Re: Professional Singer - Loosing my voice

 Hello - I am writing this in near tears because I sing for a living, and I am loosing my voice. It kind of happened all of a sudden. My vocal range pretty much dropped like I had hit puberty or something. (I am 34, so puberty was a LONG TIME AGO) I can not hold a tone for near as long. When I workout I have a wheezing sound when exhaling. It is subtle, but it's something I've never had before until now. When running I get a slight burning/pinching feeling in my throat. I just started running to try and see if that would help, so maybe that is more of a "out of shape" feeling?

There are a number of things that can cause this.  But the burning/pinching feeling narrows things down if this is associated.  With this in mind the most likely culprits are either reflux of possibly a developing goiter.

If it is reflux increasing your stomach acid will help.  Bitters, zinc, B vitamins and TMG can all help with this.

I recommend checking your basal body temperature to see how your thyroid is functioning to see if there is a possible goiter.  Here are instructions:

http://curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=1446516#i

I'm at a loss to why this is. This is a list of health issues I either have had or struggle with. When I was born I had breathing difficulties, struggled with bronchitis. By age 10 I did not struggle with this anymore. Had acne from 15-21. Not sure if there is any connection at all.
I have a type of acid reflux that I only feel in my throat. I don't get a burning stomach or anything from the throat down.

Acid reflux does not always cause burning.  Do you also get stomach bloating?

That does not mean there isn't anything wrong down there, but where I feel it is in the throat. This is probably the culprit, but I don't know what to do about it. I eat healthy, and haven't changed anything in my diet. Probably could argue I've added more fruits and vegetables than before. My throat feels like it is wet and sticky a couple times per day.

Do you have allergies? Sinus drainage?

Sorry to come in here and just bitch. But, I don't really trust most modern medicine. I've been on antibiotics, and antifungals before and would rather not do them anymore.

I agree.

Another thing you can do is to make a tea by boiling slippery elm and licorice root together for 15 minutes.  I like to also add sage leaf, but this has to be done after boiling the first two herbs.  When you add the sage cover the cup and let it steep until cooled some.  Then you can gargle with the tea and sip on it frequently to help keep throat inflammation and irritation down.