Hurts to speak, getting worse rapidly
My doctor has prescribed me lansoprazole too see if it helps with suspected silent reflux. I have often had a tendency to need to clear my throat frequently, so thought for a while I may have this.
The most difficult symptom I’m dealing with though is my voice! It’s not hoarse, but I can’t speak without this feeling that my voice is fatigued and this horrible achey feeling in my throat.
It started off that I would struggle finishing reading a story to the kids, I stopped reading stories 6-8 weeks ago because of this, thinking it would improve. It’s got worse though!
This past week has been awful and it’s progressed from speaking normally day to day but having to limit phone calls and not talk continuously, like reading a book aloud… to 7 days later, I can say about 5 words in the morning pain free and that’s it for the rest of the day.
I’m having to use text to voice on my phone to talk to my kids. It’s so hard and I’m devastated.
- Has anyone else had voice changes similar?
- Did you manage to fix it and how?
- Or does this sound like something more sinister that I need to get checked?