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Normal people develop stuttering by taking serotonin related psychotic deugs because they increase dopamine ...

Smashed my stakeholder presentation today partly thanks to you

Smashed my stakeholder presentation today partly thanks to you Hi r/stutter! Just a follow up on my stakeholder presentation... I smashed it out of the park and im enjoying a victory beer or three and...

Help I think I have a stutter

Help I think I have a stutter Hi all, So I've hit my head 4 times in the past 2 weeks, was diagnosed with post concussion syndrome on sunday, and my symptoms got worse throughout the week, had a brai...

What if stutterers have 50-200% more dopamine *because* they are generally more stressed and nervous on a daily basis for a long term. It seems to me a more parsimonious explanation than the converse....

Well, it is believed that stuttering is caused by an overall dopamine dysfunction.  In some regions of the brain, dopamine may be too high and in others, too low. So it´s not that simple, you can have...

That is really interesting. Makes me wonder if PWS are all really highly motivated and productive. Probably faulty reasoning on my part, but I remember reading somewhere that people with ADHD have low...

I've spent a couple hours researching this. High dopamine levels in the brain affect the basal ganglia, a region of the brain responsible for voluntary motor actions, including the production of speec...

An interesting discovery

An interesting discovery I read somewhere that stutterers have 50-200% more dopamine in their brain than fluent people. Stress and nervousness release dopamine. So, whenever we are nervous, more dopam...

It's like there's a disconnect, or misfiring, from what I want to say to what my mouth is trying to get out. I can pretty much physically feel the delay. I've had depression/anxiety for years so I'm o...

I participated in a study at the National Institute of Health in DC. The researcher was shocked to learn no one in my family stuttered. The researcher told me about a set of twins where one stuttere...

Only stuttering in social situations

Only stuttering in social situations I’m sure I can speak for everyone when I say I stutter when another human is involved. If I’m talking to myself or to a baby or pet, I don’t stutter. I recently lo...

I didn't know where else to put it...

I didn't know where else to put it... I have ocular and severe migraines, and one of my auras is stuttering, amoung other things of course. Usually first I get super "hyper" of no where and then I s...

DAE think the mind-body relationship is the most important aspect of your life in dealing with your impediment?

DAE think the mind-body relationship is the most important aspect of your life in dealing with your impediment? Hello there, I’m a stutterer since I can remember, and something tells me it’s from 1. ...

Girls

Girls Does anybody else not really stutter with girls? Once I get into the flow of conversation everything is smooth enough. I’ve hung out with two girls in the past couple days and they both like me ...

Hello, stuttering is caused by something wired wrong in the brain. Has nothing to do with having congestion or blocked nasal passages. ...

It has been proven that stutterers have 50-200% more dopamine in their brain than fluent speakers. So, by taking out extra dopamine, you can, technically, achieve better fluency. ...

I don't think people realise that "stuttering" comes in many forms and the nature of it varies. Sometimes it's a physiological imbalance that causes it, sometimes it's a cognitive issue (like in my ca...

Well I've got a brain tumor (benign) and the neurosurgeons told me it could be responsible for my life-long stuutter....

Could be a lot of things. The mechanisms aren't clear yet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttering#Causes...

What even causes a stutter?

What even causes a stutter? I know neural pathways don’t give all the information to your mouth and throat, but how does that close your vocal folds?...