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"Studies discussed provide evidence of a dysfunctional hyperdopaminergic state of the thalamocortical pathways underlying speech motor control in stuttering." - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

It’s been said that having a stutter gives you an increase of dopamine, and Prozac adds dopamine, so I was thinking that it would potentially worsen it due to it adding dopamine instead of taking away...

Prozac stops serotonin from being absorbed by the brain too quickly, making it so that your synaptic receptors have more time to absorb it. That gives you a more steady amount of serotonin, which is p...

My speech therapist explained to me that stuttering (or at least my stutter) was connected to my hearing my own voice. Thus, when I change it slightly (to yell, whisper, sing, speak with different acc...

Prescribed medication by doctor for stuttering??

Prescribed medication by doctor for stuttering?? Does anyone have any experience of being prescribed medication by doctors for stuttering? After reading a lot of studies, I want to try out Ecopipam fo...

Yes, blocking is certainly one feature of stuttering. You can think about stuttering as a neurological issue in younger children around which layers of negative experience, anxiety, and avoidance ca...

I also have TMJ. I’m getting surgery on it next summer. I do think my stutter, at least partly, caused my TMJ. Perhaps getting the surgery will help my stutter....

A possible solution could be for an anti-anxiety medication that is also a dopamine antagonist. Dopamine antagonists have been proven to reduce stuttering, since stuttered have an excess of dopamine i...

So, yes the brains of people who stutter are different, and yes, in the ways you say- but you can’t assume that the brain differences caused the stuttering. Another theory is that the stuttering itsel...

That's so intriguing, isn't it? Just, wow. Neurology has so many secrets still to be discovered. I think I remember reading somewhere that deaf people stutter in sign language. I guess your thing wi...

Do you have certain musical phrases or patterns (including relative positions in tonal progressions) - or certain meanings/moods - that you tend to stutter on more? I think we can safely say that mus...

It is quite interesting. I've been playing music since I was 3. For me, music is almost a second language, and I often feel like I am speaking when playing music. Occasionally I'll stutter on a note a...

^ This is the correct answer. To add/overly simplify brain function: In normal speakers, only one portion of the brain increases activity when speaking. In stutterers, additional areas of the brain...

Singing and speaking are very different processes in the brain. But since there is not cure for the stutter and thus no scientific definitive explanation on the biological source of stuttering, I’m ...

Antidompamine medications and stuttering?

Antidompamine medications and stuttering? Since stuttering is said to be partly caused by excess amounts of dopamine in the brain, could medications that take out dopamine potentially lessen a stutter...

No, crowded teeth may cause an articulation disorder. Stuttering is in your brain....

Stuttering isn't caused by crowded teeth or by having an underbite or overbite. Also, a dentist isn't going to be knowledgeable about stuttering because it's a neurological disorder. Stuttering is so...

I do not think stammering is caused by having crowded teeth or a misaligned jaw no. ​ Personally I do I have an underbite but my teeth are fine, and I have a very bad stammer worse than ...

I don't think we're really disagreeing. I'm just implying that everything about us is hard-wired; our whole psychology, life experience and emotion is there in the wiring. You're right that you can d...

Coming from my layman view, i think neurological means it is hard wired, and there is something physically impeding the flow of speech. And psychological means you are passing your thoughts through...