I have been feeling under the weather for the last six weeks. I wake up in the morning with my throat hurting, and it usually gets worse whenever I start to sing. At first, I blamed it on my lack of sleep and stress. But even after the stress went away, and I started to get a decent amount of sleep again, I still was unable to get rid of the sore throat. At that point, I started to self-medicate with over-the-counter medicine. After a couple of days, I began to feel better. So I decided to stop taking the meds, and soon after, the sore throat was bothering me again.