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commentr/StutterMar 12, 2023
9 points

I recently quit smoking because it's unhealthy and I felt like a dumbass doing it. I doubt it either worsened or helped my stutter. Maybe smoking too much would make me anxious making it worse. I fu...

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postr/StutterMar 12, 2023
13 points

smoking with a stutter...

smoking with a stutter... Does anyone know or have an opinion on this. Of course it's not even recommended for people without a stutter obviously. I was always against it when I was younger. When I wa...

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commentr/StutterMar 12, 2023
2 points

I’m definitely not a healthcare professional and I’m only speaking about myself. Tried mouthpieces, breathing exercises, speaking in a figure eight ……. You know. But as I mentioned earlier I co...

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commentr/StutterMar 12, 2023
3 points

Is the Celexa helping? There's a prominent physician who is using medication to treat stuttering. He has drugs in phase 2 trials and the SSRIs such as Celexa have helped. He has several youtube video...

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commentr/StutterMar 12, 2023
3 points

I'm a fully recovered stutterer. Though many stutterers do stutter for physical reasons, my stuttering was caused by childhood experiences, and my fluency was the result of psychotherapy. Exercises mi...

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commentr/StutterMar 12, 2023
3 points

You were very astute. I'm not sure, though, that I fully understand the neurology. Recent research does point to a neurological basis of stuttering. There’s a prominent California doctor who is succes...

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commentr/StutterMar 12, 2023
6 points

This. I’m definitely not a doctor or health care professional but I always ask “do you stutter when you’re talking to your dog?” Been stuttering for 60 years. I know there are a hundred v...

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commentr/StutterMar 11, 2023
1 points

i have a great experience with l theanine and l carnitine, i have ADHD and while getting diagnosed with that i have explained my doc that stutter is something that i need to fix and he made me try the...

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commentr/StutterMar 9, 2023
1 points

I’ve had the same experience with all drugs. I remember my first time taking MDMA and I was cured. I walked about starting convos with strangers and I felt like I could talk for days. Ketamine had th...

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commentr/StutterMar 9, 2023
7 points

I've been taking a natural non-toxic cortisol lowering herb called ashwaganda. I've noticed my fluency has gotten much better but I'm also doing other things like reading aloud to improve fluency. If ...

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commentr/StutterMar 8, 2023
13 points

I feel that doing meditation and breathing exercises consistently can have similar or better effect compared to these drugs, and with no dependency or side effects. However, one has to put lot of work...

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commentr/StutterMar 8, 2023
4 points

Really interesting! What's the blocker called? Is there anyway to lower Cortisol that isn't toxic?...

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postr/StutterMar 8, 2023
52 points

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](htt...

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commentr/StutterMar 7, 2023
1 points

It's alright. A side effect that I've noticed is that my emotions are so little now, that I look at everything solely with logic, and thus I have a hard time feeling sad at all anymore. Though I also ...

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commentr/StutterMar 7, 2023
6 points

I think chronic stuttering (child onset fluency disorder) has two main causes: 1. Disrupted flow of speech information from a supposed zone of conscious speech generation to the Broca's area (causes ...

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commentr/StutterMar 5, 2023
2 points

I’m so thrilled for you. I learned about Dr McGuire in relation to his work with breath control and desensitization. There’s a YouTube video of his earlier work with stutterers in the UK. It’s amazing...

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commentr/StutterMar 5, 2023
2 points

I lost the stutter, but I only get it when I'm stressed. I take Ritalin (36mg, used to be Concerta) now and Risperdal (7mg). My stuttering left, but it will be back with stress....

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commentr/StutterMar 5, 2023
2 points

It took about 1 month before my stutter just kind of went away. I still have like rare slip ups but nothing that isn't what "normal" people have and everyone comments how much my speech has improved....

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commentr/StutterMar 5, 2023
2 points

Thank You very much. I have been following Dr. Maguire's research for a long time, my path to becoming fluent was also quite long. Stuttering has severely damaged my youth, and although it is no l...

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commentr/StutterMar 5, 2023
2 points

Yes I have tried Latuda, Abilify, Vraylar, risperdal along with SSRI's and SNRI's. All of those had little effect on my stuttering at all. I hate to say it but the only thing that has worked for me an...

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