My wife, who had no significant problems during the years I did, has become more allergy ridden as I have become less.
And I feel empathy for her. I haven't forgotten.
Chlorine is a severe irritant. When my breathing was poor, I would be bothered by simply swimming in a pool.
I suggest going on a calculated program of eliminating fragrances from your life as best you can. Even women's makeup has perfume in it. And laundry detergent, whew, that stuff is horrible. The more of other, more subtle irritants that you can take out of the mix, the more your body may be equipped to deal with bleach.
Oh yeah, I already do the other things. I was just shocked by the bleach. I had come down with bronchitis, then was exposed to bleach right in the middle of it. Took me about 8 more weeks to get over the bronchitis after that.
But, yeah, no perfumes, we are using Arm & Hammer detergent for the clothes (had to get rid of Tide, etc a decade ago), no makeup. No hairsprays, shampoos can get to me too. Oh yeah, no kitties (and I love kitties). To make it all better, we have a basset hound with environmental allergies; he is allergic to the very air around us it seems. But he gets nice meds.