Spasmodic Dysphonia Bulletin Board

First of all I want to say I´m a new member of BB and English is not my mother tonge so excuse me for my bad English!

Yesterday I got into this web page http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/Spasmodic-Dysphonia.htm and it was really astonishing for me to know I had suffered I´d all SD symptoms for the last 12 months. During this time I´ve consulted three "ear, nose and throat specialists" and two speech therapist, just the last speech therapist I attended said to me I could suffer from SD.

I have to say right now I´m much better and my voice is normal almost all the time, this recovery has coincided with a change in my "pace-life", I mean, I try really hard not to be stressed, take all time I need to do any kind of action, not just working, but having lunch, walking...and of course, when I speak I speak slowly, clearly.

I´ve read some other messages from this BB and I´ve concluded the root of this pathology cannot be physic but psicologic, if not, How can it be explained that there´re periods of good voice, that usually coincide with holydays, concomitants with periods of bad voice?

I´d depict myself as a very sensitive person, quite insecure, shy, and who has felt groaned by the job, I write this just to know if some of you islike me, maybe a patter of behaviour can be found amongst BB patients.

I advice you to try to be in the good mood, everything can change in one´s life, and you know, try to relax, you´re not in a hurry!!! even go to a speech therapist, it can be very helpful.

I think what I´ve said will not be able to help you all but at least I hope it´ll help to some of you.

If you wnat to contact me don´t doubt it, my e-mail addres is ulisesfjml@gmail.com, anyway I think you can replay me in the BB, don´t you?

At the bottom of this message I´ll write some words in Spanish and French some in case somebody is looking for some information in the google about SD and don´t know English.

My best wishes for all you, good luck and cheers!

Fran, Spain.

Hola, me llamo Fran, si tienes algún problema con la voz de corte psicológico que pueda deberse al estrés o a problemas emocionales quizá padezcas de disfonía espasmódica, este forum te puede ayudar, si no sabes inglés puedes contactar conmigo en esta dirección ulisesfjml@gmail.com Hasta luego!