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commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
2 points

This is interesting, thank you for sharing. I do have gastrointestinal issues but I haven't made a connection between diet and speech yet. I've been vegetarian for 14 years and lately focusing on plan...

Causes & Variability
Energy & Biological Rhythms
commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
2 points

I'm not OP, but for me eating a whole foods plant based diet with no added sugar has helped out my stutter a lot. The no added sugar part is very challenging, but my chronic health issues pushed me in...

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commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
2 points

I started stuttering at 6 but I noticed that my stutter got way worse a year ago during an autistic burnout, now it's like whatever fragility there was in my brain increased. The weird thing is that...

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Stress & Fight/FlightCycles & RandomnessNeurological & Brain
commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
3 points

I found caffeine and sugary foods/beverages made my stutter worse on the day, and even into the following day. As soon as I quit caffeine and all the sugary crap, my fluency improved....

Meds & Substances
Helpful Med OutcomesStimulants & Caffeine
commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
7 points

I didn't think speech therapy in school was effective. The speech therapists had big case loads and I don't think they were prepared for my chronic stuttering style. Last March I started seeing a spee...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
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commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
2 points

I do sometimes have good days. I used to have them a lot more in years past than lately. Most of my days involve struggle and preplanning when I speak, but sometimes I'm able to say what I want with m...

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Severity & FluctuationOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
2 points

What is your typical diet when you are most fluent? I focus on protein and fiber, but sugar is my weakness....

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Energy & Biological Rhythms
commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
5 points

I feel your pain. My stuttering recently worsened when talking to people outside of my family and friends. I am a very social person, but now starting to avoid interactions with people. Even avoiding ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
2 points

Do you guys have actual 'good' days where its much, much easier to talk? For me it seems like everyday is consistently a struggle to speak, like it takes so much preplanning, word choice, and focus to...

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commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
3 points

and it's worse if I eat bad 2 days in a row. ...

commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
5 points

Yeah same with me...I was also super talkative before the stutter got bad. I think it was okay up until the middle of highschool when it took a drastic turn for the worse. Like even in grade 8 and gra...

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Severity & FluctuationEnergy & Biological RhythmsSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
5 points

If I was you I would try speech therapy ASAP as I heard for some people, especially young kids they managed to overcome their stuttering with early intervention. It also started as mild blocks and rep...

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commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
3 points

I have a pretty similar experience. For reasons unknown, my speech is heavily related to how I eat. It's been the only thing to help my speech. ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
9 points

Yeah it’s like some switch flipped. I was an extrovert 6th grade then everything went downhill....

commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
2 points

I find it's pretty often related to my diet....more carbs and/or junk food = bad speaking day (the next day). There is a dopamine connection there....

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commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
1 points

I have actually changed my vocabulary after noticing things. I know the word "movie" will cause a stutter, so I started saying films. I.e. im going to see a film. I know the p in repeat will stutter, ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
1 points

That’s not the case for me. For example, during school presentations, I completely improvised most of the time. I added five pictures to my PowerPoint, watched a YouTube video about the topic, and the...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringCycles & RandomnessFeared Words & Names
postr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
9 points

It's so frustrating when my stuttering is more frequent and I can't figure out why.

It's so frustrating when my stuttering is more frequent and I can't figure out why. Like a lot of people who stutter, the frequency of my stutter changes. A lot of times it's related to stress or chan...

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commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
4 points

Yeah i can relate i'm 13 now and had in the past also no stutter but since im 12/13 i have a stutter that primarily consists of blocking. I dont no what caused it maybe my social anxiaty. I've read th...

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Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
1 points

It could be because when you in certain pressure situations you subconsciously think about what you are going to say before saying it. I find I am also in a similar situation where if I am 'scripting'...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringPropositionality & Weight