Understanding Spasmodic Dysphonia

[@ronniemock72]

I’m a music teacher. I taught high school band for 20 years. My SD started in my early 40s. I thought it was due to strain from marching band rehearsals. In my late 40’s, I am now teaching general music to elementary students. I am vocally distressed. I tried two injections before the pandemic. I noticed the first s treatment worked. With the second treatment (more Botox), my voice never recovered. I now speak with a delay. Sometimes it is like my voice has to kickstart. I sound most like the older lady in this video.

[@vjcarter4657]

Mine really started in my early 40s too.

[@misterbowers5995]

I had a breathy voice over 10 + years. I don't have bass in my voice. No one knows the problem. A nurse at work and speech therapist thought this is what I havr. Will I ever have a normal voice again? I am almost crying right now.

[@IvyBomb]

I would consider seeing your speech-language pathologist or a different speech-language pathologist for your voice concerns again and requesting treatment and imaging of your vocal fold function and structure if you have not done so already.

[@adityakardile9029]

how's your voice now

[@Michelle-oc4ty]

I'm with you. I cry a lot also. It changed my life upside down in EVERY aspect of my life.

[@Michelle-oc4ty]

​@@IvyBomb been there, done that - it's not better. I use am app on my phone to communicate.

[@sirajulhaque9607]

Good.
Very informative!

[@ranidore5218]

I have this, getting worst when i feel nervous

[@Fred-ev7tt]

I have this right now, iv had it since March. It’s so difficult

[@ranidore5218]

@@Fred-ev7tt i still have this til now , next month i have speaking test , make me worried. I hope i can pass it. Just need to control my anxiety.

[@Fred-ev7tt]

@@ranidore5218 the anxiety is what makes it crazy. Just remember to take some deep breathes with your stomach and not your chest. You’ll be fine hopefully

[@karenmott5637]

Mine started at my second vaccine shot June 2021 and has gotten worse and my speech and eating and swallowing is bad .they told me i had dysphonia and they keep putting my appt out 2 to 3 months .i dont understand.i m in md

[@nihad.9918]

I have spasmodic dysphonia i gues my voice stop a lot when i am tolking it get wers over the years is there a treatment plzzzzzz

[@Jen6374]

I also have it

[@A45Productions]

@@Jen6374 I have it too but really from what I know there is limited knowledge

[@Fotbollskils]

I have psychogenic spasmodic dysphonia. Im sorry this is not mentioned in the film. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8541970/

[@adityakardile9029]

@@Jen6374 how's your voice now?

[@lissette6936]

I get this out of nowhere and is getting worts and worst 😢 I just don’t like to think about it

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

What effect does GERD have on this group of vocal conditions ?

[@kami_oniisama9884]

I can answer as a sufferer of both diagnosed by medical professionals. Pain