The reason you give is also how I understand it to work. There usually comes a point where I would think I should have had another spasm but none came, and shor

The reason you give is also how I understand it to work. There usually comes a point where I would think I should have had another spasm but none came, and shortly after that is when I release my breath. It works very reliably; I cannot remember a time when it failed to get rid of hiccups.