Stress and farting

[joshsick]

Hi, I'm having problems with farting. It's been years now, I'm always farting whenever I sit down with a group of friends or beside strangers on the bus or in the cinema. It just wierd I would just feel the urge to fart. Is something wrong with me? I can't seem to control it and this caused me to lose my friends...

[lucyburger]

I have exactly the same problem.  I'm find when I'm alone but when I'm with a crowd of people it's a total different story.  I suffer from social phobia and I know for a fact that the anxiety attacks cause excessive gas.  The other problem is that I keep thinking about it when I'm among a group of people and this just makes it worse, but it's the fear of the humiliation that causes me to think of it even before I enter a room full of people.  Even one-on-one with my boss or a stranger is a scary thought, because I always have to excuse myself and go to the bathroom, but sometimes I can't find a gap in the conversation to do so.  I am taking medication for the social phobia, but the medication that I'm taking doesn't help much for the gas problem.

[sneha3042]

i have same kind of prolblem..... its psychological too.... but if its psychological there is medicines... but i hear sounds too....doctor said its a depression... but dont know on what basis she is givin medicines..... but the medicines are workin quite well

[alza3em]

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[SassyLassie]

All the posts are excellent, there is not much I can add except, I, too, fart, when I am lucky that is. Sometimes, when I am really nervous, my tummy will gurgle, I will get a "dropped" feeling in my tummy and even some irregular heart beats, all due to gas, but, I will not be able to pass, it is miserable, I feel like a walking dirigible. Finally, when I am able, it will come out in long streams, then I feel better.

You bet nerves can cause this, I think, for me at least, when I get nervous, I will swallow a lot of air, and this in turn causes the gas and unpleasant feelings. Sometimes taking a digestive aid when I eat helps, but, not always, for me, Tums is the best.

[britinbrazil]

I would just like to say, that I have an anxiety disorder and I fart all the time. Whenever I start to have a panic attack or something really stressful happens and I feel like I cant cope, I will have a bad stomach ache like my stomach turns over and I have that feeling in the pit of my stomach like something bad is going to happen. Regardless of the stimuli (sometimes it doesnt even happen when something stressful happens), it is a very unconfertable feeling. Sometimes I will fart and sometimes I will just have a stomach ache. Although, if I am very stressed, it will almost be a cascade of farts coming. Yes this sounds funny, but you must understand that it is a very unconfertable feeling and situation. I dont have really any other gastrointesinal problems other than that and moderate constipation. Generally when my anxiety is taken care of, Im prescribed xanax, my stomach aches and gas is taken care of too. And as for my diet, I eat rather healthy. Hope this helps.

[Paxiled]

Please, see someone where you live.  Don't listen to someone diagnose you on a website.  Definitely don't go on powerful drugs just for farting, for God's sake.  Everyone farts, especially the more fiber that's in your diet.  Chew slower, try a digestive enzyme, but if you're going to change your diet and such, see a holistic nutritionist or naturopath in your area and make your own decisions.  If you have a serious anxiety problem, you might want to see a psychiatrist, but since your problem seems minor, I would say go see a therapist instead.  Drugs have their own sets of problems, why get into that if you don't need them?  

I'm really not trying to prove how smart I am, I just don't trust the person giving you advice.  I wouldn't take it.  Now you do whatever you think is best.