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commentr/StutterJul 17, 2020
6 points

This is something they are looking into. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine\_hypothesis\_of\_stuttering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine_hypothesis_of_stuttering)) So in the future, ther...

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commentr/StutterJul 17, 2020
7 points

Stuttering is a hyperactive dopamine output and slow uptake across the synapses that control the speech and breathing pattens/synchronicity. This happens in the Broca’s area of the brain. Pagaclone is...

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commentr/StutterJul 14, 2020
1 points

Sure. [This one](http://www.academia.edu/download/49841674/Increased_dopamine_activity_associated_w20161024-15662-ivsfvf.pdf) demonstrates the correlation between dopamine and stuttering. [This one]...

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commentr/StutterJul 14, 2020
2 points

I've been reading scientific articles for the book I'm writing on stuttering, and yes, there is a very strong connection there; if you stutter you probably have ADD as well. Meditation is hard at fi...

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commentr/StutterJul 5, 2020
1 points

If you have breathing issues, it’s likely we have permanent brain damage to those areas if you’re not a child. (Stuttering And Sleep: Some Speculation by Sandra Merlo) I know for a fact my stutter wa...

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postr/StutterJul 5, 2020
1 points

Stuttering, sleep, and childhood development

Stuttering, sleep, and childhood development Recently, I had a tonsillectomy, significantly improved my fluency, and for the first time gave me the ability to efficiently breathe through my nose. The ...

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commentr/StutterJul 5, 2020
3 points

It's pretty easy to find. A 2 minute google search gives plenty of results. The current research shows it's neurological, physiological and, in some cases, genetic. The idea that the cure is self disc...

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commentr/StutterJun 27, 2020
0 points

Because as far as we know stuttering is a thought/vocal production timing issue. Its really hard to effect one without the other in a consistent way. Lets say your stuttering is made worse by anxiet...

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commentr/StutterJun 27, 2020
9 points

Im a Neuroscience PhD candidate, and have done alot of research into the pathology of stuttering. The hard part with discovering the root of the disorder and subsequently a medication is that stutteri...

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commentr/StutterJun 27, 2020
2 points

Because no one really knows why people stutter in the first place....

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commentr/StutterJun 27, 2020
40 points

Because with the other afflictions, the drugs prescribed target specific areas known to cause the disease. Nobody knows for sure what causes stuttering so they can't really target anything specific. P...

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commentr/StutterJun 23, 2020
1 points

You know. I did a lot of research on another topic related to technology and this guy’s theory was that thought is originated in the tongue (which is why your tongue moves if you’re looking at it in t...

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commentr/StutterJun 22, 2020
1 points

Never heard that it’s linked to a dopamine inbalance. Source?...

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commentr/StutterJun 20, 2020
4 points

Yeah I read that stuttering is related to the dopamine in our brains, and i think that the belief that mastrubation increases stuttering is built upon that. That got me thinking, why is it that rega...

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commentr/StutterJun 20, 2020
1 points

If those person who claim were true than all people should develop stutter know. Or another thing children who stutter and they dont masturbate so its baseless. But one thing is true , stuttering is ...

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commentr/StutterJun 19, 2020
1 points

Our own brain can’t keep up with us! The inferiority...give me a better brain. But that kinda makes no sense since everything is controller by the brain?...

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commentr/StutterJun 19, 2020
1 points

I think they are connected but I don’t know what to make of it haha. It’s just the way I am i guess....

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commentr/StutterJun 18, 2020
1 points

Yeah me too, i wish i knew more about where stuttering comes from period...

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commentr/StutterJun 14, 2020
6 points

I block when I start sentences. I don't stutter alone and neither when I sing. I am more fluent with close people....

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commentr/StutterJun 12, 2020
3 points

Well since it’s neurological in origin how is it a fault? If you need sources I can get them for you. Virtually all the experts point to stuttering having neurological and hereditary origins....

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