12 second Cure for Hiccups

Forget drinking water upside down, holding your breath for 2 minutes, being frightened, meditation and all the others.  This is finally the true hiccup cure, stopping hiccups in as little as 12 seconds every time.

HICCUPS: a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound. (http://www.dictionary.com)

I tend to get the hiccups around 4 times a week.  Sometimes they can go on for several minutes and it's a bit of a hassle.  I've tried all the so called "cures" with little to no success.  Even the cure which does work takes several minutes of effort.  It was only by accident that I stumbled onto what I believe is finally THE cure for hiccups.  To my knowledge this is unique and the fastest cure ever developed.  During a bad case several weeks ago I started holding my breath, then out of boredom began walking around my living room.  I decided to do a little stretching while holding my breath so placed my hands above my door frame and leaned forward, and what do you know within seconds the hiccups stopped.  You should feel an arch to your back and your abdomen stretching.  Continue to push your hands upwards and let the weight of your body send you through the door frame.  Maintain this stretched position for 30-60 seconds while holding a big breath.  I take my large breath then perform the stretch and hold.  I have gotten my cure down to about 12 seconds now.  I've included an image in this post of the cure in action.  That's all!  Happy curing :)

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Comments

[anony-mouse]

eat a spoonful of peanut butter

[christopher talbot]

there are other ways as well.

holding your breath, and swallowing as many times as you possibly can in that time period will get rid of them as well.

[Jon Jigga]

That's some buuuulshit...

[fiveryanfrenzy]

WARNING: Holding your breath and stretching could cause minor injury... seriously.

[anony-mice]

what if you are too short to reach the door frame??

[superman]

You're all silly. All you need to do is wear a hat upside down, then jump 3 times, while speaking your grandmothers' name backward.

[Peter Ferreira]

I hate saying this, but I only remember having hiccups as a child. Those stopped when in prep school I learnt how to voluntarily burp.

Now it's like...
*HICCUP* (inner monologue goes...)
"Oh you want to go into hiccup mode?"
*SWALLOW AIR* ... *burp*
"Done! Take that!"

I suppose what you're doing is stretching your diafragm until you move whatever piece of food is lodged in a ticklish place.

Hope this helps, 'coz I know hiccups can be a pain.

[Pete]

Just realising that its a spasm of the diaphragm cures them for me

[Tim Somers]

Drinking a shot of lime juice also cures them and it isn't dependent upon height or the ability to hold your breath.

It's amazing, it's the mirrors...

[Sean Harrison]

Here's a good one:

Take a mouthful of water but don't swallow. Lean your back forward so your looking at the floor. Now swallow.

[jani]

probably works.

i've learned to relax certain muscles in my throath (no i have no idea which, i just do it) and that cures hiccup instantly. so this probably stretches the same..

altough if hiccuping is too strong it takes a while to concentrate enough, so if that happens i'll try this.

thanks!

[danieru]

This ALWAYS works for me.

Take in the biggest breath you can. Then, when you have it held, take anothr breath. Not a gulp, but a quick 'open mouth and suck in again'. Do this about 2 more times until you feel you might just burst and then release.

This takes about 5 seconds to do and always works. I have told many people to do this and they have never looked back.

(no door frame needed)

[EMichael]

Here are 2 guaranteed cures from my ex-doc-girlfriend who suffered from constant hiccups:

-- One teaspoon of sugar or a sugar packet - a chemical reaction causes the spasm to recede, and she used to carry sugar packets in her purse for just this reason.
-- Close your eyes and gently touch an eyelid - your body realizes that spams will now cause damage to your eyes, and calms you down enough to allow the hiccups to recede. Or so I think.

[tubs]

I recently discovered the same strech/hold breath method as well. I don't use a door frame. I simply sit in a chair and arch my back so my stomach is sticking out to the point where it's slightly uncomfortable and I can feel muscles stretching. I also hold my breath. It's worked several times so far...

[Antonio]

One teaspoon of vinegar.

Seriously.

I was a sceptic when told to do this, but it stopped my hiccups straight away.

[Skizmo]

[Warning]
Holding your breath to long can cause a deadly effect.

