commentr/StutterJuly 10, 2017

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Ah, it sounds like you're from outside the US, as our system is different. GP still requires you to do a three-year residency here. 4th year here is not internship. It's just a year of applying to residency programs, interviewing, and then electives (aka extended vacation). Med school is 4 years total. I'm choosing to specialize in Psych. Found that I could relate a lot to my patients, considering I have performance anxiety myself. I also like that it moves at a slower pace and there is a lot of one-on-one interactions, which I find easier to be fluent in. In general conversation,even with patients, my stutter at this point in med school is pretty mild and I do a good job of disguising it. It's only really noticeable when I'm presenting something that I don't feel confident about. It wasn't always like this though. Second year was a disaster with all the stress of studying for the boards, and that's probably the hardest I've stuttered since middle school. I ended up going to a speech therapist and also going on an SSRI. I don't really use the speech therapist or her techniques anymore, but I think that was what I needed to get over that hump in my life.

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School & WorkTherapy & ProfessionalMeds & SubstancesEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability

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Employment & CareerSeeking TherapyHelpful Med OutcomesAnxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight

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