So - Hiccups - can you control them?

[Daze]

I just stop breathing for as long as I can and drink plenty of water. I also try forgetting about them as that tends to help also.

 

[andy_mk3]

Holding my breath and swallowing 2 or 3 times works for me usually. Anyone know why we actually get hiccups though?

 

[MrSnuggleBump]

I just take a deep breath and hold it for about 10 seconds.

Never heard of people hitting themselves on the head to stop hiccups...

 

[MisChief]

It's a ploy to get bogies on your fingers.

You must have a pretty dirty bogey-filled nose to think that...

One way of stopping someone else from hiccuping is to offer them £10 if they hiccup again. This never fails and the other person never gets their £10

 

[Mark A]

I say it every time in these threads and no one ever believes it, but a spoonful of vinegar cures them instantly.

 

[Freakbro]

Just need to 'think' my diaphragm relaxed, and it does - stops the hiccups immediately

This is the method I use too, works for me

 

[deadite66]

Your diaphragm has an itch... so scratch it by breathing in until it feels like your lungs are about to explode, then breathe out until it feels like they are about to collapse..

Job done.

this is my tactic too, breathe in as much as possible then keep trying to top it up.

 

[West]

Hold my breath for 10s and then exhale a couple of times normally does the trick for me.

 

[physichull]

I say it every time in these threads and no one ever believes it, but a spoonful of vinegar cures them instantly.

Nail on the head! I came in to post exactly that. Sometimes it depends how bad the hiccups are but sometimes even a few drops of vinegar can stop them. As you said, its an instantaneous cure!

However, it doesnt tend to work quite so well when I have had a few beers.

 

[EyepodI]

You must have a pretty dirty bogey-filled nose to think that...

One way of stopping someone else from hiccuping is to offer them £10 if they hiccup again. This never fails and the other person never gets their £10

A teacher at school used to do something similar to people hiccuping in class. Taunting the person to hiccup again. They never could

 

[Liquid_Entity]

Hold breath and count to 17 seconds. Definitely works !

 

[Yaayuh!]

I VERY rarely get hiccups, usually when i do it's one or two and that's it. Mind over matter seems to work for me.

 

[chriscubed]

I say it every time in these threads and no one ever believes it, but a spoonful of vinegar cures them instantly.

This. I don't often get them though, usually just one if I have a cold drink with hot food.

 

[Joshct]

I've always been able to just hold my breath to get rid of them.
Occasionally i have to do it a second time but that normally sorts it.

I'd probably find it really annoying if that didn't work.

 

[Dr House]

Chlorpromazine (antipsychotic), Metoclopramide or Baclofen

or just hold your breath

 

[V4NT0M]

Concentrate on your breathing and breath very shallow and slowly through the nose.

Job done.

 

[twist3d0n3]

breathe in and out quickly (hyperventilate) until you feel a bit dizzy, job done!

 

[Lopéz]

Just need to 'think' my diaphragm relaxed, and it does - stops the hiccups immediately . Annoys my family when I do it and they can't, however unfortunately it is one of my few skills

Same here, I just control my diaphragm and the hiccups stop. My Dad taught me how to do it when I was a kid.

 

[PondPikey]

Put your fingers in you ears and hold your breathe. Dont ask. But it works with my fingers and not if I just hold my breathe!

could be physcological though!