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SSRI’s won’t cure your stutter. They will only alleviate your anxiety around your stutter, which indirectly improves your fluency a bit. Anxiety exacerbates stuttering, but if you can minimise your an...

Sensations?? Nothing just like every one else ? You do know most speech impediments are neurological. They’re not caused by anxiety....

The number one cause of stuttering is neurodevelopmental differences in the brain, particularly in the areas that control speech planning and timing. Stress or anxiety can worsen stuttering, but they ...

Yes, I can still speak too, but in certain, stressful, anxiety provoking situations, I stutter. I still classify myself as having a disability though....

When I’m talking to my wife, it’s not always there. It does get worse when I’m excited and want to tell something. When I’m talking to our daughter of 2 yo oe ranking to the dog, it’s non-existent. I...

Yes, it can. Strong emotional stress can trigger the onset of stuttering, especially in children....

Just went for an interview

Just went for an interview I just went for an interview for a Quality Control job at a contact center. My stuttering wasn't so bad as I could manageably get through my sentences by taking my time. But...

Is it Developmental or Anxiety related stuttering?

Is it Developmental or Anxiety related stuttering? Lately I have become a self psychiatrist researcher or what ? I wouldn't have joint this group If I didn't searched for Neurodevelopmental disorder i...

When no reaction from the listener is expected, the nervous system doesn’t give importance to the words and doesn’t interfere — there’s no stuttering on the words. But in a real conversation, it switc...

Yep, lack of quality sleep really messes with speech motor timing the next day due to fatigue, brain fog etc... We must get quality sleep for best fluency because lack of energy weakens the prefronta...

It’s good that it’s improving. It’s strange if you stutter more with your family. Do you sense more pressure when speaking with them as opposed to just public speaking? (Could be pressure of not wanti...

I stutter usually when speaking English, my native language is URDU

I stutter usually when speaking English, my native language is URDU Hi I am 28 yrs old now, I just ended a meeting with a lot of stuttering and feelimg bad and really want to do something about it. ...

It has many aspects, not just mental health. Confidence, stress (e.g. not being prepared), how easy the words are to pronounce, etc. What kind of situations did you stutter more often in?...

My mood got better but my stutter got worse? Why?

My mood got better but my stutter got worse? Why? So stuttering is neurological but it's also influenced by mental health. I moved to another class where I have a lot of friends and I don't feel left ...

Mines the same as you. I have a baseline level of stutter that I've never gotten below but when I notice my stutter is worse then usual. Even if I don't think I'm feeling especially anxious. I must ta...

You’re going through a negative feedback loop. Everytime you end up stuttering when you try to speak, you feel bad about it and kick yourself, this perpetuates your body to physically react to speakin...

I wouldn't do it, personally. Way too stressful and serious a place to have a stutter, in my opinion. I just hate being a liability for situations that are possibly life/death, where that outcome dep...

Many different SSRI medications reduce anxiety. It’s just a matter of finding one that works best for you, if you’re not against using meds. If you don’t like meds then you can do breathing technique...

Most of these SSRI medications essentially elevate seratonin in the brain, which basically dampens / inhibits dopamine in certain brain regions. So, by reducing anxiety and inhibiting dopamine, it ca...

Stress induced was my first thought, and medical school makes sense. Obviously, without taking a deep dive who am I to know what this is but stress management is a tricky thing. I also handle stress v...