*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

[scottahill.livejournal.com]

Googling "sleep hiccups" turned up this site (along with a peculiarly large number of spam sites):
http://www.ncemi.org/cse/cse0601.htm

Significant quote: "Persistence of hiccups during sleep suggests an organic cause, but conversely if a patient is unable to sleep or if the hiccups stop during sleep and recur promptly on awakening, this suggests a psychogenic or idiopathic etiology."

However, "idiopathic" means "having an unknown cause", so that's not very helpful. :)

Maybe you could try not eating anything for a few hours before bed? Otherwise, no clue.

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

"An organic cause" meaning what, exactly? That they're entirely natural?

And psychogenic hiccups sound kind of cool. I suppose the least useful superpower would be to inflict hiccups at will.