[King Kong]

"i've learned to relax certain muscles in my throat"

You must be very popular.

[Matt]

I go with what Peter says, and use the voluntary burp method. You like, "swallow" some air, then burp, and the hiccups are gone. Every time.

12 seconds? More like 2 seconds.

[Kamin]

I just burp. Take a big gulp of a drink, and let out a burp. Works everytime for me.

[Mike]

Not to sound bad here, but creating an orgasm also will stop hiccups. I'm not sure why, but it's scientifically true - it interrupts the chemical patterns triggering the hiccups.

[Death]

anything that stretches or resets your diaphragm will work. The diaphragm is what causes the hiccups. NOT the throat.

[ShizNet]

it's easy: just reinstall your Windows XP and every thing will go away!

[ani]

Hiccups are easy to solve without holding your breath or holding door frames.

All you need to do is inhale and exhale at a slower rate until the hiccup goes away. Your abdomen is working to control muscle the spasms. Depends on activities that trigger recurring of hiccups, the general response response time is about 5 to 30 seconds.

This method has worked for the last 15 years.

[Answer]

Holding my breath and drinking water at the same time, through when the next hiccup should have occured always works for me.

[A. Nonymous]

@EMichael
"Close your eyes and gently touch an eyelid - your body realizes that spams will now cause damage to your eyes, and calms you down enough to allow the hiccups to recede."

Well, hey, why not: "Place the butt of a loaded gun on your diaphragm, pointed at your head. Use your finger to tighten the trigger to almost the breaking point. Your body now REALLY realizes that a spasm will cause damage... no way is it going to hiccup now!"

Feh!

@King Kong
LOL!

[Richard Lee]

Easy cure, put a plastic bag over your head until you pass out, then voilà! no more hiccups.

(this is a joke, don't try it)

[Dr. Holland phd]

The best cure for the hiccups is a spoonful of peanut butter...cures the hiccups instantly!

[d]

tubs said it earlier but yeah a tsp of vinegar works every time.

[mike]

If you are getting hiccups that frequently, you MIGHT want to get checked out by your doctor. In all seriousness, frequent or prolonged episodes of hiccups can be a sign of a more serious GI problem...

You episodes sound frequent, so I thought I'd just let you know!

[frosty]

fucking idiot.

easiest way to stop hiccups is have a long slow inhale and exhale through the mouth. stops it dead in about 3 seconds.

enough bullshit about hanging from a door frame holding your breath while shagging your mother.

[muesli]

yeah vinegar works better than anything else. try it once and you will be amazed. you can actually feel the hiccups going away.

if the thought of vinegar disgusts you: take a tsp of sugar and pour vinegar over it. works just as well and doesn't taste as bad.

cheers,
muesli

[snowy]

drink half a cup of water (about 7 gulps) non-stop. easy as that.

[Dave]

Do I hear a Hold your hiccups for a Wii contest comming on????

[Ivan Minic]

Holding breath for 10-15 seconds works for me

[Lizard Jesus = Lezus]

As sick as it sounds, they say sticking a finger up your butt helps stop the hiccups (I haven't tried this, nor do I want to - it was featured on digg from an article in a Science publication).

Also sugar on the tongue (never works).
Drinking water (never works).
And getting scared (works but seriously difficult to do).
Also they say eating something helps (and it does).

[UltimateGordita]

If you don't have a door from, you can arc your back yourself. If you put your hands behind your back and then grab your opposite elbows pulling forward. It will allow you the same freedom. I've been using this trick myself for a few years now. This does not work on violent hiccups though. Or hiccups caused by emotional distress (those will go away for a minute, then return).

[george marinov]

have somebody stare you in the eyes for a good half minute. long but the most pleasant so far.

[Jeff]

INSTANT CURE FOR HICCUPS:
(Works EVERY time)

1 tablespoon full of sugar:
(Chew and swallow) Followed by
1 glass of water

Instant hiccup removal.
(Your dentist won't approve)

[Shaun]

What works for me every time:

Try and swallow as many times as possible for 60 seconds... Do not drink anything, just sit there and try to swallow as many times as possible... before you know it, they're gone...

