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Dude, I also take French, and I have the exact same problem. My stutter was mild in middle school, but it got much worse now that I’m in high school. One thing that’s helped me so far is dopamine anta...

Most have them have been cool about it to be honest and I do my damn best to be as fluent as possible. ...

Yeah it's a bummer and I went through the same thing. It's a real disability and the fact that it is rare confuses people at first. I got therapy and it helped, and also it seems it gets easier with...

I mean they're mainly for serotonin. I guess it may have some dopamine re-uptake inhibition too...

SSRI's raise your dopamine levels and tend to raise your stuttering. If you want a decrease and don't mind the side effects take dopamine antagonists aka anti psychotics....

I was 15 years as a covert stutterer at my job. I started a new job recently and had out of control overt stuttering within 20 seconds of walking into the place....

No problem! I wish I had Reddit when I was in school. A ton of good information out there and people willing to help. Just stay confident and get peace from knowing people will get your back. Of cou...

Was answering some interview questions about my stuttering, and realized I’ve come a long way!!

Was answering some interview questions about my stuttering, and realized I’ve come a long way!! I was asked to give my life story with stuttering in an interview tonight, and got some good self reflec...

Dopamine antagonists have been proven to reduce stuttering. Ask your doctor about them. Don’t worry, they’re doctors, they won’t judge you for wanting to feel better....

Sometimes I say upfront that I have a “speech thing”, then I don’t stutter as much because then I don’t have to hide it. ...

When I started high school, I had a stutter, and I didn’t want to talk to people. The way I made myself known was through actions that didn’t involve talking, such as showcasing talents or, in my case...

In general, it seems like I don’t get talked to “normally”. My co workers will give me less responsibilities, talk to me slowly and less conversationally, when I’m talking to them they’ll constantly n...

Yeah, I'm exactly the same way. What's weird is that once the other person understands the word I'm trying to say and says it for me, it suddenly becomes easier for me to say the word. Similarly, at r...

I really understand your frustration, I speak a lot with people I know, even if I stutter, I just keep going, and I don't mind to laugh about it. The thing is with people I don't know so well, I just ...

I most often know in advance when a word will become a struggle, which at least gives me some time to think of similar alternative words. The problem is that it often makes me choose to stay quiet whe...

I can come across as very quiet with people that don't really know me too well, because it's a lot easier to stay quiet that talk sometimes, so when someone at work makes a joke, I've got a great come...

Ah, my friend doesn’t know, people might be aware that I have some problem speaking but they don’t know I stutter. I’m like, I can manage my daily life and such, I can go do stuff and talk to people ...

I hate that feeling waiting for your turn to say your order as the server goes around the table, I always do the pointing at the menu thing, for some reason I find it easier if the person already know...

Once I helped get coffee for my friend, and she wants something I don’t usually have because I cannot say the name to order it, and it’s “large ice mocha latte” ... The guy was chill about it, just co...

I go through the same thing. I tend to avoid certain words when I can. When I'm a restaurant ordering food I only choose items that I know I'm not going to mess up. So even if I really want the spicy ...