HEPA Air Purifier?

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I have just moved into a new house and my roommate has a cat

The symptoms I have are:
- Headache everyday
- Stuffy nose
- Discharge from eyes
- Itchy eyes
- Feels like stuff is in my eyes
- Sleepy

I already know that I'm allergic to cats (confirmed by a doctor) and I did not have any of these symptoms before she moved in so I figure it is the cat and not other allergies. I am also allergic to mold and dust mites. I already know some things to help like:

- There is no carpeting in the whole house. I have a throw rug in my room which I can wash in hot water.
- I don't let the cat in my room at all.
- I don't touch the cat at all.
- My bed has an anti-allergy mattress cover and I have an anti-allergy comfortor/pillow/pillowcases.
- The cat stays in her room at night and sometimes goes outside.
- I take prescription Allegra every morning.

However I still want more solutions because the symptoms that I have now are too much. I was wondering what your experiences are with air purifiers. I know they are expensive but I am willing to pay for one if it will help. Please recommend some to me! I will NOT have an ionic purifier in the house - I've had one before and any time I turned it on I got a migraine. Negative ions are a really obvious trigger for my migraines. Ionic purifiers don't even clean the air very well anyways. I want a true Hepa filter... my room is 10x10. Any suggestions?
 
You can get a decent HEPA room air purifier at any major home improvement store for about $250. I've got two Honeywell units that I bought at Home Depot about 4 years ago and they continue to work well.

HEPA is a government-mandated standard so any true HEPA filter unit should work pretty well.
 
I think most of them now have permanent HEPA filters that you clean a couple of times of year. There is a carbon pre-filter that I replace about 4 times a year but it's very inexpensive (just a few dollars).
 
I'm sorry to say it but my recommendation is: move.

There are a lot of things that can be done to make things better but the one best thing to do is avoid exposure.

Having the cat in another room is not enough! Your list of symptoms is pretty long too...
 
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