*hic*

[squeequeg]

I know everybody has a cure for hiccups. But does anyone know how to prevent them?

The reason is that I've been waking up in the middle of the night with a bad case of the hiccups. I can't tell if it's the hiccups that wake me up, or if I wake up slightly and then the hiccups start, but I do know that by the time I've gotten the hiccups to stop, I am well and truly awake.

I like my sleep, and I get little enough of it as it is. I'd rather not lose any more to something as stupid as hiccups.

Comments

[spyscribe.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't have any secrets, but if you get any, please pass them along.

I am a terrible hiccuper. No cute little hics for me, no. I get full-lunged body-shaking quakes that a friend once claimed he could hear from across campus.

I've noticed some triggers, mainly related to quick air temperature changes, but that probably isn't what's happening to you. And what you could do about it while asleep is an open question. Best of luck and sympathy then?

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

Air temperature changes might be what did it -- it's been colder than Lucifer's Dantean nether regions lately, and when the heat kicks in it does so in a nice warm blast of air. So the heat turning on or shutting off might have triggered them. (And half the trouble is that when I hiccup, I wake up thomascantor...)