Passing wind a lot - serious post!

[notwithoutshame]

Hello,
This is quite a serious post though it has become the 'joke' of the family and I don't blame anyone for laughing but here goes. So over the past 6 months or so I am constantly passing wind. I feel that it's psychological at times as when I'm at home with the family it can be every 5 minutes. At that time it feels uncontrollable. It has become a bit of a joke when DCs say 'mummy farting again' and laughing but I am becoming quite ashamed of it. Before anyone says 'why don't you go to the toilet and do it privately', when I do, nothing happens. It's when I come back sitting in the living room, it comes out! When I'm at work I seem to hold it in pretty well though when I'm out shopping in a crowd it feels uncontrollable. Again, I question whether it is psychological about when in a crowd no one would know it was me (yes I know it's gross). I'm just finding this really odd. I feel I should go to the doctors but feel really embarrassed to say it. I also don't know if it's the foods I'm eating. I don't eat anything out of the ordinary but I do eat a lot of bread, cheese, meats in general which may not be too healthy. Does anyone else suffer from this or similar?

Doctors are usually rubbish with stuff like this anyway. I sense (apart from cutting out the obvious- cheese- and possibly meats) you should try resetting your gut flora. Now, there's an extreme and effective way to do this, but I don't know from what others have said, whether it is exactly safe or recommended. But I've read about this in the past, and some experts- I don't know if they really are- they say to restart your diet from scratch.

You start off eating a watery bone broth stew, with just a stock cube in for flavour. You gradually add in things like carrots, and other things that don't cause gas. And then you very slowly reintroduce normal food, one at a time, keeping it liquids and purees only for a couple of weeks. If you want to seek professional help I'd advise a nutritionist.

Keep a food diary and see if anything makes it worse.
Try probiotics.

Have you tried charcoal tablets?
And a good probiotic.....a 10-20 billion one ?

It’s about stress and relaxation, and position. What position are you sat in when it’s easy to release wind? If walking makes it release, then walk around.

(I would tell you what solved my gut issues anyway, but I think if I said it it might be reported for being potentially unsafe)

Are you milk intolerant? I’m worse after milk.

Dh was like this until he cut out lactose (he eventually had other symptoms than just the wind). We can tell if he's accidentally had something with lactose in..

Sounds like lactose intolerance- this was me when I used to drink mink, cut it out and now back to no more excessive wind.

@strawberriesandcream23

”…used to drink mink”

I guessing drinking mink doesn’t help either!!

Doh 🙈 yes give up the milk and mink

Thanks for all your replies. Will try a few of these bit by bit and see what could possibly help. Never occurred to me about being lactose intolerant...
@Namechangetotalkaboutmysleepingpillsproblem you have got me wondering!

It most likely is lactose intolerance or something like that. Milk's the biggest one there I think. Try with that first, and if you've no luck, I'll think about telling you. I don't even personally think it is bad or dangerous but I said it on mumsnet and everyone went mental at me and treated me like I'm just an idiot or something

Could it perhaps help to take a short walk? Just around the block?
Get your body moving.

Or gluten intolerance....
Try cutting out dairy first and if that doesn't work try cutting out gluten.

I'd try lactose first (including cheese!) give it about 6 weeks then try cutting out gluten

Thank you though gosh, I absolutely love cheese!!! 😣 Will try to cut it though. interesting about going for a walk. For over a year now I have been wfh mainly, after 20 years of being operational. I have put on a little weight, 3kg, so not a huge amount but wondering if not being so mobile could be a factor too.