The Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve (Evolution)

by BBella , Thursday, April 12, 2012, 04:32 (4416 days ago) @ David Turell

Dear BBella,
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> > I haven't a clue about Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, but I do know something scary when I hear about it. 
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> > dhw
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> [David] Spastic dysphonia is an oddball condition. It causes people to have spastic vocal cords which then obviously interfers with them speaking normally. It is generally episodic and therefore very annoying, but most of the time the patients can speak normally. -David, my condition began in 1987 after a particularly traumatic pregnancy and gradually worsened from there, especially after several other stressful prolonged events in my life. I do rarely speak now unless I have to because my voice is nearly unintelligible or sometimes just inaudible, especially if my emotions are involved in any way. Oddly, though, my 2 year old grandson has no problem whatsoever in understanding me. ->It is thought to be caused by a person having been under extreme stress at some point in their life. One is not born with it. Note that BBella has described extreme stress in her life, and so she fits the clinical picture. Counselling can revieve the situation, and my cousin (with inherited depression) was totally cured by counselling and medication for her depression. BBella, please note.-I've never considered myself as having depression. Even when I couldn't move during the 5 year Rheumatoid inflammation, I wasn't one to ask "why me?" And I always looked to what I was thankful for, not what I could no longer do. People always remarked at my optimistic attitude thru everything I went thru. Even the day I chose to die wasn't because I was depressed, it was because I was tired of the physical pain. Also, I could not find a medication for depression that didn't make me feel depressed. So I just couldn't take them and there was no change in my voice on any of them anyway. And as for the counselors, they seemed to have more problems than I did. But, of all things, recently I have been seeing an awesome hypnotherapist who may just get to the suppressed emotions that is supposedly at work when it comes to my voice. Who knows? I am open to anything! -Oh, and the online voice disorder group I'm involved with has recently been talking of a new type of injection that is getting better reviews than botox, so I am looking into that as well. But I am surprised that with the extra magnesium and iodine my chiropractor recently recommended is already giving me more voice control than usual. I dare to hope! 
 
>[dhw]This is just to wish you a speedy recovery with the aid of your doctor, your chiropractor, and our very own Doctor David.-Thanks for the well wishes, dhw!!! For such great support (from all involved) I am thankful and comforted.->[Tony] Thank you for sharing this link with us Bella.-You are welcomed Tony!!! I was thankful to find it! It really opened my eyes and connected the disconnection of what's going on inside me in a physical way. The miracle of the human anatomy just blows me away sometimes...well... it's just amazing anything works at all when you think about it!!!-bb