Just diagnosed with ADHD. Trying to connect dots with how it has affected my dealing with my stuttering
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Just diagnosed with ADHD. Trying to connect dots with how it has affected my dealing with my stuttering I often say, I have been tired since the day I was born. The last 6 months or so the fatigue was so overwhelming (along with my lack of focus) that I seeked out medical help. Long story short I recieved multiple confirmations at 38 years old that I have an inattentive type of ADHD. Stuttering has always been my 800 pound gorilla in the room, that maybe I have ignored other "inadequacies" going on in my life/ or my brain? But after researching it really made a lot of sense to me and it answers a lot of questions why I have severely struggled with certain aspects of my life. I then thought about how it affects my stuttering. Ive known other PWS describe these feelings... much harder for me to speak in a place with a lot of background noise. Also, I have gotten so much better with it, but for years there were all these jumbled thoughts in my head during a block that I couldnt focus on anything. Again Ive heard these anecdotes from many stutterers, but maybe more so for me? Who knows? It's interesting to note that Ive seen studies on here that show stutterers present more inattentive ADHD symptoms than the general population. That had me thinking, maybe thats why myself and others have struggled in speech therapy? I always felt like there was a missing link. I know for many of us its very hard to implement strategies in real life scenarios, but maybe for me even more so? I dont know. I never had overwhelming success with traditional speech therapy. It just shows how we are all different and what helps one person may not help another. I started taking wellbutrin, which hasnt help ADHD symptoms so far but has improved my mood in general and I think has lessened the speech anxiety(which has been improving on its own over the years). Im about to start taking a low dose of adderall. Im very curious to see if it will impact my speech in anyway.