiple times for other people
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:01 PM
14 hrs ago

I hear them hiccuping. And I pull out my wallet and show them a single dollar bill. And I tell them “ if you hiccup one more time, I will give you this dollar”.

No more hiccups.

Has worked every time.

Niagara

(11,658 posts)
20. A reasonable scoop of peanut butter on a teaspoon
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:31 AM
1 hr ago

This forces the body to swallow in a way that disrupts the diaphragmatic spasms and this cure works immediately.





Disclaimer: Obviously if anyone that has a peanut allergy shouldn't consume peanut butter.

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