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I'm both hungry and also have hiccups. Anyone have any ideas?

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[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 15 points 3 months ago

You gotta drink water from the far side of the glass.

[–] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My go-to for hiccups is to empty then fill my lungs past where they're comfortable and hold as long as possible. It's not comfortable, but has been the best remedy. Peanut butter sounds like it would be good since it's slow to swallow

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

It's my suspicion that all other remedies are really just ways to get you to hold your breath.

[–] Rogan_Scoundrel@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I have had luck with spoonfuls of peanut butter. At least it works for me.

[–] hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Came to post this. Peanut butter works like a charm

[–] Flamangoman@leminal.space 1 points 3 months ago

Ya, thirdsies

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Huh, this is the only one I've never heard of so far. Guess I'll give it a go next time πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Same. No idea why it works, but it always does for me.

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sit up straight. Breath in as much as you can. Then a little bit more. Hold as long as you can. Let it out slowly.

Works every time for me.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 months ago

This is the way.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

Gaslight yourself into believing hiccups aren't real. Sounds crazy but it works. Just tell yourself they aren't real and really believe it

[–] Balthazar@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago
[–] badbrainstorm@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Vinegar has always helped me. Malt vinegar, or Apple cider vinegar.

Trader Joes has a really yummy lemon ginger acv drink that's one of my go to's

[–] Today@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

One spoon of pickle juice. Do not eat a pickle.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Don't have pickles at home right now, but reading the other comments suggesting a spoonful or so of vinegar might help, we do have vinegar at least.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I just made dinner with all the ingredients in this post comments. Thanks all… now I need to know about how to alleviate flatulence tomorrow at work.

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Don't. Power-fart like a boss tomorrow and thank me for your promotion next week.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Dude are you a life coach or something

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, and I take payment in either propaganda of the deed, or funky rock riffs

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It isn't food, but you can always try this. There is even formal research. You're welcome.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

LOL, I've heard of that before.

I'll pass though, I took some Alka Seltzer earlier and so far so good. πŸ‘πŸ€ž

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

My hiccup remedy is to take a moderately deep breath, then say, out loud, β€œNow” right before you hiccup again.

Usually, the control and attention keep it from happening again. I’ve had many people do this and just go, β€œoh, I guess they went away…” πŸ‘€

[–] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do a shot of vinegar. Works every time.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tried that, didn't work ☹️

[–] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's been over 24 hours now, only with very brief breaks in the hiccups, but yeah I actually feel like I'm doomed for now ☹️

[–] getoffthedrugsdude@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Not to scare you, but if they last more than a couple days you should reach out to a doctor. I have a family member who had this happen, had horrid hiccups for 4 days straight and it tore open a part that required surgery. It's been so long now I can't remember exactly how it happened since I was fairly young at the time, but do take care of yourself <3 hope they clear up soon

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

It's very rare that this happens to me. I do think it's associated with a mild chest cold I just went through over the past few days or so. The cold itself has basically already passed, but I think that's what left me with lingering hiccups.

At least the hiccups aren't severe, like I don't think I'm gonna end up with a hernia or anything like that, but yeah it's annoying as hell and making it rather difficult to sleep ☹️

I'm pretty sure it'll pass within a day or so, hopefully 🀞

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yay, I think the hiccups have finally passed!

I think... 🀞

[–] MOARbid1@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

A swallow of lemon juice will fix you right up.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

Water always works for me

[–] SexDwarf@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

How to kill hiccups in three easy steps - guaranteed to work every single time:

  1. Fill a pint (or any big glass) with water
  2. Exhale all air out
  3. Finish that pint in a single continuous gulp without pausing
[–] paequ2 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't know about foods, but do you know how to play a wind instrument? Playing trumpet for 30 seconds has been a 100% cure for me. Then you can get on with the eating.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

The only wind instrument I play is the farthole πŸ’©

But I did just pluck a wild onion and ate that, and it seems to have alleviated the hiccups, for now anyways...

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Sadly I don't have any right now, but I've already tried Pepto Bismol and also gas relief pills, like the closest things we have around right now. No dice, still hiccups.. ☹️

Honestly I feel like if I could just have one good long fart that the hiccups might pass LOL!

[–] onehundred@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
  1. Get water
  2. Sip the water slowly and constantly
  3. Always be swallowing
  4. Don’t stop
  5. Keep Sipping
  6. It should start to feel weird how long you’ve been sipping this water
  7. Keep sipping
  8. Enjoy not having hiccups

It took me years to work out when people say drink water, they don’t mean, just take a mouthful and swallow. You actually need to slowly sip the water.

[–] RunJun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

Fill your lungs and then do multiple(7ish) dry swallows in a row. It works extremely well.

[–] toadjones79@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Ten swallows of water without taking a breath, as fast as you can.

[–] UltraBlack@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

What works for me is looking into a light and continuously swallowing my saliva as often as possible

[–] somethingwickedx@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Get a glass of water and a bunch of straws, drink through as many straws as you can.

[–] omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

Hold your breath until you pass out

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

hiccaway straw works great

[–] proudblond@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I looked into this for my son, who gets really bad hiccups. We have lots of regular straws, so before I bought a special one, I had him try a regular straw that was pointing straight down at the bottom of the cup so that it was letting in as little water as possible. Totally works (most of the time).

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Every time I have hiccups I stop it immediately by changing the rhythm of my breathing and making sure I breath using my diaphragm.