Heavily bloated which is affecting breathing. Possible reason?

Hi, I’ve been getting heavily bloated for some time now to the point of where I find it hard to breath properly and at times find it hard to eat, sometimes my stomach also feels tight with cramps. Whenever I burp which isn’t often I get instant relief and my stomach goes down a little but that only lasts around 10 mins before it feels like it inflates again.

I’ve been to the GP who ran some stool tests which were fine so they put it down to trapped wind so they prescribed me some Gaviscon and Omeprazole gas tablets but they make no difference, they then told me to double up my doses which also made no difference so they then put it down to anxiety and told me to go for walks. I’ve also been advised by friends to eat mint, have stomach massages, apply hot water bottle on the stomach and other remedies which can sometimes help a little but I still can’t to the bottom of the cause which is affecting my quality of life.

I have noticed a pattern when after I ejaculate the symptoms I explained can trigger within a few hours or the next day at the latest, I thought it was a coincidence until I noticed it again and afterwards the stomach discomfort can be on/off lasting days.

I tried searching online about this and only found a couple of cases which mentioned the same possible reason but they were also looking for answers as to why which they didn’t get.

Does anyone have an idea on why I’m feeling like this or the possible causes? Thanks in advance!

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