I stopped stuttering for a day, by lowering my cortisol.

I stopped stuttering for a day, by lowering my cortisol. To begin with, I have been stuttering all my life, I am soon 31 years old, and I know well what it is. Earlier, i already wrote that [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/11cfw5g/cortisol_theory/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), while researching stuttering, from my own experience, I tend to believe that elevated cortisol is to blame for everything. I also have OCD, which I attribute to that too. ​ I don’t want to talking for a long, there were many theories, including in the Russian stuttering community, that adrenaline, norepinephrine and brain connections cause stuttering. ​ I know it's bad to do this, but I found prescription drugs - blockers of all these hormones including cortisol and tried them to understand what's going on. ​ 1. Adrenaline I have tried beta receptor blockers. The effect is barely noticeable, but the pressure immediately drops, I want to sleep and that's it. OCD symptoms have not gone anywhere. ​ 2. Norepinephrine I want to sleep the same, the pressure drops, the effect on speech is zero. Same thing with OCD. ​ 3. Cortisol Here is the most interesting. I found a drug that blocks cortisol. The drug is very toxic, and I decided to try it just once for the experiment. ​ An hour after taking it, I felt the nervous tension in my chest dissolve somewhere and I could breathe normally for the first time in my life. We all know that before the speech we start some kind of panic. Its gone totally! I sit in Burger King, and i went to the shops, the Moscow metro, asking all sorts of things just to check the speech. And you know what? The stuttering was gone by about 90 percent, and this is after an hour after taking it. I just said what I wanted. Then I spent the whole day in the library, working, I'm a graphic designer. And I needed a book, there was a crowd of employees, and I just walked up and asked for everything I needed without even a hint of hesitation, as if I never stuttered. It’s like a dream, I couldn’t work later because I couldn’t yet realize that it turns out how ordinary people feel about themselves - they just come up and say what they want. My OCD symptoms are gone too. All in all, just a fairy tale. Stuttering is totally gone. It's strange but it's true. ​ Do you know that feeling - when you start talking, it seems normal, but then it seems that a feeling of anxiety builds up and you stumble? This feeling just disappeared, I just said that the stuttering function was turned off for me and I became a normal person. And moreover, I didn’t feel like I was on drugs, it’s just that this eternal anxiety in my chest went away and I began to talk normally, but I felt as usual. ​ Then I began to google this drug, and it turned out that it has recently been banned in the USA, and in the EU countries, but in Russia it is still sold. It is very harmful and can lead to liver damage and even death. It also reduces testosterone, and has so many side effects that there was a whole book in the package. ​ In favor of this, I saw a review by a Russian guy who said that he also cured almost stuttering with the help of one antipsychotic, which also significantly reduces cortisol. ​ I know how hard stuttering is, and how ready we are for anything, if only it takes out at least a day. But with these drugs you have to be very careful. And approach everything wisely. I will consult with a professional doctor to find a drug that is safer. But I for myself understood for sure that the reason is increased cortisol. ​ I am writing this because I see a lot of posts about hopelessness about stuttering. But I think that there is no need to despair, because there is a ray of light in this regard. I will never forget this day when the stuttering completely disappeared. I will continue to do everything under the supervision of a doctor. Because playing with hormones its a very serious thing. And I'll be sure to let you know the results. And I'd love to hear your opinion on it. Sorry my english im from Russia.