Working out your triggers.

Ok by now im sure i should know what does it but i still don't. When i was first told i had asthma it was thought it was just linked to my hayfever but slowly i noticed other things but not consistent enough to be sure of what it was. Im lucky in that ive never had to go to hospital because of it but last night came close an it frightened me as when i went upto my bedroom my chest went bad but in the livingroom it hadn't been but eventually my girlfriend helped me get it sorted an when she went i went back downstairs an it was fine agen an mom mentioned she thought it must be summat in my room but i dont know what. Six months ago it may have made sense as we had loads of work done to the house but mine was the first to be cleaned through when it was all finished. I never have flowers in my room if i get any theyre kept downstairs and the dogs arent allowed in my room, the air freshner is the same i usually use as some i cant stand and my window had been shut.Its starting to get to me now,cant avoid the unknown

[yaf_user681_23350]

I've got no known triggers at home, mine just kicks off when it thinks it will. I can be relaxing when it starts off.

[Hidden]

So im not the only one whos asthma seems to have a mind of its own then. Drives me crazy not knowing, seem to be sensitive to the most random things an theres stuff one day wil set it off another day wont. I just wanna feel in control of it for once. Get me in such a state an leaves me so tired i guess i was just hopin i'd understand how to find out these things but may be its just meant to be random like me. Lol

[yaf_user681_23350]

Yep, I'd love to be in control of it but it controls me. It kicked off in March because of swimming and feather cushions!!Now it just kicks off, doesn't care how or why or where, feel such a prat welded to my nebuliser but have no choice. People give me such funny looks. I'm on it 4 hourly and have to take it to work, travel all over the whole county so can look daft in different area at least!

Hope you get some answers, I've given up looking, my Sons asthma kicks off for nothing too, obviously a family trait. Been looking for triggers for 10 years for him, never found any.

Kate

[Hidden]

hi cazzy,

i spent so so so long looking and blaming this that or the other that the moment i realised its just me and my lungs and im stuck like this i almost slipped into a type of rock bottom esq depression. Thanks to all the lovly people here i snapped out it.

I also had an interesting converstion with my mum who is also asthmatic but by far not like me who said that all the blood suger stuff i have going on plus my varying blood pressure (it usually quite low normally but rockets up during an attack the fact its low the gp has noted that at every check up!) is actually genetic and seems like all the women in my family have a pattern of these same illness's - helped me realise i have far worser things to look forward to aswell.

Id stop looking for the triggers cazzy lifes too short. I just take a puff of my ventolin and get on with it!

besides would you really want to know all your triggers would you not become paranoid?

[Hidden]

Guess .maybe i shouldn't then.

Thanks for the input all

[Hidden]

hi

sorry, i didnt mean to come across a little over the top, i just think its the first stage of the asthma take over when you end up customising your life around asthma and the symptoms and or triggers. I did just that. Monitor a lot of triggers and change things around and my asthma now controls me - it started with me modifying everything and avoiding all things known to be triggers.

dont ruin the quality of your life trying to hide from any little trigger!

[Hidden]

Hi cazzy,

I'm just going through the same thing at the moment, wanting to know exactly all my triggers. Talked to my hospital con about wanting tests done but was told that because I had tests showing it's pollen of all sorts and dust mites there's no point in finding out about other triggers as I ""just have multiple allergies"". I thought thanx very much and been very frustrated about the unknown triggers. But confused is right, being like this probably just makes us paranoid...and I must admit I'd rather enjoy my life

And I do believe that triggers change on a daily basis so I think I'll just give up looking for more.

Wishing you all the best cazzy.

Love Lydia xx

[Hidden]

Well as i said maybe i shouldnt then, thanks for your views

[Hidden]

Hi

Sometimes i know my triggers and other times i do not. Half the problem for me is there may not be a dog in the room i am in, but someone could have had dog on there clothes and left a bit of it on the chair, then i sit on it and it gets me.

It is impossible to avoid your triggers what you should aim to do is get your asthma as well controlled as you can, but again this is often complexed!

I wish you luck! Do not feel bad if you get triggered off often it will be nothing you can avoid because i am still trying to learn how to avoid a change in weather! (if you know please tell me) The weather changing always means an off few days for my asthma.

So i understand where you are coming from as do many other asthmatics

Plumie

[Hidden]

triggers

Am one of the lucky ones who only have mild asthma which means I am aware of my triggers. Namely humidity and infections.

I think though the biggest secret is not to worry about it too much. Worry itself could be a trigger.

You say you had the house cleaned out before? Were chemicles used in that clean out?

What has the weather been like in your area that day?

Are you particularly stressed with anything at the moment?

You have been in and out of both rooms fairly frequently in your life and do not get this reaction every time? It may be nothing to do with the environment.

I think that sometimes what triggers our asthma one day may not affect us other days because could depend on a whole host of issues.

As you say you have never been to hospital with asthma before (like myself) I think you can relax per se. Harder to do I know. But having had asthma on and off since I was 20 and now 42 and never been hospitalised. I think the real secret is just to live life. Keep the inhaler handy. Write any attack down in a diary for future reference in case a pattern does emerge and in between time have fun:-}

how do you feel today by the way

[Hidden]

I know a lot of my triggers but not all of them. But then my IGE is high (too high for xolair) so it helps to pay attention to your triggers sometimes. Could your room have been too warm? Or too cold? Could someone had sprayed a perfume? I find even on busses I get worse if someone has something on them I can't handle.

Don't worry too much though- stress is a big trigger for me! By taking your inhalers and sticking to your doctors advice you are doing the right thing! Maybe mention it to your doctor next time you are there so they can see if they need to add an antihistamine?

Good Luck!

[Hidden]

Thanks alot everyone. Things have settled quite a bit but then hayfever is bad so not back to normal yet. Think it was a combination of thinga us m gf admitted shed opened the bedroom window wivout thinkin. Lol. Typical, its so reassurin to know im not the only one who can be affected by stuff one day but not another. Thanks agen