CAN YOU FIND ME DETAILED INFO ON A PART OF DYSTONIA CALLED DYSPHONIA
MY VOICE IS VERY STRAINED AND QUIET IT WENT LIKE TJIS WHEN I WAS
11YEARS OLD AND IN APPROX 21YEARS AGO IT CAME BACK BECAUSE I STARTED
TAKING MEDICATION CALLED MELLERILL THIS DRUG WAS WITHDRAWN 4YEARS AGO
AND I HAD TO STOP IT AND LAST OCTOBER 2YEARS AFTER STOPPING IT MY
VOICE WENT BACK TO HOW IT WAS BEFORE DO YOU KNOW OF ANY TREATMENT
APART FROM DRUGS OR BOTULINUM THAT COULD HELP ME

Hi Reggaeman,

Unfortunately there is no known cure for dysphonia (it sounds, by the
way, like you have abductor spasmodic dysphonia, one of the three
types).  The standard treatments to lessen symptoms are botox and
voice therapy.  Here is some information on dysphonia that I found
using the MedlinePlus directory from the National Library of Medicine
(www.medlineplus.gov)

National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders: Spasmodic Dysphonia
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/spasdysp.asp
A quick, consumer-oriented guide to the basics of spasmodic dysphonia.

National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association
http://www.dysphonia.org/nsda/
This site has a lot of great info, including an overview of different
treatment regimes (drugs, surgery, complementary therapies) and some
good info on diagnosis, causes, etc.

I hope these links may be of help to you.  Your dysphonia is a known
medical condition, so you should feel free to take it up with your
doctor.  You may find that the voice therapies work well for you - or
may choose to go with surgery or the botox treatment.  Good luck!

Librariankt

quite a good response but i needed something i really didnt already
know like some form of alternative therapy like herbs or simaler i
dont really want to start taking drugs again for my complaint