Dust is also one of mine. But well scented candles are a no no too. As well as mold, or a heavy perfume.Forget putting lilacs in a vase....and I so love them.

Home Depot. I can only stay in there for about twenty minutes without feeling nauseated

Strong auto fumes, mold, ammonia cleaning products (but I can clean with bleach). CATS. If I am around a kitty for even a few minutes I can feel my chest getting tight. Those are the few that jump off the top of my head, the ones that I am extra diligent about.

Strong Perfumes, some cleaning products, scentsy products and some air freshners.

Wild flowers if in a vase in the house. Clorox. Strong perfume. Stores that reek of potpourri. I do not react to my kitty, thank goodness, since he sleeps with me.

OHH! If it were cats I would just have to die from it. I love kitties SOOOO much and have never not had any.

About kitties, Trojan, I have had them my whole life too so maybe we are just desensitized already from having been around them so long?
I agree though. I've loved all of my kitties and I still mourn the deaths of a few of the most special ones.

Hugs, Cindy

1.) Worst is anything with Fe-breeze in it like those clothes dryer softener thingies
2.) The novelty room in Cracker-barrel restaurants
3.) Raw onions frying on the stove
4.) The old fat chick that sits next to me on an airplane covered with perfume
5.) The Alabama humidity in August

/hank/

My worst allergy is to cats. I was never allowed any as a kid. For years it seemed I had outgrown my allergies and asthma but after moving to central Texas about 10 years ago they came back with a vengeance. My drs all know that my six kitties ranging in age from 14 yrs to 4 yrs are going NOWHERE. I was a vet tech for a city animal shelter for 7 years until the euthanasia started getting to me and I had to quit. I made a lifetime promise to my babies. Now I take twice weekly allergy shots so I can live with them and all my other allergies. Both of my exacerbations started with asthma attacks and progressed to COPD excerbations.
BTW I think I am misspelling the name for a COPD attack but I imagine y'all know what I mean.

i'm starting to thing EVERYTHING triggers me.
weather changes, baramoter changes, smells, certain foods.....
i have been horribly allergic to cats and my loved them
did you know that siamese are a breed that many allergic people can tolerate for some reason they are anti allergentic..
just like all size poodles are anti allergenic and most people allergic to dogs arent to them.
do even with my severe allergies as a child i could even sleep with my cat and we had a cocker-poo that never bothered me.
another one of jarcas weird facts in my brain.
i can't remember yesterday, but i can remember weird facts LOL

All cleaning products, perfume, dust for sure, gas fumes , scented candles. Even frying steak takes my breath away every time.

Definitely cannot use Bounce in laundry for dryer, can't walk down the isle in the grocery store with detergent (unfortunately they keep the cat food there) so I run to the cat food with my nose plugged and grab what I want.

Can't get too close to BBQ's,

I can sleep with my cat though, just wash sheets and pillow cases every week. My cat sleeps on my pillow, she starts off on the other one on the other side of the bed, while I'm sleeping she slowly moves on to mine. I still love her.

My cat doesn't bother me, but I became "allergic" to my 2nd German Shepard and we had to rehome her. Broke my heart. Have had cats all my life so maybe all that exposure from childhood has desensitized from cat dander.

Very high humidity, like today in the north east compounded by "poor air quality" makes me stay indoors in the A/c. We put in central air last year and it helps a lot.

If I have been upset and crying, that too will bring on an episode,

I have the same triggers as I've read here--except perhaps for cats. when I moved to my motel room I gave away Starlight and didn't notice any improvement. (I still miss her so much!)

I guess my worst triggers are incense (which is overwhelming any time I walk into the office here--and at Mass!) and becoming anxious. That's worse than anything I can think of. The more anxious I am the more sob I become which makes me more anxious.....
vicki

Definitely the crying, like zeno. Also getting too tired. Talking too much - I've become a really good listener.