To hell with hickups!

I get the worst kind of hickups.

It doesn’t happen very often, say … once every 4-5 month or so, but when I do (like now) it sticks with me for like … well most of the day. At least 12-13 hours. It’s horribly annoying arghhhhhhhhhh.

If you have any nice secret recipes to get rid of it, I’m all ears :wink:

That’s rough. I just got the hiccups for the first time in my life last weekend - I’ll hiccup after I drink a coke or something, but this is the first time it happened over and over. It was really annoying… I can only imagine what a full day of it would be like. Good luck :beer:

This has never failed with my guy, who gets them like you do and HATES them with a furious passion. You’ll need another person to help you.

  1. Sit in a chair with a full glass of water. Have the other person stand behind you.

  2. Okay, this is hard to describe in writing but try it with me: hold your hands in front of you like you are going to clap (thumbs up, pinkys down, parallel hands). Now rotate your hands (still in a vertical position) so that your elbows are out and your middle fingers are pointed towards you. Now the thumbs are on the bottom and the pinkys are on top. Now, have your friend do this and gently place the palms of their hands over your ears.

  3. On the count of 3 have your friend apply light squeezing pressure - not enough to hurt but it should make a tight seal over your ears. At the very same time you will drink the ENTIRE glass of water. DO NOT RUSH - take your time and drink it normally. When you are done have your friend SLOWLY release the pressure on your ears.

I know it sounds weird but I swear this has never ever failed us. It sounds complicated but thats because its hard to describe the positioning. Its actually very simple.

Good luck! Hiccups can be brutal!

Whilst it is disgusting, the only way i have found to get rid of really persistant hiccups is to stick my finger on the back of my toungue, causing me to dry retch. Seems to work occasionally. Thank god i only get them once a year or so!

disclaimer: The above idea may or may not actually work!

[quote=lunatic;2355816]This has never failed with my guy, who gets them like you do and HATES them with a furious passion. You’ll need another person to help you.

  1. Sit in a chair …[/quote]

:lol: wtf… by the time you are done doing all that, I’m sure the hiccups have passed.

What I do is psych out my body. If I get the hiccups, then I’ll intentionally TRY to hiccup and within maybe 2 minutes I can’t do it anymore and they are gone. :wink:

[QUOTE=lunatic;2355816]This has never failed with my guy, who gets them like you do and HATES them with a furious passion. You’ll need another person to help you.

  1. Sit in a chair with a full glass of water. Have the other person stand behind you.

  2. Okay, this is hard to describe in writing but try it with me: hold your hands in front of you like you are going to clap (thumbs up, pinkys down, parallel hands). Now rotate your hands (still in a vertical position) so that your elbows are out and your middle fingers are pointed towards you. Now the thumbs are on the bottom and the pinkys are on top. Now, have your friend do this and gently place the palms of their hands over your ears.

  3. On the count of 3 have your friend apply light squeezing pressure - not enough to hurt but it should make a tight seal over your ears. At the very same time you will drink the ENTIRE glass of water. DO NOT RUSH - take your time and drink it normally. When you are done have your friend SLOWLY release the pressure on your ears.

I know it sounds weird but I swear this has never ever failed us. It sounds complicated but thats because its hard to describe the positioning. Its actually very simple.

Good luck! Hiccups can be brutal![/QUOTE]

It worked.

I love you. I filed a divorce with my wife so we can elope to Vegas together. When’s a good date for you? :love:

:lol: Sorry, my guy would never let me go as I’m the only one that can get rid of his hiccups!

Glad it worked. :beam:

definitely an awkward process there lun, i don’t get hiccups like that but i’ll be sure to remember this thread if me or my girl does

Hah, Luna delivers! :lol:

[QUOTE=lunatic;2355827]:lol: Sorry, my guy would never let me go as I’m the only one that can get rid of his hiccups!

Glad it worked. :beam:[/QUOTE]

Go ahead, break my heart :violin:

ps: thank you :beer2:

It only sounds awkward because you are reading it. But if you actually try it its quick and simple - just hard to explain!

lol @ Sekasi :blush:

Though you’ve already cured them, I can’t help but throw my remedy out there. It works 90% of the time. Swallow air. Just keep doing it for a long time.

It’ll give you gas, but also cure your hiccups.

:h:

Somehow I envision a Russian gymnast being needed to perform this when reading the description (perhaps Alina Kabayeva). Anyway with your thumbs, elbows, pinkys and everything else contorted, along with the other persons hands over your ears… is there a third person needed to pick up the glass and put it up to the hickuper’s mouth for consumption ?

Twister anyone :thumb:

Actually it turned into a quite erotic moment. :nurse:

drink warm water - always works for me

I don’t think we needed all those updates motionman. you seem to be edit-hiccuping.

^ :lol: Nice compound word synthesis.

I need to see how weird this looks on video Lun.

Just pretend you love the hiccups…like me…

It’s particularly embarrassing during your first week at work. I got the hiccups several times during my first few weeks. :thumb: