Hiccups and ADHD

Just learning about the autonomic nervous system in ADHD people and I suddenly realised how it relates to my forever, and at times chronic, hiccups!!!
Love making these connections 😂
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[@annaharris4396]

thank you for this, i’ve been trying to find a link between adhd and hiccups and this is the only thing i could find😂 i realized that the frequency of my hiccups has reduced by like 95% for the past 5 years i’ve taken adderall- i’ve had issues with hiccups quite literally since my mom was pregnant with me but now that i take medication to treat my adhd, i almost never have hiccups

[@kriskingwell9961]

Oh wow!! I have a theory about hiccups and nervous system formation, (I had hiccups a lot when my mum was pregnant with me too!) and your story supports the theory! I’d like to know if your mum had a stressful time during her pregnancy and whether she is likely to have had high levels of cortisol while you were growing. This has a huge impact on the formation of the foetal nervous system and my learnings about Polyvagal theory make me think there could be a link!

[@kriskingwell9961]

I actually have a theory that it’s a ‘buildup’ of fight/flight energy/activation that isn’t allowed to be expressed through physiological avenues and so it’s the body’s way of venting excess sympathetic nerve energy.

[@jessamyn-rosie755]

I haven’t been formally diagnosed but I’ve been self diagnosed with adhd for years, I also have chronic hiccups but only at work, probably cuz I’m stressed out

[@kriskingwell9961]

I find I most frequently get hiccups when I’m in the supermarket, which I find super stressful too! They’re definitely linked to stress levels for me, and periods of higher sympathetic activity.

[@mattilynbryant1351]

when I forget to take my aderall i get them

[@kriskingwell9961]

Amazing! How often do you get them?

[@marymonsterandcreatormary3783]

I have POTS and ADHD, I seemed to get slow hiccups daily for the past few days. I had Fast Hiccups sometimes in the middle of the night. But both slow and fast hiccups are very stubborn.

[@kriskingwell9961]

Oh wow! POTS and ADHD! Does that mean you have syncope? I’ve recently been speaking to someone who has started having that symptom frequently and has been searching for a cause/diagnosis. I wonder if POTS fits their situation?!
How long do your hiccups last for?

[@marymonsterandcreatormary3783]

@@kriskingwell9961 For slow ones is 1 hour and 50 minutes. But for fast is 32 Minutes or less

[@kriskingwell9961]

@@marymonsterandcreatormary3783 That’s so long!!!! Do they just go away by themselves or did you have to do something to get rid of them?

[@marymonsterandcreatormary3783]

@@kriskingwell9961 They go away by itself.

[@bluedeltawolf]

I have POTS and adhd as well, are they linked? I'm here because i hate having hiccups and can't do anything until they go, was wondering if hiccups was linked to adhd. Crazy

[@weehoo]

give us a vid of you hiccuping sometime 😀