[Moe]

someones got a tan

[Dave]

works better when you hang by your feet

[william]

A spoonful of sugar stops hiccups instantly.

[Kal]

In my family, a glass of warm~hot orange juice (either concentrate or pressed) works wonders against hiccups.

[blue]

Place 1 teaspoon of sugar, (heaping) into your mouth and slowly let it dissolve. Hiccups gone! It really is that easy.

(Note, don't try this if you have been drinking alcohol, it may have bad results)

[Steve]

From a bartender.. a method that has amazed many a customers for getting rid of hiccups.. Get a small bottle of Bitters and keep a couple of limes in your house.. soke 1 slice of lime with some bitters and suck on it. Hasn't failed anyone yet.. Give it a shot.

[Kahl]

The true cure for hiccups one the ig-nobel prize this year. digital rectal massage with circumferential motion

[sergio]

just drink from the upper rim of a glass.

[Ahh]

You get hiccups often because you have a lack of protein. Eat bananas more!

[Charles]

Hiccups are an "arrhythmia" of the diaphragm. The deep breath cure is best. Your streching achieved close the same thing -- motor-neuro reset of your diaphragm. If you are getting hiccups 4 times a week, that is a lot! Seek medical advice.

[Dave]

I'm sorry but there is no true cure to hiccups, you should have said a technique I use to get rid of my hiccups, seriously everyone's body is different therefore each method of eliminating hiccups wont work the same for everyone.

[Edwin]

I always hold my breath for several seconds and the hiccups are gone. Works flawlessly for me.

[Moglizorz]

Lol, Anony-Mice, I tried it! IT REALLY WORKS! You should all try it too.

Quote:
[You're all silly. All you need to do is wear a hat upside down, then jump 3 times, while speaking your grandmothers' name backward.]

[Chode]

You are all way off!

The only method to get rid of hiccups is to sit on a plunger, allowing it to go far into your rectum.

After the plunger has started to massage the inner wall of your rectum, have someone pull it out and replace it with a large funnel.

Pour 1 quart of diet pepsi (not coke) into the funnel. You will need to relax all of the muscles in your rectum as best as possible.

Once you have all of the diet pepsi inside of you, then have them quickly insert several mentos into your rectum. Once they have done that, squeeze down then jump up and down.

You will feel some pressure build up. Bend over, facing away from your friend and let it all go!

Wait... what were we talking about?

[alan]

Apparently hiccups are a common problem in the OR, and nurses insert a catheter up the sedated patient's nose, which stimulates a nerve that stops the diaphragm action which causes hiccups. Anything similar inserted into the nose will stop hiccups instantly.

[JP]

Have someone kick you in the stomach real hard.

[subcorpus]

just holding my breath works for me ...
no door frame or skipping or water necessary ...
hehe ...

[Mike]

Orgasm. I stand by it. Wiki it to see more details. Takes slightly longer than 12 seconds, but the payoff it worth it (no more hiccups, of course).

[msc]

simple solution...hiccups are a spasm of the diaphragm...the diaphragm's crucial funtion is respiration (aka breathing)...so control your breathing and you control your hiccup via the diaphragm....sit down, focus and take a few controlled breathes, and the hiccup will be gone....

[iceman]

drink a glass of water while pressing the end of the handle of a metal spoon against your temple with the spoon part in the water. make sure there is a good contact between you temple skin and the metal spoon. and make sure the spoon touches the water the whole time.
Don't know why it works but I have used it for years

[Zeig]

##########################
BEST PROVEN METHOD:
Touch chin to your chest and drink any liquid out of a straw. make sure to keep your chin as hard and close to your chest as possible.

they will be gone instantly.

##########################

[Scott]

Take a whiff of carbon dioxide. Instantly gone for me. I don't remember where I heard of this. Back in high school my dad brewed his own beer and made soda--we had a CO2 tank. A quick inhale (almost painfully ticklish) and hiccups gone. Either that or I'd hyper-ventilate into a bag to increase the C02 and get rid of 'em. And, if this is completely wrong, don't tell that to my brain, because I need this solution to still work. ;)

[bag0k]

Yeah, but I'm not tall enough to do that D:

[Achromus]

Hiccups are caused by uncontrolled breathing. In order to get rid of them, control your breathing so intensely that the hiccups disappear.

