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

Walleye

(44,432 posts)
3. Holding my breath while drinking nine sips of water
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:50 PM
Tuesday

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

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,515 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
Tuesday

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
Tuesday

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

(11,659 posts)
20. A reasonable scoop of peanut butter on a teaspoon
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:31 AM
17 hrs 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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