I'm only just over two weeks on T, and my voice is somewhat cracky and my throat keeps getting randomly sore, not like a sick kind of sore, and I have no other "symptoms" so I don't think I'm sick, but is that even possible this early on? I was thinking voice effects only started happening a few months down the line. Anyone else had this?
The first couple of weeks my voice was sore too. I had a drop around 2 months. It's normal to me.
Definitely normal man. My voice was sore on and off until my first big drop, which was around 3 months. It was kinda sore in the sense that it was dry and I felt a little dehydrated. Nothing to worry about. :)
It happens a lot, even very early.
My voice started changing around 6-ish weeks though today marks month 7& never experienced any dryness or soreness w/my throat.
I hear lots of guys experience it though..so it just varies it seems.
My voice didn't really change at all, but I definitely felt I was coming down with something — it wasn't sore, exactly, but you know when you start to get a cold your throat feels a bit... constricted? Kinda like that.
It's perfectly normal, as other guys have testified. Congrats BTW! :]
my throat got tight when it started dropping maybe a bit sore like i have a lump in my throat.
Thanks guys, basically everything you said combined is how I feel. I definitely don't feel sick, it's just like a dry, constricted feeling in the roof/back of my throat (best I can explain it). Not so worried now :P
My throat was sore very early as well (within the 1st week) and started dropping slightly within the 1st couple of weeks. I've been told mine actually dropped earlier than a lot of guys, but nonetheless it is not uncommon.
My throat wasn't sore, but it felt like it needed clearing. I felt as if I had some phlegm that wouldn't go away.
It still happens right before a vocal shift, even a small one. In fact, it started again today, and I'm praying that I'm not just dehydrated. Also, my voice suddenly cracked on a song that I've been singing fine for months, so I have my fingers crossed.
Never satisfied...
Quote from: Arch on July 11, 2012, 02:56:12 AM
My throat wasn't sore, but it felt like it needed clearing. I felt as if I had some phlegm that wouldn't go away.
It still happens right before a vocal shift, even a small one. In fact, it started again today, and I'm praying that I'm not just dehydrated. Also, my voice suddenly cracked on a song that I've been singing fine for months, so I have my fingers crossed.
Never satisfied...
Speaking of which, singing is a huge deal to me, I've been training my singing for a looong time. Does T usually screw that all up?
Quote from: AJarrah on July 11, 2012, 08:11:35 PM
Speaking of which, singing is a huge deal to me, I've been training my singing for a looong time. Does T usually screw that all up?
Depends on what you mean. I've read that most singers can continue singing after T, but (obviously) your voice will be different, and there's a lot of paranoia about not being able to continue singing. You might start a singing thread, or search for one--it's been talked about before.
I'm no singer, but I have to relearn how to sing every time my voice shifts. For example, my voice changed only a little a few months ago, but it was enough to dork everything up until I got used to it. Now I'm fine; I just want a deeper voice.
I have been on T 3 months, my voice has dropped some. It has dropped and then it stays the same for a few weeks then it drops again. When it is dropping it does feel like I have something in it so I am continually trying to clear my throat which in turn does sometimes make it a bit sore. Singing is getting challenging, I find that I am laughing at myself trying to sing lately, it just stops, then it goes up or down like I sometimes don't have a lot of control over it.
There are a couple guys I am following on youtube who are singers. They still sing, but there have been adjustments.
--Jay Jay
Quote from: aleon515 on July 12, 2012, 11:50:10 PM
There are a couple guys I am following on youtube who are singers. They still sing, but there have been adjustments.
--Jay Jay
Who do you follow? I'm always looking for more people to watch when I get bored at work.
Quote from: eVan24 on July 13, 2012, 12:07:54 PM
Who do you follow? I'm always looking for more people to watch when I get bored at work.
Tsk, tsk watching youtube videos at work (sadly it's blocked where I work). I follow a lot of gq people and so on, but I do follow a couple transguys:
Skylarkeleven:
http://www.youtube.com/user/skylarkeleven/videos (http://www.youtube.com/user/skylarkeleven/videos)
Owen Middleton:
http://www.youtube.com/user/owenthegenderboy/videos (http://www.youtube.com/user/owenthegenderboy/videos)
Both of them are musicians (at least on the side) and very articulate.
ftm kickstart is a great channel, which I don't subscribe due to how many videos there are, but it's very good. I don't know re: singing.
don't get caught.
This isn't a youtube channel, but rather a blog and contains some good info on singing and T.
http://transguys.com/features/testosterone-ftm-singing (http://transguys.com/features/testosterone-ftm-singing)
--Jay Jay
Quote from: aleon515 on July 14, 2012, 12:57:54 AM
Tsk, tsk watching youtube videos at work (sadly it's blocked where I work).
In my defense, the program we use at work is extremely slow and everything I do is through that so I have to do something while I wait. It's blocked on our computers too but I watch it on my phone with my office door closed or with my headphones on. I'm sure people know better but I just tell them I'm listening to music.
I watch skylar but I will check out the others.
Thanks!!
Evan
Quote from: eVan24 on July 15, 2012, 01:56:59 AM
In my defense, the program we use at work is extremely slow and everything I do is through that so I have to do something while I wait. It's blocked on our computers too but I watch it on my phone with my office door closed or with my headphones on. I'm sure people know better but I just tell them I'm listening to music.
I watch skylar but I will check out the others.
Thanks!!
Evan
Just messing wiht you man. Yep Skylar is great.
Owen talks about his singing voice in a few of his videos.
--Jay Jay