Allergy symptoms but no allergy?

[TsPoet]

Is your pillow (mattress/bedspread...) down? Feathers do it to me, and I don't have an 'allergy' to them.
Also, an irritant, so dog/cat hair or dust/dust mites all can be irritants... sterilize your bedroom.

[Desert Tortoise]

How about an air purifier with a HEPA filter? That and regular dusting helped me out a lot.

I know the dusting part sounds stupidly simple but I am not very good about dusting. Especially around the headboard area. I have a good gap between the headboard and mattress so dust collects down there. I vacuum that every few months and dust my bedroom regularly, plus use some of the allergen blocking things mentioned above.

I can always tell when I'm late on my cleaning by how I feel in the morning.

[indysteel]

Out of curiosity, are you taking ,or have you taken, any allergy meds? If so, do they provide any relief? Or have you tried something like a neti pot?

[withm]

If you have ever had any leaks in ceilings or at windows you probably have mold in the walls or in the attic. Mold can cause symptoms like this.

[Crankin]

Asthma can cause runny nose/itchy eyes. The reason I asked, is that allergies alone don't cause your lungs to hurt. You can have allergy induced asthma, as well as exercise induced asthma. You said a couple of things that raised my suspicions...
I have both, but maybe you should have a pulmonary function test, just to make sure. I rarely wheeze with asthma, just feel chest tightness, unless I am very sick, like with bronchitis. It took me awhile to et tis under control, and it's been years since it's bothered me.

[Susan]

Ok I'll try to answer all your questions

I have been living in my home for 10 years. Nothing has changed very much regarding my home or my workplace lately. I do however live in a city that is known for poor air quality.

My pillows/mattress etc. are quite new. I already try to keep my bedroom as clean and dust-free as possible. Before the Allergy test I was quite sure to be allergic to dust or dust-mites, and therefore tried to eliminate as much of the problematic stuff (old pillows, feathers, carpets etc.) as possible.
I will look into air purifiers. As far as I can tell they come in a very large price range, I will have to do a research on that matter.

Allergy meds: On my first visit, the doctor prescribed me a package of Anti-Histamin (I don't know if this is the correct english term for this kind of medication?) because she was quite sure that I was allergic to something. I took it for about one month and didn't notice any difference. I don't know what a "neti pot" is?

Crankin, I understand what you mean. I forgot to mention, that she did a pulmonary function test. She said that the values where "almost normal". I asked what she meant by "almost" and if they shouldn't be "perfectly" normal and she told me that I reached 100% in most aspects of the test and only one value was 80% instead of 100%, which shouldn't worry me.
But now I AM worried... she didn't seem to be incompetent and I had the feeling that I was throughoutly examined but now I wonder... shouldn't she herself bring up the possibility of Asthma or other possibilities that where mentioned here? Especially because I was telling her that I had problems while running, biking and swimming, which would fit "exercise induced Asthma" if I understand it right...

I'm not sure now how to proceed... maybe I should get another opinion. On the other hand I'm not sure if I am just overreacting because everything WAS tested and if a doctor thinks everything is ok, then maybe I should just leave it?
It just seems strange to me that she didn't even consider anything but an Allergy and after the test pretty much sent me away without doing anything. Hm.

[tulip]

It just seems strange to me that she didn't even consider anything but an Allergy and after the test pretty much sent me away without doing anything.

She's an allergist. It's like asking a surgeon for advice on a knee problem--he or she will automatically look to surgery first. It's just a matter of their training.

You might want to check with a doctor who takes a more holistic view. If you aren't satisfied, shop around and see what else you can find out.