ever lost your voice?

[caseysmom]

Just don't whisper that will make it worse. Gina this is called Laryngitits and often accompanies a cold.

[sandragonfly]

ooh, laryngitits. it has its own name? I see, thanks. I'm curious about this!

[elizabethann]

You're talking to the Queen of Laryngitis here. I haven't been able to talk in 2 weeks. I'm JUST getting my voice back...but very slowly. It started as a really bad cold, then a sinus infection and then laryngitis....I even got conjunctivitis too. Today marks the end of week 4, that I've been sick.

I've been to the doctor 3 times. Did you go to your doctor? I'm on antibiotics. But she said there is really nothing you can do for laryngitis except rest. She said that mine is caused by a bacterial infection that I must have picked up when I had my cold. She suggested tea with lemon, honey and gargling with warm water & salt. She also said not to talk at all (even whisper).

So I would suggest you just rest your voice and drink lots of liquids.

Take care of yourself and be well.

[cali]

I have honestly never lost my voice for longer then an hour or 2. but when I do, a nice hot cup of NeoCitron does the trick every time.

[buttercup132]

Cepacol sore throat spray works well I find. I always get stupid Strep throat and loose my voice. I think drinking hot lemon tea help too.

[borzoimom]

Just don't whisper that will make it worse. Gina this is called Laryngitits and often accompanies a cold.

Caseysmom is right. Whispering will actually make it worse. When you whisper, you are not using your diaphragm as much which will stress the vocal cords more.
I use to sing in college with Westminster and the NY Philharmonic. They taught us all this voice care.
As far as losing my own voice, I lost mine soooooo bad a few years ago, that nooooooooooooo sound came out when I opened my mouth. It took probably about a week to get to a whisper than the restraint to say nothing but another week.. I wrote notes..
Try using zinc logenges. It also comes in a product called cold eeze. This helps to reverse the bacteria in the soft pallet and throat. It works.
Avoid really hot or really cold drinks. Luke warm is best. Overly hot or cold will further blister the vocal cords.

[catnapper]

Zinc losenges make me sooooooo sick. I actually knew the inventor of Cold Eeze (REALLY nice guy~!) and he said some people just can't handle the extra zinc.

Thanks for why whispering is worse. I will be taking a note pad with me everywhere now. My voice is no better this morning - drat.

Funny thing is letting Nicki out to potty. I never realized how much I talk to her while she's out there. I let her offleash in the yard and tell her when she's going too far away, etc. I couldn't do that this morning and Miss Nicki kept happily rambling along (probably waiting for me to tell her she's too far away ) Then she wouldn't come in because I couldn't tell her I had a cookie

[BitsyNaceyDog]

I grew up answering to bells and hand signals because my mom could rarely talk above a whisper. For several years my mom's voice would come and go. From day to day you never knew if she was going to have it or not. It'd be gone sometimes for a few days or sometimes a few weeks. It got worse and worse until one day it went and didn't come back for over 2 years. My mom saw all kinds of doctors and had all kinds of tests done, but no one ever gave her a diagnosis. One night my mom was standing in the living room talking in her whispering voice and her voice started to crack and by the next day it was back to a normal voice. It's been almost 12 years since it returned. She still loses it often, but it's like before, only gone for a few days or a few weeks at a time.

Once my mom's voice came back (after the 2+ years) she could no longer pronounce some of the things she could say before. She always called me "Annie" (my middle name is Ann), but she could no longer say it, it now comes out as "Onnie". There are many words she can't pronounce anymore, it's been so many years that we're all used to it now.

[kimlovescats]

Like you, I usually get it once yearly. I am in my 3rd week of a cold turned sinus infection and am getting hoarse. Hoping that it clears before the dreaded Laryngitis! It's frustrating, I know .... seems you have more to say than ever when you can't! Just try to SHUT UP .... lol!

HUGS,
Kim

[*iluvskipper*]

Yes, its gone right now.