I have tried reconnecting and I have also tried other methods and none seems to work and i have had no issues before and its not showing up as available mic’s
Does the little light come on when you plug it in? Are you going through a USB hub?
Plug it in, wait a beat or two and restart Audacity. Audacity checks for connections when it starts. You can also Transport > Rescan…
Do you use other audio programs? Do you leave Skype running in the background?
Koz