MASSIVE bloating

I am bloating so, so terribly now that it even hurts my ribs (must be pushing on them).  Has anyone else also experienced this??  I feel like I have no room for my stomach. :(

Gas-X does not work for me!

at wit's end, thanks for the advice.

my ribs sting so much from the bloating, though.  so i bet that i get EXTREMELY bloated. 

i had lost my apetite for a long time so I did not eat at all (like an anorexic). 

so my body is not used to eating.  therefore, my bloating is real.

i thought that i shouldn't drink soda, since i have such bad acid reflux...

maybe i can since i bloat so much?

Well, I do not belch that much, but when I do most of mine is usually within a short period of time after eating. If you are stressed or anxious, either one of those can cause belching. And when you are nervous and stressed or anxious from what I have read that makes you swallow air which causes belching. I used to think I had one but upon reading symptoms I discounted that along with some other things. I had the what if syndrome and literally made myself sick. Now I am going through that again. Hope you get over it. I've already been through two or three anxiety and panic attacks thinking I had all of these horrid things wrong with me. But I feel too good as to energy to have anything major wrong. But I do find that I freak more over little health issues where at one time they used to not bother me. I think mine may be somewhat hormonal also.

friendlygal, how are they treating that? Or are they??? Thanks.

I have had a bloated belly for months now. have had endoscopy, colonoscopy and ct scan and they say nothing is wrong!!!!!!!!I can bend over, stomach too big. ribs hurt. cant breathe. take omprezole and gas pills but nothing helps. NP believes there is a stricture at duodendum but DR says he doesn't see anything from CT scan to confirm that. within an hour of wakening up each day so bloated my back hurts. cant pee. my quality of life is "0" I cant live like this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

J Baxter is right, you need to try and adjust your diet to control the bloating.