The sugar thing is the only one that works for me. Then again, I never normally do sugar, so it may be the shock to the system. I think Tommy's suggestions might work though.

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The only thing that works for me for endurance style hiccups is eating a spoonful of sugar.

Me, too. Do you take sugar and water (I do), Lee, or just sugar?

Jars, since they're hic-burps, have you tried an antacid?

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YAY for no more hiccups.

I am guessing you get orb

We probably will, Beth, but I bet I have to go to work first. I kind of like the fog, since it's the first one we've had for a while.

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Me, too. Do you take sugar and water (I do), Lee, or just sugar?

Sugar alone, then if it works, lots of water to get rid of the sweetness.

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I've found a good hiccup cure is to apply pressure to the base of the neck, in that gap just above the last vertebra in the torso.

Supposedly it puts pressure on some nerve or other that's involved in the hiccuping process.

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Accupressure almost always works: Hold your first three fingers of your right hand flat (and tightly) against the inside of your left wrist (where the veins are showing) for about thirty seconds.

Oh, I'm marking that post, megan.

I wonder if the cantelopes would work on my ear infection pain?

If you haven't already, take an antihistamine and some Tylenol (or Motrin, or whatever for the pain). If you don't have an infection, the pain may be just from fluid, and the antihistamine can dry it up.

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The accupressure thing works best for me for hiccups. I press a thumb's width below the wrist crease, but it sounds like the same basic pressure point.

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Sugar alone, then if it works, lots of water to get rid of the sweetness.

I fill the spoon with sugar, then drizzle water on it. Also gross, but less so. Usually, though, drinking something too soon after un-does the cure, so I have to deal with the cloying taste, for a while.

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Hiccup cure: Pour a large glass of water. Find a clean washcloth and put it over the top of the glass. Drink all the water through the washcloth without stopping.

I do a variation of this. Get glass of water and a straw. Hold your breath and drink the entire glass of water through the straw while holding your breath. It works every time.

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I have to wait a few minutes to make sure it works before the water. I will have to remember the drizzle water thing for next time.

Since we are on the subject of hiccups, do other people have hiccup triggers? I know of one for myself-- eating bread or certain kinds of crackers if I haven't eaten or drunk anything else for several hours.

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The accupressure thing works best for me for hiccups. I press a thumb's width below the wrist crease, but it sounds like the same basic pressure point.

Yes, the key is to have your fingertips pressing on what I call the cords of your wrist (if I had ever taken biology I would probably know what I should really call them, but I didn't, so I don't).

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