Seasonal Allergies

[Claire]

Susanna,

 

So it was ionic--I knew one wasn't good for asthma, but I forgot which one, thanks.

 

We run it in his room 24/7. In our bedroom, for some reason only at night. We change the outer charcoal filter every 3 months..quarterly--very easy to remember that way, in fact we were due end of Sept!

 

By all means put one in the family room. To save $$ while you check it out, you can get 2--and use one for the bedroom and one for the family room. If it is always on, it goes into white noise. I would especially encourage one for the family room if you have carpeting.

 

If you have cloth couches and don't mind temporarily being a bit 'anal', during this trial period you can cover them with a sheet that you wash weekly.

 

Claire

[Guest Guest_Susanna]

Thanks for the info Claire.

 

Luckily most of my house has hardwood floors...I currently have carpet in the boys' rooms but am looking into getting them pulled up and having the floors refinished. We are also lucky that the furniture in the family room is leather, although the basement/playroom has cloth couches....I probably should get a filter for the basement as well....and make sure we're more diligent about changing the filter on the furnace.

 

I guess getting some HEPA filters will be my next step.

[Claire]

Good for you Susanna,

 

I know with certainty that this makes a huge difference for us. The way I know for sure? We go to visit relative or stay at hotels on vacation, with carpeting and no filter. After a couple of days, we all feel in (me in my throat, my husband and son in their sinuses). That's why I actually caved in and bought a portable filter.

 

When my son was ticcing, he actually had a reaction to my husband's carpeted car--not sure if it was the synthetic fibers/chemicals in it or the dustmites. Mine has leather seats due to my allergies--I am really that sensitive. My husband's next car will be leather seats!

 

Once you get the filter, vacuum their carpet, wash all the bedding, I bet you will start to see improvement difference within 2-3 days. (With my son it was overnight). Again, if you vacuum the carpet in their room nightly, it helps. I don't do need to vacuum as often with hardwood floors.

 

I mention the furniture because I read that cloth furniture has more dust mites than anywhere in the house. (Plus a place for animal dander at friend's home, which I am highly allergic too. Of course, the dustmite protection is for people sensitive to dust mites. The HEPA filter covers virtually all the antigens of course.

 

Claire

[susanna]

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[Dara]

Hi Everyone,

 

Through an IeG blood test, our son tested positive to grasses, sycamore and white oak trees and to mold, fungus and yeast. Our Enviromental MD prescribed sublingual drops under the tongue. I believe they're similar to allergy shots, with the idea that you build up an immunity by ingesting what you're allergic to. We also have one iconic breeze in Karl's bedroom that runs 24/7 and one in the basement/playroom that runs 24/7, a small plug in ionic breeze in the kitchen and one in the TV room.

 

I don't know how much of a difference any of it's made since our son's tics have waxed and waned since last April and he's going through a very bad tic period right now in which he's started a new vocal tic.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Dara

[itsme]

Claire,

 

In answer to your question about why my son is doing so well I can say, "Praise be to the Lord!" And also, I have kept him away from the foods he's allergic to (we all did the IGg blood test for allergies - we don't stay away 100% of the time though by any means - more like 75%) and I tweaked his calcium intake and added mag taurate to his vitamin regime (multi, b complex, c and zinc). I give calcium and mag to him in the ratio that Chemar suggested of 2:1. UNLESS he's in a long waning phase. I don't know how long they're supposed to last but since he's been on the mag taurate (about a month) I have seen HUGE improvement.

 

I will look into the possibility that his allergies are coming from his own bedroom though. How scary is that?!

 

Lulu

 

 

Lulu,

 

Hi, my son had TS for about 4 months now. They were worse over the past few weeks. He does have allergies. Do you find that your sons allergies make his tics worse??

[deagar]

Claire,

 

In answer to your question about why my son is doing so well I can say, "Praise be to the Lord!" And also, I have kept him away from the foods he's allergic to (we all did the IGg blood test for allergies - we don't stay away 100% of the time though by any means - more like 75%) and I tweaked his calcium intake and added mag taurate to his vitamin regime (multi, b complex, c and zinc). I give calcium and mag to him in the ratio that Chemar suggested of 2:1. UNLESS he's in a long waning phase. I don't know how long they're supposed to last but since he's been on the mag taurate (about a month) I have seen HUGE improvement.

 

I will look into the possibility that his allergies are coming from his own bedroom though. How scary is that?!

 

Lulu

 

Lulu:

Can I ask where you get your magnesium taurate and how many mg./pill? Thanks - Deanna