commentr/StutterMarch 29, 2021

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Anxiety makes it worse. It doesn't cause it though. If it did anti-anxiety medication would be able to cure it. Most stutterers are like you; the more anxious they are the more they stutter. But if you still stutter even a little when you're calm then you can't say anxiety causes it. In fact the only medication proven to lower instances of stuttering are a couple of anti-psychotics, not anti-anxiety medication.

Themes

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment

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ssris_snris_antidepressants