Ask Lemmy

There’s an evil part of me, a deep, dark, deranged demon inside me, that hopes the mustard packets keep working, but that it takes more and more each time.

I get terrible hiccups. Painful terrible. Have since i was a kid. And they make a weirder sound than usual, if I'm in public people always whip their heads around to look at me. Anyway, pickles. When I'm hiccuping nothing has ever worked but then, once I started making my own pickles, I can now just eat a single pickle and be good. They'll be gone. I'm just glad I like pickles now.

Just focus on your breathing, take conscious control over your diaphragm, that'll stop it from spasming. Works everytime.

A lot of times hiccups are caused by your brain thinking that it needs more oxygen. So breathe deeply. Sometimes it works.

get warm and eat a little snack

Drink a cup of sugar water. Works every time.

I find that a sudden, deep diaphragmatic gasp and holding it for 20-30 seconds does it for me. But it needs to be harsh, otherwise it doesn’t work.

My wife believes that the secret to resolving hiccups is to "breathe as much air into your lungs as possible, squeezing your chest against your knees while crouching and keeping you breathe held; then lastly, standing up after 30 seconds."

She learned this from her Dad who has a mischievous side. To me, when she first described it, sounded like the steps someone would take to make themselves pass out unconscious. I guess it depends how fast you stand up. Is Lemmy able to settle this one for us?

Nothing. Just wait, it’ll go away by itself eventually. Everything else is just a placebo.