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commentr/StutterJun 21, 2024
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It was and probably still is. But I am on too many (17) to say which one is doing it. I’ve been on the same meds pretty much the entire time since I was first put on them. While I was there a frien...

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commentr/StutterJun 20, 2024
4 points

Bloody show off 🤣! I've heard on the grapevine medication used to treat tourettes might be useful for stuttering. I think it's being trialed. But, we'll see. I doubt anything on the medication front ...

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commentr/StutterJun 20, 2024
2 points

Depends in the side effects. There are currently anti-psychotic medications that reduce stuttering, that also have a whole range of side effects....

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commentr/StutterJun 20, 2024
28 points

I'm Bri'ish and our prescriptions cost £9. My other meds I pay £9 for 6 months worth. So I wouldn't pay more than £9 for stuttering meds. I'm not for jerks profiting off human misery. And let's face...

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commentr/stutteringJun 18, 2024
1 points

I've experienced something very similar to what you're going through. Getting off any benzo like Klonopin, if you've taken it for a while at any significant dose, can be extremely uncomfortable and ca...

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commentr/StutterJun 17, 2024
1 points

I used to take 2mg of Klonopin a day (it's 4mg now, but that's unrelated to the stutter). I've been taking it for 7 years, everyday....

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commentr/StutterJun 13, 2024
1 points

To further complicate the discussion, antipsychotics can actually CAUSE stuttering; it is considered a form of Tardive dyskinesia. I recently developed this condition along with some of the more stere...

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commentr/StutterJun 12, 2024
2 points

my life is already dying from stuttering.  I'm always quiet because I stutter.  I have a drug that reduces stuttering.  should you take it in the evening or in the morning?...

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commentr/StutterJun 11, 2024
3 points

Don't. Benzos are not meant for indefinite long-term use, while stutter is a long-term condition, at least as things stand. Benzos are highly addictive with rapid tolerance build-up. Getting off of t...

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commentr/StutterJun 11, 2024
3 points

It's definitely a adrenaline/ptsd response in my opinion. Alot of us where probably humiliated as a kid and it created a stronghold or automatic fear reaction in our mind. Now that we're older it's al...

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commentr/StutterJun 9, 2024
1 points

Hey glad you are back home. If you need to talk dm me. I have OD’d on weed befar and also have a stutter. It sucks doesn’t it...

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commentr/StutterJun 9, 2024
1 points

It's been strange. I trust the ER staff too much but lately through all of this it feels like they are hiding something, now saying this I have slightly having a panic. But it is strange. I never aske...

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commentr/StutterJun 9, 2024
1 points

Hey you're a bit misinformed on some stuff here. First nobody in the world has ever overdosed on weed, it is quite literally impossible. You had a severe panic attack, not an overdose. I don't mean ...

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commentr/StutterJun 9, 2024
1 points

This why i never smoke weed, i get the worst panic and paranoia episodes every single time i smoke weed man. I hope that you'll be okay. This why when i wanna have a good time i stick with beer tho...

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commentr/StutterJun 4, 2024
4 points

I understand. Medication can definitely have mental-related symptoms that may increase/decrease the severity of one’s stutter. I would not say it’s “a medically induced stutter” as the medication itse...

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commentr/StutterJun 4, 2024
4 points

I would agree, just the situation that it all started whilst I was on setraline made me think that way...

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commentr/StutterJun 4, 2024
7 points

I used to be on setraline for anxiety and depression, woke up one morning with a stutter that I'd never had before, doctor changed my meds to quitapine and it seemed to fade away however it comes and ...

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commentr/StutterJun 3, 2024
2 points

So your stutter was completely healed ? I’ve smoked a joint before and it does work my concern is this is not permanent but rather a temporary solution....

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commentr/StutterJun 2, 2024
2 points

I was once offered medication for my "stuttering anxiety." And worst of all is that I told them that's not how it works, but they wouldn't believe me....

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postr/StutterMay 30, 2024
21 points

I’ve become dependant on alcohol

I’ve become dependant on alcohol I discovered in my late adolescences that the more I drank the less I stuttered. Fast forward to now where i’m a 24 year old with an alcohol problem....

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