Humming a song with complex, powerful tones is best. (Humming because you can do it strongly without being as loud.)

Try humming Vader's theme song from Star Wars -- calms my lung nerves and stops hiccups every time! No water, sugar, or doorways required, but it helps if you're standing up straight.

[Kison]

My cure includes holding your breath, though it does not include stretching in the manner you have specified. Luckily, that means you can do it anywhere.

Basically, I take as deep a breath as I can, then hold. But then I begin moving the pressure of the air from my mouth down to my lungs. Have to have your mouth closed to accomplish this. It is difficult to explain how I do this, but it ends up locking my diaphram in place, so that each hiccup barely causes a spasm.

Normally they're gone very quickly.

[Junkguy]

Interesting method... but will it blend?

[Timmy]

One that always works for me.

Block your ears, and drink some water

[KnowItAll]

The one that works for me every time requires a second person. If someone covers your ears and you drink a whole glass of water they will stop.

Heard about this in one of those Ladies magazines about 10 years ago and it never fails.

[David]

What about digital rectal massage?

[David S]

So, this is how I get rid of hiccups.

When I get the hiccups I tell myself that I do not have hiccups I affirm that I do not have hiccups. Since I was about 12 I suffer from 1 hiccup before I tell myself that I don't have them and they go away.

Cures work because you believe they work.

[Jeffness]

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[Loony]

Timmy, you need someone else to cover your ears?

It is not that hard to do it with your index fingers while holding the cup in your hands...

[Lauren]

Actually, hiccups are a muscular problem, not a GI thing; it's just your diaphragm acting up. That means a major muscle that aids breathing is spasming and causing deep, rapid inhalations, which we call hiccups or hiccoughs.
Some people need medication to help them stop, but these muscle relaxants are only for those whose episodes are consistantly longer than one day.

The stretching thing will probably be more effective than swallowing sugar, drinking water funny, or any other form of ingestion-reliant methods, which only briefly change the breathing pattern. It also activates your muscles, and for those familiar with stretching before and after exercise, this is essential for cooling muscles and releasing lactic acid.

So that's my long-winded two bits. ^__^

[Lauren]

Actually, hiccups are a muscular problem, not a GI thing; it's just your diaphragm acting up. That means a major muscle that aids breathing is spasming and causing deep, rapid inhalations, which we call hiccups or hiccoughs.
Some people need medication to help them stop, but these muscle relaxants are only for those whose episodes are consistantly longer than one day.

The stretching thing will probably be more effective than swallowing sugar, drinking water funny, or any other form of ingestion-reliant methods, which only briefly change the breathing pattern. It also activates your muscles, and for those familiar with stretching before and after exercise, this is essential for cooling muscles and releasing lactic acid.

So that's my long-winded two bits. ^__^

[Chris]

Drink beer. I haven't had hiccups for 5 years now, nor have I had "Gas" (the painful stomach kind).

There's a lot of strange "ailments" that I don't suffer from any longer.

It could also be that drinking beer (bitter), reduces the amount of rich foods that I consume (ie, I don't eat Chocolate anymore either).

[Mikey]

All of these cures are for pussies. Just focus for a minute on any given point in the room. Concentrate, use your mind. Focusing on anything hard will make your hiccups stop. It's all mental.

[Chardy]

Quote:
[All these cures are for pussies]

Your right. The real mans way to cure hiccups is to cut off your right arm with a rusty spoon.

Works every time. I dare somebody to prove me wrong :D

--Chard

[cybercod]

This is going to sound really weird, but it goes along with the intense concentration thing someone said earlier.

Unfortuneately it only works once, and only on other people.

It worked on me (once) and I always remembered it because it is so off the wall.

If you see someone who is suffering from hiccups, walk up to them and tell them you have a cure for the hiccups, but first they must tell you what color an eggplant is. They'll think about it for a moment, and answer, sometimes wrong, sometimes right, doesn't matter.

Then you point out that their hiccups are gone, which they probably will be, unless they're extremely aquainted with eggplants.

