ed84c Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 Any Ideas (tried and tested plz not stupid theoretical ones that dont work)
Sayonara Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 Get a straw, and drink half a litre of any still drink while plugging your ears with your fingers.
-Demosthenes- Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 I think anything that you think will work will work.
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 I do this: Just stare at something for a while without thinking. Just stare. If you do it long enough (30 seconds maybe) you're cured. Works for me.
Sayonara Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 I think anything that you think will work will work. I think you think you're Morpheus (the crap one, not the classical one.) Just stare at something for a while without thinking. Just stare. If you do it long enough (30 seconds maybe) you're cured. That's just stupid. His diaphragm is spasming, not his concentration. Use my suggestion. It has the distinct advantage of actually working.
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 Hey! Mine actually works as well. I don't see why plugging your ears can help any.
Sayonara Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 It works for you because you are a weirdo. The problem is pressure-related. I can't remember the exact mechanism, but plugging the ears and drinking is sort of the inverse of yawning to pop your ears during a change of altitude; it has something to do with the Eustachian tubules iirc. Glider might have some notion what it's all about.
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted January 25, 2005 Posted January 25, 2005 Oh thank you. The thing is, plugging your ears shouldn't do anything; no pressure is released from your ears, so plugging them wouldn't have an effect. I don't think. I had a teacher who believed that you had to do something really silly involving acupressure points and pressing your knuckles on a hard surface; it worked for the one person I saw doing it. However, at the time, I tried it, but screwed up, so I just sat there staring at the clock for 30 seconds like you were supposed to do in the teacher's meathod. It worked just as well. Placebo effect?
Ophiolite Posted January 25, 2005 Posted January 25, 2005 Research has shown that rigor mortis inhibits hiccups, so death would be an effective option, and practical if someone else's hiccups is bothering you.
bloodhound Posted January 25, 2005 Posted January 25, 2005 when i have hiccups i stop my breath for as long as i can. works every time!
Sayonara Posted January 25, 2005 Posted January 25, 2005 The thing is, plugging your ears shouldn't do anything; no pressure is released from your ears, so plugging them wouldn't have an effect. I don't think. Then you'd be wrong. It's not that pressure needs to be 'released' from your ears; it's about differentials.
coquina Posted January 25, 2005 Posted January 25, 2005 Eat a lemon wedge, rind and all. They will stop immediately, I've never seen it fail. (No sugar allowed).
ed84c Posted January 25, 2005 Author Posted January 25, 2005 ok thanks for your replies guys. I think ill use either Coquina or Sayos nextime. Mind you i did eat sorell (sour) once and it did help.........
bloodhound Posted January 25, 2005 Posted January 25, 2005 oh comeon. try mine as well. it never failed on me.
ed84c Posted January 25, 2005 Author Posted January 25, 2005 well thats what i used to do, cept it just made it more painfull
mcoy Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 when i have hiccups i stop my breath for as long as i can. works every time! works for me. how about mix em up together , just in case...
syntax252 Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 My son was in the hospital undergoing surgery for a pressure sore (he is a parapelegic) and he developed hiccups that would not go away for 3 days. They tried everything that they knew of--which was all of the homespun remedies common to American life. Anyway, along the way, he got a sore throat just about the time that his Mom and I were visiting, so I got some antiseptic mouthwash called Listerine for him to gargle with. Bingo, the hiccups were gone. Nobody in the hospital knew why, the doctor said "hummmmmm" and walked off. Personally, I have always just taken a long dring of water, about all I can dring without breathing. That does it for me.
mcoy Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 so I got some antiseptic mouthwash called Listerine for him to gargle with. wow... i gotta do that sometime...btw, how did you know it would work? and how did you get it in the hospital? Bingo, the hiccups were gone. Nobody in the hospital knew why, the doctor said "hummmmmm" and walked off... what kind of a doctor is he anyway?
5614 Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 works for me: hold breath drink out the wrong side of glass (do it over a sink!) apparently: you cannot force yourself to hiccup, consequently if someone unexpectedly randomly and genuinely offered you money to hiccup again you couldnt do it, I've seen it work, but no guarantees, and it's kinda hard to plan in advance!
syntax252 Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 wow... i gotta do that sometime...btw, how did you know it would work? and how did you get it in the hospital? We didn't. He gargled for the sore throat. Curing the hiccups was a side benefit. And I got it from a little store in the lobby of the hospital what kind of a doctor is he anyway? He was a surgeon who had corrected his pressure sore problem. He was fine as a surgeon, but I always thought doctors were supposed to know everything.
YT2095 Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 when i have hiccups i stop my breath for as long as i can. works every time! I have to agree that works for me a 80% of the time too, a large shot of whiskey if that fails also works, I imagine it works on a similar principal to the Lemon, as well as act as a muscle relaxant.
Newtonian Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 The best way to stop hiccups,is on the H of the hic a family member or friend,slaps you full force across the cheek!.
YT2095 Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 The best way to stop hiccups,is on the H of the hic a family member or friend,slaps you full force across the cheek!. yes!, I can well imagine how getting into a punch up would take your mind off it
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