Posted by: kerri ®
04/02/2008, 13:52:19
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This is actually my first time on this forum..I have read some of the bulletins..I too was diagnosed at a young age. I was 24, pregnant and in Dental school. I had noticed that my voice started changing and I felt like maybe I was nervous because of the intense program I was in and trying to meet all the deadlines and everything..But then it started to get worse and it was breaking up at home when speaking to my husband. I decided to go the Dr. and they kinda thought it was all in my head..I was referred to an Ent who diagnosed me with Acid Reflux and said that it was very common among pregnant woman.. So after I had my daughter it did not go away..I went back to the Dr and had every test under the sun from Barium swallows to Ultrasounds of my thyroid. My primary care Dr started to think that I had anxiety because of the shakiness in the voice so she put me on a pill. I took it once and I felt so messed up for like 3 days that I refused to take it again. FINALLY, i started to research voice conditions myself...I went to Philly to a well known Dr and he diagnosed me with Adductor type SD..I have a mild case..But i do have the botox injections like every 4-6 months.. I am 29 and for a while i would stop going through drive thru's, avoid the phone because it gets worse on the phone and with the botox tx my voic egoes back to Normal..I live in NJ and my Dr is great!!! I have come to terms that for some crazy reason this coice problem happened to me but I am grateful for BOTOX!!!!
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