Non Stop Hiccups

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Feb 03, 2010
Today is day 3 of my hiccups. I’ve come to the acceptance that there’s nothing I can do about them but relax. I’ve tried every maneuver known to man. The longest I’ve had hiccups is 4 days. Back then I went to my primary physician and they prescribed Thorazine. (Chlorpromazine effectively treats schizophrenia, severe mania in people with bipolar disorder, and uncontrollable hiccups). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorpromazine for more detailed information. The downside of taking the Thorazine is you become catatonic and fall asleep pretty quickly so you need to take a day off from work or whatever activities you have planned if you take the pill during the daytime, which I don’t recommend. For the most part I usually try different breathing exercises to alleviate the problem. Finding the ‘zen’ in hiccups is a tough call. Sometimes I even try moving my body in different positions just to see if this helps.

The best treatment I’ve had is distraction to help me forget I have hiccups.
The second best treatment I have is burping. Not like regular burping, but deep guttural burps. The kind Goliath would have after eating in the Greek myths.

One thing I advise is noticing what you may have eaten days prior to the hiccups happening. Also, notice your stress level within your life. This is why zen breathing exercises or distraction helps. It removes one from the troubles, but this is just momentary. It’s best to really pay attention to what may have caused the hiccups, especially if it’s something you can avoid.

For instance, I ate a green banana. Not completely green, but green enough to not be tendered ‘yellow’ or fully ripe. I hate overly sweet bananas. Right after I ate the banana, I felt the hiccups coming. Now I’ve been eating bananas like crazy and I rarely get hiccups. But at this point I may need to deem this fruit out of my diet. You may have to look at something you eat that triggers your hiccups if you have them longer than a day. I don’t believe it’s an allergy, but I feel like there’s something in my belly just triggering the hiccups to come alive.

Also, I have a tendency to notice that when I drink my diet sodas like Diet Coke or Diet Mountain Dew along with bananas they tend to trigger the hiccups. Thought I should mention this as well, though I believe it’s all coincidental unless someone tells me it happens to them too.

Maybe avoid sodas + bananas. Just a thought.

Prolonged hiccuping causes me just irritability, lack of energy and sleep, overall just helplessness. When the moment comes and you feel like they are gone after such a long hiccup episode, I feel like I’ve re-found my life and breath. You never really appreciate the air you breathe like you do after hiccuping for days.

If you have been hiccuping for more than 3 days I suggest seeing a doctor. Today is my 3rd day. If they aren’t gone today, I’ll need to seek help. I do my best usually to prolong seeking prescribed alternatives to natural healing, but sometimes these hiccups can kick your butt.

\\\ —- UPDATE —- ////
June 7, 2010
Here’s some things I may have overlooked that may have caused me hiccups:
1. Possible Ulcer
2. Allergies to Oatmeal or other grains
3. Excessively fatty foods such as cheese, cream cheese, etc
4. Stress
5. Excessive caffeine intake
6. Smoking

I’ve pretty much stopped eating anything excessively fatty, cut most ‘gluten’ products out of my diet, started excercising, stopped smoking entirely and cutting back on caffeine and haven’t had another hiccup episode for a couple of months.

My guess is that stress plus the list above just aggravated my intestines and stomach.

For the most part I feel much better. I still have stress, but now I don’t use any unnatural devices or caffeine to deal with it.

— Zeus ::)
May 04, 2010