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Stuttering and a Caloric Deficit Hey r/Stutter, ​ I've been stuttering ever since I was a kid, but noticed I was barely stuttering at the end of every summer holiday. Whether this had to do with the stress of middle school, I don't know, but at the time I regarded it as having something to do with my ADHD medication (Concerta, which is like Ritalin, but with a whole-day effect), which I didn't take during the holiday. ​ This is the reason I chose to stop using the medication, because a lack of concentration was better than stuttering and being a bit psychologically numb. ​ I didn't really have trouble with my stuttering during college, sometimes when I would party all week it would be a bit more noticable, while at other times I would meet people that wouldn't notice at all. During all this partying, ofcourse, I gained some weight. ​ I've succesfully lost a lot of that weight, about 30kg in a year, but during times of major caloric deficit (20-30% under BMR), stuttering rose to a personal extreme. At this time I made the connection to my summer holidays, because I wouldn't really ever be hungry when I was on the medication, and I was pretty skinny at the time, while eating like a normal teen during the holidays. ​ My question being: Did somebody else on here ever notice a link between a caloric deficit and their stuttering? I understand that everybody is different, and especially for stuttering, but maybe somebody did some "experimenting" with it, because I'd like to lose some more weight, but if it translates in more stuttering, that makes it more difficult for me to decide. ​ TL;DR: I just found a pretty solid link between purposefully losing weight quickly and stuttering, does anyone have experience with this? ​ Curious to hear your stories! Sebastian