...the reference, of course, is to the old Brady Bunch episode in which Peter Brady's voice changes. Well, I go through that over and over again, and I'm wondering if anyone else has had a bunch of mini-shifts, particularly after being on T for a few years.
I've been on T for nearly five years. I have had about three or four major vocal shifts, but I get a few mini-shifts every year, too. The most recent one is going on right now. I start feeling as if my throat is full of phlegm, and I go through a major throat-clearing evolution for a couple of days. Then I start wondering whether I'm in for another shift, and, as if by magic, I start losing some upper register, and I can't sing to save my life. My voice often sounds weird when I talk as well. After a week or two, things settle down, but I usually have to learn how to talk all over again because my voice isn't quite the same.
This time, I did get lucky; my voice slipped down a little and is already stabilizing, and I haven't had to go through the readjustment period I usually go through. My voice is a little different, but not so much that most people will notice. I do, and sometimes my therapist does.
I realize that men's voices shift throughout their lifetime, but not like this. Frankly, I'm getting a little tired of it. I appreciate a smidge more resonance when I get it, but the other guys I know had a major shift (or two) and a smoothing out period, and that was pretty much it.
Anyone else get lots of little shifts over the years?
