Why have I lost power in my voice when I speak

This could be due to a mild anxiety or it could just be that you speak quietly normally, as I do. I find I have to forcibly raise my voice when in a group and when giving a talk or presentation. My family have always told me I am a 'quiet speaker'. I do not think this is a matter for your GP but there is no harm in asking for him to check your throat just in case.

Much better is to go to a good speech therapist; they can help you to pace your delivery and to 'throw' your voice into a full room. When you get that help your confidence will also improve; you never need to shout but everyone will hear you. Even actors need this from time to time.

Many thanks for your comments Jaguar but I wouldn't say I have a quiet voice and a dramatic change has happened in the last few months people I am around all the time have asked me "what is wrong with your voice" LOL so something has happened BUT as I don't have a sore throat or any other symptoms I wasn't sure what to do..- Thanks Though x

Any dramatic change needs to be investigated, particularly as others have noticed it and thought to ask you. In that case DO see your GP as it may be dysphonia, an infection in your larynx or even polyps (usually benign but need to be dealt with).

Hi Lyndsay I would go to your GP at least it would reassure you

Hi Lyndsay there can be various reasons for some one to loose their voice it is good to get checked out

Hi Lindsay I once had the same problem alongside with tinnitus in one ear I was so fed up with the way things were I at long last went to my GP who in turn referred me to the local ENT clinic problem solved by the use of hearing aids. I am not saying that this may be your problem but worth while taking the route I took my whole life has been so much better and I am more confident.

Hello Lyndsay,

I'm a psychologist in the U.S., and stumbled over your query while searching for something else.  I've registered at patient.info just to say this:

I use voice in my diagnosis of patients, so I pay careful attention to what my patients' voices are telling me even more than their words.  I am also a hypnotist and have done emergency hypnosis for performers who have suddenly lost their voices without medical cause.  And I do energy healing, so I am aware of which chakras may be involved.  What I've observed in my own practice is that when the voice goes weak there's something in the unconscious that needs to be dealt with.  It doesn't have to be a long, drawn-out couch process.  If you go to a reputable professional who combines energy work and hypnosis, she (most are female) will likely do some muscle-testing (simple, quick, painless) to get a sense of what's causing the weakness, and then you'll both have a direction to take.

I tell my patients two things about weakness in the voice:

1) Think of it as a message from your unconscious that there is something tucked away that needs to be examined.  More andmore evidence is accumulating that if something needs attention and doesn't get it, it can shift from mind to body.

2) If you do go to a GP, you might consider going with the attitude that you are ruling out physical causes, not with the expectation that the GP will know what the cause is and what the solution is.  GPs spend many years learning so much about the functioning of the body and the treatments for body dysfunction that there's very little time to learn how mind affects body.  For that you go to a psychologist.

I used to know a very good psychotherapist in the U.K., I think in London.  Her name is Susan Courtney, and I don't know if she's still there.  IF you can't find her, you can Google "psychotherapy hypnosis energy psychology" and see what pops up.

I'll come back to this site in a few days to see how you're doing.