I had the hiccups for about four hours today! Drove me crazy, had them for a couple hours, they went away for awhile, then they came back again. Ugh! It's tiring having your torso involuntarily contract every 7 seconds. Now I feel all dizzy and drained. At least they did stop, once I had the hiccups for two weeks. That was brutal, especially when you try to sleep at night. Went to the doctor, she said "It's just the hiccups, they'll go away after awhile!" Thanks, that's why I never go to the doctor, they do nothing but state the obvious. I read somewhere hiccups are caused by a brain infection. Really. Tried all the cures known to man during those two weeks, none worked. Eventually they just stopped.