Most of you will probably think this is bunk, but its fun, and doesn't involve rectal stimulation.

[Mike]

One teaspoon of sugar. Instant stop.
No 30 seconds, no 12 seconds, but zero seconds, as you swallow - the hiccups stop.

[Edward Lawford]

Man, I can't believe some of the hokey cures you guys are posting.

THIS CURE IS ABSOLUTELY 100% CORRECT!

It WORKS because it actually addresses the problem of hiccups by directly manipulating the spasming diaphram.

I can simplify it a little though. You just need hold one arm in the air and stretch it up as far as it will go for about 30 seconds. Your hiccups will disappear almost straight away. Works for me everytime.

Guaranteed.

[patcoston]

I only get hiccups when I eat very spicy food but somehow I've figured out how to *think* the hiccups away. I can't explain it but I resist the urge to hiccup and they stop after 3 or 4 hiccups. So for me its just mind over body.

[Rich]

I have no comment about curing your own hiccups. However, I have a fun technique for curing it in others. I've tracked my stats for 25 yrs and its about 50%:

If someone is hiccuping, pull out a dollar and hold it in front of them. Offer the person that dollar if they can hiccup one more time for you.

You'll always shock them and get a good reaction. (I.e., its a good pickup line if that's your interest.:-) Either they'll be instantly cured, or they'll accidentally hiccup and you'll have to give up the dollar.

[Yusuf]

I tried it and I can attest that this doesn't work...at least for me when I'm drunk. It does, however, make your suitemates think that you're a creep who likes to hang from the ceiling.

[Jim'll fix it]

I always shave my eyebrow to elude the hiccup fairies. But once a burp pixie stole my hand so i couldnt, i had the hiccups for eleventeen years it made me grow mild anal explosives on my elbow untill I gave him a ten euros.

[Kurt]

The oldest and simplest cure for hiccups is a small amount of sugar under the tongue. so simple why try any thing else.

[Rui]

I am laughing so hard after reading all the suggestions that I now have the hiccups!!!!

[Joss, Poland]

I'm able to kill hiccup in matter of seconds without moving or even changing my position. It isn't simple because you have to learn how to use muscles which usually are not mind controlled.
The reason of hiccup is some kind of self propelled neuro-muscle positive feedback.
To break this process you simply have to involve these muscles in different activity.
This muscle is a very bottom part of your tongue (close to Epiglottis). You can start to use this muscle by taking a small piece of bread crust into your mouth and sucking it slowly for couple of minutes (keep it between tongue and palate). Try to keep this muscle tensed up all the time. After some training you will not have to use bread to tense up this muscle.

Good luck!
/Joss

[Chuck Norris]

I dont get hiccups. Hiccups get me.

[Longtime Sufferer]

I can vouch that this cure works. I once had the hiccups for several days. Thank god they went away for about 6 hours every night when I really got exhausted, but they always started up within a minute of waking. I tried *everything*. OK, everything except the rectal massage. The holding-breath-and-protruding-belly-stretch always, always works for me. I do it now at the first sign of hiccups, because I really, really don't want to go through that again.

[Joshua]

I wish I could hiccup!!! Truly, I have gotten so used to killing hiccups so fast that if I do get them, usually its only one or two, and I'm lucky to get 4 hiccups. In fact, I pretty much can't stop myself from stopping them!

Its funny to read what all sorts of people think. All the 'cures' are attemps at confronting the cause but usually actually only address the symptoms. Read Joss's explanation a couple posts above to understand how to really stop hiccups.

For myself, I just started experimenting with my throat muscles and then learned how to stop them. After a while it became so automatic that now my body stops them and I can't stop my body from stopping them. Which presents a new problem - How to GET(keep, for at least a couple minutes) the hiccups?!

Hopefully you can use this to learn how to actually stop hiccups!

[Jimbo Loks]

Personally I only get hickups whenever I drink too much. I guess we all know the cure for that: Either drink more or drink less.

[anonymous]

i can stop my hiccups within 5-6 seconds by will power alone. concentration and deep breaths.

