So a while back I started a topic about some hoarseness I was experiencing. I was worried that it was being caused by the spiro I had just started taking and that it was damaging my throat. Well, I think I may have found the cause... A couple of weeks ago my voice became more hoarse than ever before and so I decided to try using my male voice to see where the hoarseness was coming from. Before I had assumed I was losing my upper range, but after talking low I discovered that my vocal issues lied there instead. When you use a female voice you need a balanced amount of high and low tones for it to sound natural, but when I'd try talking as high as I used to before my throat issues the lower tones would drop out and I'd sound unnatural. But this didn't occur to me until today, when finally after over 3 months of having these voice issues my hoarseness had just started to go away. This morning I wanted to test the low range again to see how much hoarseness was left and when I tried using my male voice I couldn't go nearly as low as before.
So, I think I was right about the spiro causing my hoarseness, but I was wrong about why. It's just been raising the pitch of my voice, so hopefully all will be back to normal soon and I can strain less to talk. I will have to relearn how to use my voice comfortably since my vocal range has shifted, but I'm just relieved that my throat isn't damaged.
