I almost went into respiratory arrest while painting late one cold Dec. night! We had the carpet guy coming the following day to replace all the carpet upstairs. Our room was the last to be painted, and I had been sick with a bad cold, then bronchitis, but we HAD to get it done. I was doing the ceiling, and I'd lift the roller up, do about a 2 foot aquare area, then have to catch my breath. Finally at about midnight, our #2 son drove me to the emergency room. They gave me an inhalation treatment then sent me home with a biga$$ inhaler. SSQ had finished the job by the time we got home.
I found some really nice paint with low VOC (virtually NO smell) and I really like it. It's much more expensive than your best quality Benjamin Moore or Behr, but it lasts twice as long. I'd rather pay a little more up front and not have to do the job twice in the same time frame.