I've lost my voice...

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Which is good cos my manager has excused me from dealing with phone queries. Any tips on getting it back?

― leigh (leigh), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Where did you last see it?
(sorry!)

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:17 (twenty-one years ago)

relax and embrace your newfound ability to impersonate Joan Rivers so accurately

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Are you sure you want it back? Not talking at all is the best thing.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

not being able to scream/shout for help is, eh, mark?

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Not talking at all is the best thing.

practice makes prefect (only joking)

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd better get it back before i see Duran Duran. I'm planning on doing lots of screaming.

― leigh (leigh), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:50 (twenty-one years ago)

cigarettes will help

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 22:55 (twenty-one years ago)

communicate via a harmonica or kazoo

― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I actually enjoy laryngitis, not in its full glory, but in the transition period OUT of it, because then my voice is all deep and sexy sounding for an entire day. If only I could force myself into laryngitis then time my dates really well shortly after.

Sadly, I am cursed with a very young sounding voice that breaks easily if I talk for more than half an hour (i.e. think Drive Thru Teen Worker in Simpsons), especially at a loud bar where I have to raise my voice.

(But no, I will not start smoking cigarettes to break into a sexy voice... Rather have a weeny voice but with better breath, clothes that don't smell like shit, and an extra 20 years of life, thank you.)

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)

You could always gargle with peroxide or something like that.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Diluted peroxide, I hope.

― Leee the Whiney (Leee), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

DB, I've been there, and the deep and sexy vox only works for the first 5 minutes, before your voice totally disappears. Soft whispering doesn't quite have the same effect.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 23:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Throat coat tea works wonders. Also lemon tea with some honey in it. Or whisky.

― lyra (lyra), Thursday, 4 March 2004 04:29 (twenty-one years ago)

communicate via a harmonica or kazoo

gear, you are my new favorite person ever.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 4 March 2004 04:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, lyra = otm

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 4 March 2004 04:32 (twenty-one years ago)

ten months pass...

I haven't been able to speak for 3 days now! Fuck fuck fuck. I must be ok by Thursday, or I will have big problems. Have never lost my voice for more than a day, at most, before - how long can this last? If I went to see a doctor, would they be able to do something, or would they just say "shut up and wait and hope for the best"?

― Hanna (Hanna), Monday, 31 January 2005 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

They may be able to help you, depending on what's caused your voice to go; if you've got strep or bronchitis they can give you antibiotics which will seem to work like MAGIC.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 31 January 2005 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Ok, thanks, I'll have to go se one tomorrow if it's not any better! But I don't have any fever or cough or anything, doesn't that make it unlikely that it'd be something that antibiotics would help for?

― Hanna (Hanna), Monday, 31 January 2005 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmm. I think you're right about that; have you been over-exerting your voice recently? Drinking warm beverages can be very helpful, especially herbal tea.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 31 January 2005 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)

(In general, avoid caffeine as that will dehydrate you and likeley exacerbate the condition.)

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 31 January 2005 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I had a cold, and then I went out and got drunk and smoked a lot of cigarettes, and woke up like this the next morning, so, well, it's my own damn fault anyway I guess... :-(

― Hanna (Hanna), Monday, 31 January 2005 16:53 (twenty-one years ago)

You're probably dehydrated. Drink a ton of water and herbal tea. (Also, since you do have a cold, it wouldn't hurt to see a doctor as you might be able to shorten its lifespan.)

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 31 January 2005 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I've gone deafish in my left ear since Friday. Makes phone work a problem.

― alix (alix), Monday, 31 January 2005 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

nine years pass...

3 days now after coming back from a festival. Starting to get worried it'll never come back. Meanwhile I sound like I'm stuck between being a middle-aged lady who smokes 40 a day and a rather gruff builder due to the fact i can't use my normal middle range.

― 3kDk (dog latin), Friday, 15 August 2014 13:55 (eleven years ago)

nine years pass...

I haven't been able to speak for 5 days this suuuuuuucks.

― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 13:19 (two years ago)

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