Allergy sufferers & working out

imcatbear

Is there anything that I can use to actually filter the air in my apartment? It probably doesn't help that I have fans all over to try to circulate the little bit of cool air that sometimes comes out of our AC unit.

Fans aren't the problem if dust daily or weekly at least. If you're allergic to dust, then they are a problem. Other than vacuuming every day, washing the sheets in hot, religiously may have some help. Not wearing shoes in the house helps too, so you don't track the stuff through the place. Changing carpet to hardwood-all things you can't really do in a place that's not yours, unfortunately. And I can understand that hermetically sealing yourself in a bubble won't work as much as I wanted to before I started my war on allergies.

Theoretically, those ozone fans are supposed to help. *shrug* I dunno. Tried them. Didn't see much difference, but had to clean yet one other thing each day.

Earlier you mentioned you take Zyrtec twice a day. Regular or D? D helps with the overnight drips and general drips. You could ask your doc about Nasonex (not cheap), but good for irritants that float in the air during heavy allergy season. It works for me when pollen counts are at Evil levels and mold @ ridiculous and dust @ obscene in addition to every other stupid thing that bothers me.

Have you been tested for food allergies? Certain non-food allergies have a list of foods you should try to avoid b/c they can have oral allergy symptoms. There are things you can start eating that have higher anti-inflammatory qualities in them.

Figuring this garbage out has been very difficult, at best, but so worth it now that I can actually breath, the weather isn't always a drag, and I don't always feel the allergy hang over. Feel free to add me (as well as anyone who is reading including lurkers).

I know too much about allergies than I care to spit out all at once. Yes, there are things you can do to have allergies and still live and even work out.

kittyhasclaws

Is there anything that I can use to actually filter the air in my apartment? It probably doesn't help that I have fans all over to try to circulate the little bit of cool air that sometimes comes out of our AC unit.

Fans aren't the problem if dust daily or weekly at least. If you're allergic to dust, then they are a problem. Other than vacuuming every day, washing the sheets in hot, religiously may have some help. Not wearing shoes in the house helps too, so you don't track the stuff through the place. Changing carpet to hardwood-all things you can't really do in a place that's not yours, unfortunately. And I can understand that hermetically sealing yourself in a bubble won't work as much as I wanted to before I started my war on allergies.

Theoretically, those ozone fans are supposed to help. *shrug* I dunno. Tried them. Didn't see much difference, but had to clean yet one other thing each day.

Earlier you mentioned you take Zyrtec twice a day. Regular or D? D helps with the overnight drips and general drips. You could ask your doc about Nasonex (not cheap), but good for irritants that float in the air during heavy allergy season. It works for me when pollen counts are at Evil levels and mold @ ridiculous and dust @ obscene in addition to every other stupid thing that bothers me.

Have you been tested for food allergies? Certain non-food allergies have a list of foods you should try to avoid b/c they can have oral allergy symptoms. There are things you can start eating that have higher anti-inflammatory qualities in them.

Figuring this garbage out has been very difficult, at best, but so worth it now that I can actually breath, the weather isn't always a drag, and I don't always feel the allergy hang over. Feel free to add me (as well as anyone who is reading including lurkers).

I know too much about allergies than I care to spit out all at once. Yes, there are things you can do to have allergies and still live and even work out.

I'm actually off of Zyrtec now and onto hydroxizine and Singulair. I've used Nazonex before and reacted badly to it. I do vacuum daily (I've got kids too, so even if I didn't have the allergies things always need to be vacuumed up), and I wash the sheets on the sanitary cycle weekly. I'm not allergic or intolerant to any foods that I know of (I've never had a reaction, anyway). I'd love to hear what you have to say about the foods, though.

froeschli

I have allergies too, but nowhere near as bad as some other people here. The only thing that really gets to me, is that i appear to have a skin allergy to certain pollen.. I'll be running along ok, maybe a bit of a sniffle in my nose, nothing too bad, then i hit a small forest or a field of something and my entire body starts itching. I scratch here and there, curse,keep going until i am out of range or sweaty enough for it not to matter anymore...
Of course i never think to take any allergy medication - claritin gives me a headache, and benadryl does nothing for me. ah well, at least people probably get a good laugh seeing me trying to scratch my back and run at the same time :laugh:

imcatbear

I'm actually off of Zyrtec now and onto hydroxizine and Singulair. I've used Nazonex before and reacted badly to it. I do vacuum daily (I've got kids too, so even if I didn't have the allergies things always need to be vacuumed up), and I wash the sheets on the sanitary cycle weekly. I'm not allergic or intolerant to any foods that I know of (I've never had a reaction, anyway). I'd love to hear what you have to say about the foods, though.

Not familiar w/hydroxizine.

As a mold allergy sufferer also, there is a bunch of stuff that I cut out of my diet and it's helped tremendously. This wasn't easy though, so I had a food diary. Usually it takes about 3 days from a food that amps up one's allergic rxn to leave the body.

Things to avoid/use sparingly for mold allergy sufferers: alcoholic beverages, olives, vinegar, salad dressing, cheese (especially soft cheeses), pickles, dried fruit, sauerkraut, ketchup, mushrooms, mayonnaise, sausage, tomatoes, sour cream, hot dogs, canned juices.

When I increase my mustard, ginger (pickled wrks for me-think sushi ginger), and pineapple (fresh, not canned) consumption my inflammation goes down if not goes away completely. There are products on the market that use enzymes from the anti-inflammatory components in pineapple and mustard that work very well. I was on a vacation recently where I forgot my meds, but brought enzyme capsules with me. I didn't need my meds. (I'm also 3 years into allergy shots, too)