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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - She sipped pickle juice, held her breath, breathed into a bag, even went to a neurologist, but for more than five weeks nothing would stop a 15-year-old girl's rapid hiccups — until they finally just stopped on their own.

After trying countless remedies and attracting national media attention, Jennifer Mee said her hiccups suddenly stopped around 5 p.m. Wednesday. No one is certain why.

"Right now, my nose is burning and my throat hurts," she told the St. Petersburg Times, but she said she felt a lot better than she has in weeks.

Jennifer had started hiccuping Jan. 23 close to 50 times a minute and said it only stopped when she was sleeping.

She saw an infectious disease specialist, a neurologist, a chiropractor, a hypnotist and an acupuncturist. She tried a patented device that is designed to stop hiccups, plus all the old remedies. Her mother called the media two weeks ago to try to find more help for her daughter, who ended up on NBC's "Today" show.

According to the National Institutes of Health, hiccups can be triggered by anything from spicy foods to stress, and they can start for no reason at all. They're caused by involuntary contractions of the diaphragm, which causes the vocal cords to close briefly, making that distinctive sound.

I always heard that if you did the following, it would stop 'em. It always did it for me.

Lay on a bed facing up. Scoot yourself halfway off the bed. Let your body relax while you just hang there...tummy up...and take a deep breath. Hold it for just a while and then slowly let it out. Repeat three or four times. Get up. See if the hiccups are gone. If they're not, do it again.

All in all......this is probably the weirdest story I've heard in a long while!

There was something on the news today about another woman whose hiccups have gotten so bad she has had to quit working and stay in her apartment all the time. Her hiccups are so loud they can be heard outside her home. She also has a problem with her arms and legs shaking.

They said doctors think they are related, but are unsure what caused them to happen. She has had the hiccups for awhile now.

I absolutely HATE having the hiccups...so if I ever had hiccups for over an hour straight and couldn't get rid of them, I'd just go to the ER and have them knock me out. I'd rather be unconscious than have to deal with hiccups.