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I’ve been on the meds for 4 months now, and haven’t come off it as I’m significantly less anxious than before. I’m pretty sure coming off it will only make me regress back into my old anxious mess! L...

Have you tested your medication to see if there is a noticeable difference in fluency when you are on it and off of it? Like I am all for 'accepting' you stutter and whatever but if there is a chance ...

Interesting. Maybe there is a link between anxiety and overall stuttering. Like when talking to family, friends, and close coworkers I stutter a lot less (but still stutter). When talking with my boss...

Thanks for the context. I too found speech therapy helping DURING sessions, but as soon as I went out into the real world, over time my speech crumbled all over again. There’s so much more social an...

Research into the stuttering brain revealed a dysregulation in the dopaminergic system which affects the speech motor networks in the brain. Stutterers brains have either hyperactive dopamine baseline...

People have posts here all the time saying that they tried Anxiety meds. It worked for some people and it didn't work for some....

Never stutter when talking to ai

Never stutter when talking to ai So you know how some ai like ChatGPT has this chat feature? Basically I noticed i never, ever stutter when talking to ai. Like it took me awhile to get pass the uncann...

Yes Tapping always works for me too! I like to sing my heart out on the way to the interview or wherever i need to talk . I feel like the singing at a louder volume gets my vocal chords revved up...

My daughter was recently given ketamine as a sedative in the hospital while her broken arm was set and casted. She’s stuttered since she was 4 (she’s 11 now). Not trauma induced as far as I know, she’...

PET and fMRI scans have shown hyperactivity in the dopaminergic system in the stuttering brain compared to a non stutterers brain. That’s why dopamine blocking meds improve fluency for some. There ar...

If severe anxiety is exacerbating your stuttering, why not ask your doctor for anti anxiety medication to help you? Once you have your anxiety under control, or will indirectly help with your speech f...

Oh man that's not good to hear...so I take it the medication didn't really help with fluency that much? I am also on a low dose of Abilify (2mg) and it seems to be hit or miss with potential improveme...

Fluent speech in Zoom calls

Fluent speech in Zoom calls I would appreciate input from this group about what to do going forward.  I stuttered mildly for about 60 years, from the time I was a small boy until June 2021, when I su...

I have the same exact reaction with my ADHD medication. I stutter far less when on it but of course it can always vary. However, sometimes when my medication is working perfectly, such as when I am t...

Yes, sorry my bad, Xanax is a benzo which binds to GABA-A receptors (similar to Valium), and has an anti-anxiety calming & muscle relaxant effect. I’ve noticed Baclofen improves my fluency too, howev...

Yeah Elvanse’s mechanism is similar to other amphetamine stimulants: it increases the release of dopamine and norepinephrine, and likely blocks their reuptake, thereby increasing their levels in the s...

Yep, interestingly, both involve dopamine irregularities, but in different directions. ADHD people have lower dopamine baseline in the prefrontal cortex (leading to inattention). Stutterers have...

That’s awesome! Thank you for sharing your experience. I find the same inner calm with GABA enhancing meds, such as Baclofen, and it greatly improves my fluency and reduces blocks a lot. It all has...

The inner calm when I am on my meds is insane. Imagine your mind is a raging storm, with emotions, worries, just noise, and then like a still pond in a zen garden after, mind clear, thoughts together,...

Reports suggest it significantly improves fluency. I don’t have ADHD so hopefully others can tune in with their own experiences with their meds....