I never thought my headaches and migraines could be from poor ventilation.
I thought I had a lot of stress because of my job, and I was worried about everything.
My job wasn’t going well. My relationship with my boyfriend wasn’t working out, and I thought he was trying to pull away from me. I thought those were the reasons I was getting my headaches. My family was the only thing that wasn’t falling apart, and when I was with them, my headaches subsided. My mom asked if I needed glasses, and took me to the eye doctor. The eye doctor told me he didn’t think my headaches and migraines were from stress or worry. He thought my headaches were from allergies. He asked if we had good ventilation in our house. He told me he could see the redness that comes from allergy eyes and he gave me a sample of allergy eyedrops. He then told me I needed to have my ductwork cleaned and get an air purification system. I thought he was crazy, but I took the eyedrops home and tried to use them. A week later, I called the HVAC company and asked them to clean the ductwork. While they were there, I was asking about a whole-home air purification system. The eyedrops were working so well that I figured the eye doctor wasn’t as crazy as I thought, and he may be right about the ductwork and the air purification system. That was six weeks ago, and so far, I had only one headache, which was my fault. I knew I had one too many margaritas while out with my boyfriend.