Sometimes, I hold my breath, drink 10 sips of water, then anxiously breathe out.

Distracting myself like reading this article helps me too.

Or strangely, i push my eyeballs gently and they go away.

And sometimes if they last for a while, I eat a few lemons.

It's weird how this helps your diaphragm -- err whatever really causes hiccups (hiccoughs).

but i also have the burping hiccup problem. at least i know it's not unheard of lol. i started getting the hiccups a lot after i got alcohol poisoning, and they are annoying as a little kid asking you if you have arrived at your destination.

I don't understand why I get them every day, and I think it might be from the way I breathe? But I have no idea. My English teacher actually has asked me if I've sought out medical attention for it. I don't know if it's worth it?

He gave me gaviscon and irritable bowel pills which did nothing.

i have tried every tip and trick and my only cure to offer is to cut your head off, because if you're like me and nothing works then what is left? I feel for you all and hope you can beat 'the cups.'

My sister recently told me about another method though and I didn't believer her at first until I tried it, and I was kinda creeped out at how well it worked. All you do is close your eyes and imagine stirring thick peanut butter. Just keep focusing on it and imagine eating a big spoonful slowly and just keep imagining things like this for a while, focusing on the texture and thickness of it.

This last time I tried it as soon as I started I didn't have a single hiccup. After reading this article I guess it falls under the distraction category.

Next time I'm going to try focusing on other random things and see if it works as well.

Most of the bitter or spice induced methods and even the scare methods are aimed at causing a jolting flex of the abdomen. The only marginally science-based methods would be the breathing methods.

I usually just massage the upper abdomen and stomach area while taking deep controlled breaths and it clears it up. I'm not so sure if this either relaxes the abdomen or helps the food settle, but it seems to work.

As a working adult, I don't have baking soda and water available to me at all time. But I've discovered that Tums (or the equivalent) works great. Sometimes a couple of regular strength will work, but usually I need the equivalent of 5 regular strength or three extra strength to cure them. But it works everytime. Takes about 2-3 minutes for them to stop, but then they are gone, usually for the whole day. I keep Tums in the car, in my purse, in my desk drawer, as well as at home. Hiccups are no laughing matter for some of us.

Distractive techniques may help if the sensation is mild enough (like stopping a sneeze), but more severe conditions may warrant a stronger approach. Peanut butter may coat the lower esophageal lining enough to quell an agitant, whereas a drink of water or milk may clear an obstruction or persistent acid. For acid, milkfat can cause the body to produce more acid to break up the fats, but skim milk can generally provide longer-lasting relief.

Since people have a variety of reactions to various foods, it is certain that what may work for one person may not necessarily work for another, but at least knowing the cause of a condition can help provide a focus for an individualized approach. I hope this information may be helpful to you.

I don't do anything about them as they tend to go away in a few minutes as the heat fades, but the strange thing is I'll get them before I even taste the heat as if my body knows immediately I'm eating a "very hot" pepper.

Its not painful or anything like that and I can usually hold my breath and they go away, but its extremly annoying. I can't get out one sentence without hiccuping about 3 times.

Also, whenever I hiccup I do this weird thing and it's almost like i swallow them and it makes me burp right after the hiccup. So not only are the hiccups annoying, but the burps are as well. Does this happen to anyone else?

I get rid of them by drinking water or putting 2 fingers down my throat when its really bad. Keeping still keeps them away, but as soon as I move the burping starts and then the hiccups. The doctors are useless and don't really care to investigate why all this is happening. SIBO is a disease that I thought I have after researching the net. I have been taking antibiotics to cure it, but too soon to tell yet.

... i wonder if thats weird...

a friend's aunt told me this about 18 years ago and i thought she was crazy until she convinced me to try it..it may fall back on the whole concentration issue..

My cure is: first a deep breath, keep back straight, take a gulp of water, contract midsection muscles to squeeze stomach and burp one's self while one feels the water trickle down, repeat until comfortable feeling that no air is trapped and all food is in the stomach. If I ate too much for this to work I just wait it out.

Is It Serious?

I am greatly interested in the human body and throughout all of my research of it I have not come to a conclusion on why allergies can cause hiccups. When I read this question I immediately went online to further my investigation on whether or not this is true.

We all know that hiccups are caused because of a sudden change in the diaphragm, and that excessive sneezing and coughing may cause it. Seasonal allergies can tend to cause them because of the overdone work when you are having trouble breathing and your diaphragm is strained.

Thanks