Excessive gas -- any tips?

Does anybody have any tips for dealing with/reducing excessive gas? Mine gets embarrassing at times.

I avoid cruciferous veggies, onions and beans when it's flaring up. I've tried charcoal tabs, Gas-X, simethicone, and nothing seems to have much of an effect. It's very frustrating.

@ MmeMulot,

You are taking wrong medication for the symptoms. You are connecting gases to hyperacidity/heartburn. Whatever antacid style medication you take won't help, simply because those gases are a result of an inflammation in the colon.
AFAIK, this is very standard when you have subtle inflammation (i.e you are not bleeding or cramping), the symptom is balloony feeling. At the moment, I am in remission but I get gases within 2 days of taking neproxen (for my migraine), lasts for 3 days and then disappear, i.e. only during flare period.

I would just try to take medication so that the inflammation is under control than trying to get rid of those gases.

I have been experiencing the same problem and from reducing it down to my own person research I think its all in the food you consume that is sensitive for you.

Thanks for the tips! I am flaring now. It's my first real flare since I was diagnosed. I definitely am getting that balloon feeling. I've added morning Canasa to my nightly Rowasa for the past two weeks. I've seen a bit of improvement -- the bleeding has mostly stopped -- but I still have all the other symptoms.

I have tried peppermint capsules in the past, but it never seemed conclusive that it helped. I also have acid reflux, and peppermint is supposed to be bad for that. But maybe if I got the enteric coated ones, they wouldn't affect my reflux. Or maybe I'd rather deal with reflux than gas!

I've kind of noticed that eating more sugary things seems to exacerbate the problem, too. Especially with fruits, so I've wondered if I'm intolerant to fructose. I've been avoiding that during the flare.

I hate this feeling. I had it last night in fact. Out of all the gas meds out there, I find that phazyme works the best for me. Its expensive but sometimes gas is so painful that I have to do something. If you can try laying on your side. Laying on my left helps work out the bubble but sometimes the right helps too.

Yes. Eliminate diary, sugars, fats, and sugar substitutes.