[Ada]

THE STEP-STRETCH METHOD

My method has many similarities to "the 12-second cure" and it has never failed me. Because a hiccup is basically a contraction of the diaphragm - that which sits just below your lungs, it makes good sense to stretch the diaphragm, in response to hiccups. Taking in and holding a deep breath should in essense do this, but since this method is often insufficient, the diaphragm can be stretched more gradually and thoroughly...

Take a deep breath in and as you do this, raise your elbows outward at your sides, and stop at about your breast level. Raise your hands to this level as well. (All the while holding your breath) Hold for a couple of seconds and raise your elbows and hands an additional couple of inches.
Hold for another couple of seconds and raise your elbows and hands again another couple of inches. You should feel the muscles around your chest pulling a bit. As you raise your arms your lung volume will increase and you will be able to inhale a bit more air. (Still don't exhale yet.) Continue raising your elbows&hands ~2 inches at a time every 2-3 seconds.

Once your arms are above your head and you can't hold your breath anymore, exhale quickly while letting your arms fall. Once they've fallen, quickly inhale again and repeat the whole thing. You shouldn't need to repeat this more than a couple of times.

Good luck!

[Doulikeme]

Try to swallow dry bread crumbs,crushed ice,or 1 teaspoon of dry sugar. Pull gently on your tongue or push down the back of your tongue with your finger or a spoon handle. Close your eyes and push lightly and gently on your eyeballs.

[Sweeeeeedish]

By God it works!!!! Witch! Witch!!!!!

I've just had Hiccups for the past 4 hours (on and off) Tried this and within Seconds a case of the hiccups which was driving me to distraction has disappeared.

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you

[Sweeeeeedish]

And Ada, that just sounds bizarre... like trying to remove your brain or somehting

[Chuck]

It works!!!!
I just had bad hiccups for over an hour. Was starting to feel ill and exhausted. The doorframe trick fixed them in 30 seconds. Thank You Thank YOU THANK YOU

[bozobaggins]

there is no such thing as a cure for hiccups :P

[Jack]

I read this page some time ago but I didn't have the hiccups at the time. I thought, "Interesting. Hope I remember it, and hope it works". I got the hiccups today at work. Hiccups are beyond an annoyance to me; they're almost painful. I tried your suggestion here and IT WORKED LIKE A F---ING DREAM! Not 12 seconds, I just put my hands on the top of the door frame and leaned forward, held my breathe for only THREE SECONDS and they disappeared magically! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Diederick]

Nice site!
I wish to add one cure that works for me most times; how it works is a complete mystery to me. The cure is to wet ur ears. Almost all watery liquids will do, but usually i stick with saliva.

[kelsey]

My parents used to ask me if I ever saw a white horse in the middle of a highway. It never worked for me but it worked on all my friends.

[Ryan, US]

interesting concepts displayed in desperation, I think the "cure" is unique to the individual some of you have emotional distress as the cause as dose my friend that I am looking this up for. You just have to find your fix to relax or distract your diaphragm.

[Richard]

It would be far better if your instructions were concise and separated into steps.

[christopher sands]

i have had them for over 5 months please help me i keep a diary blog thing of them on my myspace www.myspace.com/christamofo

[some girly]

psh...=\

[deusdiabolus]

I just tried this, and it worked like a charm! Thank you! :)

[Shirley Moore]

My Grandad taught me this cure for hiccups, and it never fails if done correctly.
Take nine small sips of water, and hold in your mouth, swallow in three gulps. End of hiccups. Simple but true!!

[Grrrr]

Thanks worked within the specified time of 12 seconds!!!!!

[Randy Morris]

Fill a glass or styrofoam cup with water, cover it with a handerchief or paper napkin, then drink every bit of the water. Don't know how it works, but it does every time.

[tumba]

Thanks, I'll try your method when I suffer it.

[Deep]

Thanks Mate............I'd been having hiccups for almost 6 hours. It'd gotten really irritating. I just went through your post and did as directed. In all of 10 seconds, it was gone! This is a highly relieved man saying thanks!!

