I recently finished a busy summer of performing as an acoustic solo artist. I purchased both Raise Your Voice and The Ultimate Breathing Workout at the beginning of the summer and practiced the exercises in them every day and was noticing dramatic improvements in my voice. However, at my last two gigs of the summer, I noticed I was exerting more effort than usual to get the notes out. After finishing these gigs, I decided to give my voice a rest for a week and my voice experienced slight improvement. However, after singing for a day, my voice returned to a weaker state. The only issue is that my voice has been getting progressively worse even as I rest it. My immediate conclusion was that I must have vocal nodes. However, I am not experiencing any raspiness or breathiness. Instead, I am hitting about one or three notes that have a rough quality to them in my mid range and my voice cracks every once in a while as I speak, similarly to when I was going through puberty. In hindsight, over the course of the summer I noticed would wake up in the morning with a sore throat quite often and immediately assume I was sick, but this sensation would go away as the day went alone. Lately, as of the time my vocal problems have really been setting in, I've woken up with a sour taste in my mouth and my throat feeling on fire almost every morning. I've been taking medication for acid reflux for the past few days and elevating my head at night to alleviate this issue, and hoping that my voice will improve. In addition, I've been drinking a ton of water, resting my voice, and praying. My central question is should I be singing right now or just giving my voice some time to heal? Will singing aggravate the damage already caused by what I believe to be acid reflux? Are there any exercises anyone would advise working on in order to return my voice to its normal state? It's really killing me right now trying to be silent when I should be socializing during my first week of college and sharing my talents with everyone on campus. Thanks for your time everyone.

in my experience, acid reflux is due to certain things you constantly eat-such as dairy products and fried food. to make singing easier, reduce the amount you eat of that, and you can just purchase a bottle of Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar from a GNC or other health store, and mix it with honey-drink it everyday.
i always sang even when i had acid reflux... it's a problem but i don't think it's something that could lead to losing your voice, but it won't make you sound good lol. .