It's pretty crazy how alone stuttering can make you feel.

It's pretty crazy how alone stuttering can make you feel. Just found this subreddit and decided to finally make an account. I'm looking for some sort of help or guidance. All of this is just sort of my back story and explanation of my habits. I posted some questions at the bottom of you don't feel like reading it. Some back story- I've stuttered pretty much all my life. Speech therapy was a waste of time as stuttering would sorta just come and go as it pleased. I remember it being pretty bad in middle school, but for some reason when I got to high school it went away for longer periods of time. It was a boarding school and I felt comfortable there. I had a pretty good group of close friends there, and the small size of the school made me feel comfortable where I was. At that point I understood I had some anxiety issues, but I never really acted upon it. I got in to a very good public university and figured the transition would be fine. Right off the bat, stuttering starts to come back more. Fast forward to the spring of my freshman year. My anxiety was starting to skyrocket at this point. I decided joining Greek life would improve it. Wrong. Now I'm halfway through my sophomore year and it's never been worse. I'm fully convinced that my stutter is directly related to my anxiety. I'm at a point where I hate leaving my apartment because stuttering in front of people has become my worst nightmare. I've always been a pretty happy-go-lucky guy and it sucks having to hide this. Let me explain my stutter (Not sure how common some of these things are). When I stutter, I don't repeat syllables, I just struggle to make my mouth produce the first syllable. I know which words I will stutter on well before saying them. Other times, I won't think about it and casually say those words in conversation. I wouldn't say my stutter is too severe. Most of the time people don't know I stutter because I've almost mastered the art of dodging the words I struggle with (my vocabulary has sizably increased). Nothing gets me more than words that start with D. Honestly the worst part is I stutter on my own fucking name more than any other word. But it's really only in front of people. I can lay in my bed and very comfortably repeat D words and my name 90-95% of the time. I've been sort of keeping track of it while under the influence. Alcohol seems to make it better. I stop thinking about everything and speak clearly. Weed on the other hand makes it 10x worse. I can't get a sentence out without stuttering at least once or twice. I just find it strange how it almost entirely fades away when I'm drunk. Sorry this has been so long, so ultimately my biggest questions are: - Can stuttering be triggered by anxiety? Has anyone had experience with this? - If anxiety can be a cause, could it be effectively treated with medication? What type of doctor would I approach about this? - Is my type of stuttering normal? - If any of you have/had both anxiety and a stutter have any tips or guidance that'd be really sweet. Thanks everyone. Sorry for my rambling.