CharlieD
Chef Extraordinaire
I drink water, and seems to be working for me.
The sugar cube works for me too, although I have no idea why.Slowly dissolving a sugar cube on my tongue.
It works great with babies. Wet the tip of your pinky.Dip it in a sugar bowl.Then let them bite you!
Munky.
the old remedy, drinking a glass of water from the other side of the glass (effectively up-side-down).
The minute I saw this subject I knew this was one thread that would a gazillion replies!
My favorite is one that's almost impossible to describe. (It works for me every time!)
Fill a glass with water.
Bend over the sink with the glass of water in your hand AND sip 10 times from the opposite side of the glass than that you would normally.
You might think it's impossible until you try it.
Thankfully, I haven't had them in a very long time, but a teaspoon of sugar always seemed to work.
I think I have used all of the remedies mentioned in this discussion, except the one with sugar. Yes, most of them have worked some of the time. The only one that has reliably worked for me is the one where I "flip" my diaphragm.