Very painful trapped wind!

for the last ten years or so , I have had bouts of extremely painful trapped wind. It used to be only a few times a year but has for the last few years been once or twice a month or sometimes more. It starts after I have woken up and got out of bed. I can feel like a curl of discomfort in my stomach which gets more and more pronounced as time goes by. It builds up in intensity until I’m unable to walk unless doubled over and it makes me moan continually! I’ve tried everything, sipping cooled boiled water, colpermin, ginger, ginger /peppermint tea, peppermint, Rennes, deflatine, Andrews, gaviscon, bending over, squatting, ....pretty much every preparation on the market. Except buscopan, which I have just bought and not yet tried. My question is this, what causes this? I’ve read that swallowing air does it. I’ve tried not to do this but I’m not sure if this is what does it . I eat slowly and chew well. It doesn’t happen specifically after a particular food like beans. I eat broccoli regularly so it doesn’t correspond with that. My GP suggested I had IBS years ago before this started and I’ve not wanted to bother them with this particular problem. My stomach has been better from an IBS point of view since I started eating kefir probiotic. Things have calmed down considerably , the shifting feeling when I lie down in bed, the noises, I’m more regular too, so I continue with the kefir daily. But it has not stopped the trapped wind, it is driving me mad, I’m starting to not want to get out of bed in the morning because I’m afraid to feel that curling feeling!  Oh, and as time goes by I can feel it start to move very gradually , until after 24 - 36 hours later, I feel it leaving me.... Has anyone else had this experience? Any tips? Thanks for reading. J.

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