i usually lay on a couch, why my torso hanging off the edge, and upside down. I then hold my breath for about 15 seconds, that usually works for me

In class right now, I'll try it when I get home.

Brown paper bag, breath into it with it held so no air is escaping out the sides, then your body will realize something's messed up and reset your breathing pattern, which also cancels out hiccups. Usually, knowing your luck, that won't work either.

"Hyperventilating".

Ah, was wondering what you mean by that

tried insideout burping?
and uppening up your esophagus for the timespan of over 3 hiccups.

Tried it. Still hiccuping...

wow, i didnt know tomuch people who can even open their esophagus....

I'm a foxbunny of many inane talents. =I

problem?

Yes. My lungs hurt. =V

lol u mad?

y u do dis?

lol I kidding.

BTW if you try holding your breath for 30 seconds. it should work. If you hiccup and mess it up by breathing u have to start over though. It always works for me.

"Not breathing"

that sux dude

What my mate recommends is for you to hold your breath as long as you can (like a minute if you can). What a hiccup is basically is when a pocket of air is trapped in your body and can't get out (it's basically a cough but it's with air instead of an object). If you starve your body of oxygen for a minute, it will try to use that pocket of air which will cancel out the hiccups. Also, try holding your breath and drinking water whilst doing so. Down the glass, but don't breathe.

"A hiccup is a contraction of the diaphragm that repeats several times per minute. In humans, the abrupt rush of air into the lungs causes the epiglottis to close, creating a "hic" sound." -Wikipedia

"Irritation of any of the nerves involved in [the diaphragm to the phrenic nerve and the vagus nerve] can cause the diaphragm to undergo involuntary contraction, or spasm, pulling air into the lungs. When this occurs, it triggers a reflex in the throat muscles. Less than a tenth of a second afterward, the trachea is closed off, making the characteristic "hic" sound." -Richard Robinson

It's not a pocket of air, it's a spasm in the diaphragm. A pocket of air might of started the hiccups, but it's not what causes hiccups. The more you know. Also:

>>"Not breathing", "drinking water"

And technically your throat is the thing killing you and not the object when you choke.

Might of = Might've = Might have
The more you know.

lol u mad.

Not alot :P

y u mad tho?

I'm not really mad. I just felt a little irritated that your comment came off as smartassy. I'd be hypocritical in pointing that out, but I am unsure if that was your intent.

You're the person who tried to explain what causes hiccups in a journal asking for solutions. I just thought if you're going to tell people what ails them, you should at least know what the actual problem is. I was just answering your smartassiness with more smartassiness.

I wasn't trying to be a smartass, I was saying that "this is what hiccups are so this should be able to fix them". Sorry if it came off like that =/

I know a lot of people don't have the common sense to look things up before they start complaining, but I'm not a lot of people. =I Also, if I wanted to be a smartass, I would have just linked you to this: http://is.gd/g2L9P ;o

I don't want to be responsible for drama or escalating it, whichever part I take. I tried to help and failed. Leave it at that.