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I’m a 16 year old guy who stutters, and I agree, it’s literal hell. Therapy also didn’t work for me, and I haven’t done it for months. My stutter is pretty bad, and no one can give good suggestions on...

Thats interesting, I am prescribed adderol for ADD but go off it every now and then (depending on the kind of activity I’m doing like work vs. vacation). I notice that when I am on it there are moment...

Anti-psychotic medications which lower dopamine in the brain have been linked to reduced stuttering. See this link and skip to A Dopamine Hypothesis: https://www.stutteringhelp.org/medical-aspects-st...

Maybe because I’m on a cocktail of different meds? I always noticed a difference when I started a new psych med. for example, Prozac made it much worse. Zoloft made it better. Now I’m on 13 (?) d...

"Psych meds" sounds very abstract. :) People can suffer from all sorts of things, but the crucial thing is where exactly they're at diagnostically, and what exactly is being done medicinally. - In t...

Anyone else out there been on psych meds and notice a change in their stutter?

Anyone else out there been on psych meds and notice a change in their stutter? Long story short I was in a psych ward. I was put on a cocktail of meds and my stuttering has basically gone away. I we...

Maybe your not stressed out about speaking so much? I was the same way. Now oddly I’m on psych meds and my stutter has almost totally gone away. ...

As a daily smoker, I would say weed either makes my stutter 10x worse or 10x better. It just depends on the day and who you are talking to. It affects everyone differently though. ...

Effects of weed on stuttering?

Effects of weed on stuttering? I smoked some with a friend last night for the first time. My stutter has reduced DRAMATICALLY and it feels so liberating! I’m hoping that it isn’t a short term effect. ...

Late to the party but I've been taking 35-40mg of cbd per day for about 2months. I took cbd for sleep and it definitely works for that. But I have also noticed that my stuttering has significantly dec...

Wellbutrin caused a temporary increase in disfluency for me. Maybe a month and half or so. Lexapro works well for me, and has no noticeable effect on fluency. YMMV....

I DID NOT start HRT to cure my stuttering. It was for other reasons. The improvement in my speech was just one of the beneficial side effects of HRT. I gained some other physical and mental benefits a...

I’ve been taking SSRI’s for a couple of years now, (sertralin) and its helped quite abit. Dont have the symptoms described by the OP although anti-dep medication does dull you out abit. Its like cutti...

Thank you for posting this!! I was recommended to start low-dose SSRIs but hadn't heard of anyone else taking them for stuttering. My disfluency exacerbates with performance/speech anxiety, which I'm ...

anyone on SSRI's?

anyone on SSRI's? I recently started taking an SSRI for depression/anxiety. In some ways my stuttering is better because I feel over all slowed down and not so anxious all the time. Still have some ...

I have ADHD too and i definitely find that my speech is better when i take my meds. I find that, despite being physically hungry, i have no appetite when i've taken my meds. Thanks for this little ins...

Ha! Jokes on you, I have a stutter and I also like Subway! But yeah, pure hell. Stressful staff, hot inside.... Luckily I found an app that allows me to order food at my local Subway. I recommend you ...

Alright imma go for it and she said my stutter was cute too😂...

It's all in our heads man and I firmly believe that. Our brains control EVERYTHING we do, how we feel emotionally and physically, our breathing, etc... something in our brains switches and decides we'...

there’s little patience when it comes to law enforcement just be patient with yourself bc they’ll never understand the daily struggle...