I'll keep this short to avoid drawing it out. I've seen several doctors and they are totally stumped. This is becoming such a serious problem that it is impacting my work. I have almost been forced to take time off work because it requires delicate hands and that is impossible when my entire body is spasming every 5 seconds from hiccups. It's even effecting my mental health, and I can't even get any work done at the computer, let alone concentration. Trying to handle the hiccups requires so much willpower, that focusing on something intellectual is almost out of the question.
Long story short, I started taking 15g of astralagus every 2 days for about a week, for only a week, and then I suddenly started to get hiccups consistently after eating. These are not normal hiccups, they last 3-4 days each time, and hit me every 5 seconds. Calling it torturous doesn't even begin to describe it. They seem to hit consistently about 2-3 hours after eating certain food, making me think it is intestinal in nature.
I've been unable to pinpoint the cause down to any particular ingredient. However, I do notice that I get them every time I eat any kind of meat, pasta, carbonated drink, and sugary candy. It's not gluten I don't think, because I can eat other gluten things without issue. I have no issue eating cheese, thankfully.
Is it possible Astralagus could have made me develop some kind of severe immune reaction? I haven't taken it in months and yet the hiccups continue. I don't know what to do.