[Bjust]

so i had a fun time reading everybody's cures.. but i noticed nobody had this one.. everytime i get them i grab some dry bread.. eat it, and they are gone usually ater the first bite.. work for anyone else?? lol

[laura]

hey just wanted to let everyone know, the one danieru wrote about touching your eyelid works!! my boyfriends been suffering for ages with really bad hiccups and we've been searching for a cure, we tried them all without success but within seconds of trying this they stopped! amazing!!

[Weirdo]

I have always used the finger in the butt method and found it works really well.

In fact I often use it when I haven't got hiccups!

[Dana]

Wow.. this actually worked!!!! I didn't think it would but it did! I've had the hiccups now for the past 50 min.. I held my breath and did the stretch and immediately felt better. I held it for probably 15 sec, doing it two times.. and here I am! Cured!

[David Brown]

Listen, I grabb the person with hiccups unexpetedly and deprive them of air for about six seconds past the time they realy start to panic.
This has never failed, be careful.
this takes about 20 seconds. never injure any one doing this. NEVER GO BEYOND 30 seconds

[hi]

eat a spoon of peanut butter instead of doing all of those long hard to remember methods.IT REALLY WORKS

[sarah]

Ok so i tend to get the hiccups a lot and cannot get rid of them but if you inhale air and keep it in, swallow, and repeat then exhale it goes away in thirty seconds trust me it works!!!

[me]

I remembered I read something that was on Digg about this so I searched, tried this, and it works.

WIN.

[Lasilia]

I drink soda and burp And It's Bye-Bye Hiccups!

[Roy Holderness]

Brilliant! I had been hicupping for an hour, tried the door-frame stretch cure and in 30 seconds it had stopped

[terry]

Got the hiccups while drinking beer-very annoying...tried the doorframe thing and it worked like a charm...THANK YOU!!!

[Jose]

I have an 18 yr old son (Freddy) who gets hiccups every now and then, but when he does they stick around for hours at a time. He's tried all kinds of cures, but never found anything that works. He tried your technique and it worked great, first time around! He got a little light-headed, but it worked.

This helped him a lot since earlier today he had his 4 wisdom teeth pulled and the hiccups which started 4 hours ago have been driving him nuts.

Thanks for posting your technique. You should name it. Appreciate it.

[Hiccup Hater]

or you could just think about your hiccups and the usually just go away in about 1 minute that ALWAYS works for me if they are really bad just go online and read about hiccups or cure for hiccups i can probably guarrante that it WILL work everytime

[poop]

poop

[John]

Totally worked within 15 secs, thanks!!!!

[Alex]

Vinegar is a sure thing, even a drop is enough (the taste causes your nerves to focus on it instead of the cause of hiccups, or something like that). Anything else even slightly sour will do the trick - vitamin C, lemon, maybe grapefruit etc.

One other solution that always works for me is french kiss for a few seconds, but hey, it only works if you have who to kiss with. And I never asked anyone else if this works for them.

[Hiccup hater]

Water...doesnt work.
Doorframe....wtf?
Vinegar...ewwww.
A spoonful of sugar...ever parents nightmare!

The best remedy for hiccups is take a teaspoon of peanut butter. Swallow(it may feel like its getting stuck). Now take a cup of water, warm water if its really stuck and wash the peanut butter down. It may not have anything to do with the diaphram but EVERYBODY has peanut butter try it! Youll thank me for life and so will your kids...seriously vinegar?
P.S. watch for peanut allergies please

[Orkzilla]

I find what works best is to GENTLY throw yourself from a moving vehicle

[snerica]

ive had hiccups for the last 30 mins...just read this entire wall post, and what finally cured them for me, strangely enough, was the eyelid thing (placing a finger on the eyelid) just wanted to pass along the info

[callie]

IT WORKED!!!!!!! hahaha.
i did it in computer class and yeah it worked. horray (:

[TJ]

Ur All Full Of It.

[Eduardo]

THANK U!!! IT REALLY WORKED!!! I have suffered of this all my entire life and u solved it! jeje THANK U SO MUCH!.

[john personality]

I just tried the finger in the butt thing and it did not work. so I tried 3. worked like aa charm. forgot about the hiccups.

[BrOSs]

its true!
what a great method, congrats!