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debm55

(59,870 posts) Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:45 PM Mar 3

What is your cure for hiccups? Mine is putting sugar on the tip of my tongue and drinking water. what's yours?

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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 Mar 3 OP

Holding my breath. sinkingfeeling Mar 3 #1

Thank you for sharing with us. sinkingfeeling. debm55 Mar 3 #2

Same but I hold my nose and breath out through my mouth. Lifeafter70 Mar 3 #6

Thank you very much for sharing your cure, Lifeafter70. debm55 Mar 3 #8

Holding my breath while drinking nine sips of water Walleye Mar 3 #3

Thank you, Walleye, for sharing your cure. debm55 Mar 3 #9

I sit down, take a deep breath, and HOLD IT as long as I can. Blow it out, and repeat! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 3 #4

Thank you for sharing, CaliforniaPeggy. debm55 Mar 3 #10

Holding my breath interspersed with deep breathing exercises to try to relax... hlthe2b Mar 3 #5

Thank you very much, hIthe2b, for sharing your cure. debm55 Mar 3 #11

This has worked multiple times for other people indigoth Mar 3 #7

Oh you, hahahaha. thank you indigoth for the funny. debm55 Mar 3 #12

Tips on hicups trueblueinmo Mar 4 #13

From a bartender: LakeVermilion Mar 4 #14

Thank you very much for your cure, trueblueinmo debm55 Mar 4 #17

Lime and bitters, or a spoonful of sugar toward the back of the tongue. niyad Mar 4 #15

Thank you very much, niyad for your cure. debm55 Mar 4 #18

Long, deep breaths Nittersing Mar 4 #16

Thank you very much, Nittersing, for your cure. debm55 Mar 4 #19

A reasonable scoop of peanut butter on a teaspoon Niagara Mar 4 #20

Thank you very much for sharing your cure, Niagara. debm55 Mar 4 #21

Drink a glass of water backwards LNM Mar 5 #22

Thank you very much, LNM for the cure that works for you. I would be afraid that I would have water all over the place. debm55 Mar 5 #23

sinkingfeeling

(57,734 posts)

1. Holding my breath.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:47 PM

Mar 3

debm55

(59,870 posts)

2. Thank you for sharing with us. sinkingfeeling.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:49 PM

Mar 3

Lifeafter70

(944 posts)

6. Same but I hold my nose and breath out through my mouth.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:51 PM

Mar 3

Works for sneezing too.

debm55

(59,870 posts)

8. Thank you very much for sharing your cure, Lifeafter70.

Reply to Lifeafter70 (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:16 PM

Mar 3

Walleye

(44,594 posts)

3. Holding my breath while drinking nine sips of water

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:50 PM

Mar 3

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

debm55

(59,870 posts)

9. Thank you, Walleye, for sharing your cure.

Reply to Walleye (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:17 PM

Mar 3

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,591 posts)

4. I sit down, take a deep breath, and HOLD IT as long as I can. Blow it out, and repeat!

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:50 PM

Mar 3

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.

debm55

(59,870 posts)

10. Thank you for sharing, CaliforniaPeggy.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:20 PM

Mar 3

hlthe2b

(113,724 posts)

5. Holding my breath interspersed with deep breathing exercises to try to relax...

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:50 PM

Mar 3

debm55

(59,870 posts)

11. Thank you very much, hIthe2b, for sharing your cure.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:21 PM

Mar 3

indigoth

(200 posts)

7. This has worked multiple times for other people

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:01 PM

Mar 3

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.

debm55

(59,870 posts)

12. Oh you, hahahaha. thank you indigoth for the funny.

Reply to indigoth (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:24 PM

Mar 3

trueblueinmo

(11 posts)

13. Tips on hicups

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 12:46 AM

Mar 4

Gargle with vinegar. Works every time!

LakeVermilion

(1,557 posts)

14. From a bartender:

Reply to trueblueinmo (Reply #13)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 01:09 AM

Mar 4

Put a drop of bitters on the tongue. Hiccups stop, instantly!

debm55

(59,870 posts)

17. Thank you very much for your cure, trueblueinmo

Reply to trueblueinmo (Reply #13)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:39 AM

Mar 4

niyad

(131,925 posts)

15. Lime and bitters, or a spoonful of sugar toward the back of the tongue.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 01:46 AM

Mar 4

debm55

(59,870 posts)

18. Thank you very much, niyad for your cure.

Reply to niyad (Reply #15)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:40 AM

Mar 4

Nittersing

(8,324 posts)

16. Long, deep breaths

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:12 AM

Mar 4

And just telling my whole body to relax.

debm55

(59,870 posts)

19. Thank you very much, Nittersing, for your cure.

Reply to Nittersing (Reply #16)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:41 AM

Mar 4

Niagara

(11,734 posts)

20. A reasonable scoop of peanut butter on a teaspoon

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 11:31 AM

Mar 4

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.