I have had the hiccups for an hour HELP edit. Thanks...the breathing helped

[demtenjeep]

short of standing on my head I have tried everything. Grr

what can I do?

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Tablespoonful of white sugar, let it melt slightly in your mouth, enough to swallow, then swallow it

[Lochloosa]

2. ^^^THIS^^^

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

3. First, sit in a comfy chair in a relaxed posture.

Slowly breathe in as deeply as possible. Breathe in through your nose.

Hold your breath in, for as long as possible. When you need to exhale, do it as slowly as possible, through your mouth. Exhale as fully as you can. Stay as relaxed as possible as you do this.

Repeat if necessary. It's all a matter of controlling your breathing for a few moments.

[Callmecrazy]

9. Also put your hands up over your head...

It helps expand the ribcage and gives you more air. The idea is to stretch your diaphragm.
Works like a charm for me.

[demtenjeep]

10. finally Thank you

I tried the sugar

then I sat down with my arms over my head and did the deep breathing.

[Callmecrazy]

11. Glad I could help...

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

12. Me too

I've never tried it with my arms up, but it makes sense. Next time I'll give it a go.

[cui bono]

4. I'll give you $100 if you can hiccup again.

That works in real life. It worked over the phone once too. It disrupts your neurological something or other since you were not expecting someone to say that and they go away. That's what I was told and I tried it on a stranger in the drugstore and it worked and did it to a colleague over the phone and it worked then too.

[CBGLuthier]

5. Match in the water?

I have never known it to fail. Get a glass of water and light a match. Drop it in and drink the water without swallowing the match.

[angstlessk]

6. You MUST let us know which cure cured your hiccups

[valerief]

7. Stop drinking! nt

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. Hopefully this isn't just the beggining:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Osborne_(hiccups)

Charles Osborne (December 14, 1892[1] – May 1, 1991) hiccupped continuously for 68 years (1922–1990). Osborne was from Anthon, Iowa, U.S., and he was entered in Guinness World Records as the man with the Longest Attack of Hiccups.[2] His condition also led him to be a guest on the New York radio show Ripley's Believe It or Not![citation needed] in 1936, ABC's That's Incredible![citation needed] in 1980, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson[citation needed] in 1983. He appeared in an article by Dear Abby,[citation needed] was drawn as a comic for a Bazooka Joe bubble gum wrapper, is listed as a trivia question on the iPod Touch and was featured as a question in the board game Trivial Pursuit.[citation needed]

Osborne began hiccuping in 1922, after a 350-pound hog collapsed on top of him while he was preparing to slaughter it. The hiccups persisted for 68 years, about one hic every 10 seconds. It is speculated that either an abdomen muscle was pulled or a blood vessel in the brain burst and destroyed the part of the brain stem that inhibits hiccups.[3] Operations were attempted to stop the hiccups, but proved unsuccessful.[citation needed] Hormone therapy stopped the hiccups for 36 hours, but was stopped due to other health problems.[3]

[intaglio]

13. Errr - There is a pretty good cure

that involves stimulating the vagus nerve below the diaphragm.

Fesmire, a specialist in emergency medicine and cardiology, probably did not have a real Nobel in mind when he published "Termination of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage" in Annals of Emergency Medicine (vol 17, p 872). He was, it transpires, attempting to help a man who walked into the emergency room after hiccuping for 72 hours at up to 30 times a minute.

This won an Ig-Noble

[Iggo]

22. Heheheh...Annals.

[raptor_rider]

14. Rub your diaphragm

It always helps me. Settles down the spasms.

[demtenjeep]

15. they came back two more times

so strange really

[Brother Buzz]

16. Hold your breath and swallow TEN times

It's very hard to do but it helps the diaphragm relax. Repeat if necessary, but chances are you won't have to.

[magical thyme]

17. suck on a spoonful of sugar, white or brown, doesn't matter

Just suck on it until it's gone.

[Rhiannon12866]

18. I was told to drink a glass of water upside down, works much better than holding your breath

[PasadenaTrudy]

19. I drink water

I get hiccups almost daily. I drink a tall glass of water quickly, without stopping. Does the trick!

[Skittles]

20. you want I should kick your hiccupping ass, demtenjeep?

LEMME AT YOU!!!

[demtenjeep]

23. yes

it was rather annoying

[RebelOne]

21. I get hiccups quite often and what helps me

is to take a big gulp of vinegar or even some hot sauce. Anything to shock the system. It always works for me.

[Separation]

24. Had the hiccups for 3 days straight.

Went to medical and told them about it and I ended up getting a shot in the diaphragm. The shot hurt like hell, but it stopped the hiccups. They said I had some weird spasm in my diaphragm that was causing it.

Worst 3 days of my life, any time I get the hiccups I immediately panic and hope they stop soon.