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How’s your sleep quality? Is it getting worse? Lack of quality sleep can exacerbate stuttering. As we age, the stresses and pressure of life’s responsibilities grows, and for stutterers this can gr...

Suddenly started stuttering?

Suddenly started stuttering? Im 19m and just this year started getting a bit of a studder. I've always mixed up my words but now I'll basically repeat the first part of the first word in the sentence,...

Giving a presentation at university tomorrow

Giving a presentation at university tomorrow so ive been lurking in this sub for a long time and i never post, but today i just feel the need to. so im a guy with severe stutter coupled with social en...

This is well said. I have a terrible stutter that amplifies drastically when in high stress situations. I’m in the military, and every time I try to speak with high ranking officials, it comes out ful...

Bit of illness, probably a bit of stress being busy at work. But then it’s a vicious cycle. But it’s more I’ve noticed the tension a lot of late in my upper chest...

I would like to discuss more about 3. I was meditating about it very deeply. My thinking was led by mechanism, that I can talk fully fluently when I am alone or talking to the dog, so my (wrong) assum...

Relieving Tension?

Relieving Tension? Like a lot of people may have, I have more of a covert stammer or interiorised stammer. Working really hard to be fluent and most people won’t really pick up on it aside from some w...

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...

Anticipatory Anxiety gets to all of us, whether that be before an interview or presentation/speech etc. Our cortisol and adrenaline levels rise, and this exacerbates our stuttering. I take Propranol...

Vyvanse converts to dextroamphetamine, it acts on dopamine and norepinephrine systems in the brain. It’s prescribed for ADHD. It causes neurons to release more dopamine and norepinephrine into the syn...

This Dopamine relation to stuttering needs to stop. It's been debunked among alot of people. SOME seems to do well with neuroleptics etc and dopamine reduction stuff but imo it's a minority. If I pop...

kinda unrelated but this reminded me just how intertwined stuttering and adhd are (both are dopamine dysregulation issues)...

IMO, it’s a waste of your energy. Arguing simply raises your adrenaline and dopamine surges, and you’ll just stutter more....

Everyone is different. The neuroscience literature robustly shows intense exercise changes dopamine/noradrenaline signalling and basal-ganglia plasticity, which are plausible mechanisms for transient...

All I am trying to say is you’re making it seem that “high intensity” is bad and no you’re not right about “high intensity activities affects our fluency afterwards” You should change that to *MIGHT...

Correct, it requires a very fine balance of dopamine (& other neurotransmitters) in the speech motor networks for proper fluency....

Sorry no, I’m not telling people not to lift weights. I’m simply stating that activities which surge dopamine in our brains adversely affects our fluency afterwards. Lifting weights is obviously h...

Yep, as they boost dopamine too and it can stay elevated for hours, impacting speech fluency....

It's strange it boosts confidence and relaxes you also. But if you're over stimulated then it can make it worse. It's a strange relationship with ADHD and stuttering...