Weird question?

[mkgirl01]

Does anyone with anxiety get frequent hiccups .... If so is it part of anxiety and why does it happen?

[str8trippin]

This was happening to me for a while when my anxiety was at its worst. Hiccups occur when a spasm contracts the diaphragm. The spasm causes an intake of breath that is then stopped suddenly by the closing of the vocal chords. From what I've read stress and anxiety can definitely cause them...seems like something may be triggering a nerve that goes to the diaphragm, possibly changes in eating and breathing as a result of the anxiety.

[Cobra]

I get hiccups a lot when I eat or smoke a ciggie.