I am so afraid I'm allergic to my boys. Over the last 3 years or so, Ive developed allergies. As time goes on they are getting worse & worse!
They are worse in the winter than the summer. So it leads me to think they are dust or dog allergies. My ears leak fluid, which leads to outer ear infections all the time. When I am upright I can breathe, but when I lay down, I get congested almost immediately. I can't sleep because I'm clearing my throat and coughing constantly after laying down. Can only breathe through 1 nostril at night, and I start to panic because I feel like I can't get enough oxygen in.
We are going to replace the carpet in our bedroom this spring, but I wash our bedding completely every week. I have a new pillow. We've replaced the living room carpet with wood flooring, we replaced the cloth furniture with leather. We eliminated big bulky curtains that can catch dust and went with simple panels that just hang. They are also all new too. We totally gutted both bathrooms, and a lot of the kitchen so I don't think its mold as we either didn't have any or had very little and used bleach to clean before rebuilding.
Right now, I am sitting at work miserable. I am tired, my eyes are burning, my ear is in pain and more than likely infected (AGAIN!!!) and I can barely breathe through my nose. If I try to breathe through my mouth, it dries out and I cough.
Its like a I can't win!!!!!
I am soooooo miserable! Meds do help a bit, but I don't want to be on meds everyday. I am going to get a netie pot and try that because I heard that can work wonders.