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Question: if I understand correctly, then you’re saying that lower dopamine levels correlate with less stammering. But in my experience, when I’m sad, depressed or anxious my stammer gets way worse (...

First off, congrats on starting the masters! As for situations I think the context doesn't really matter aside from the fact that anxiety will rise and that drastically inhibits your speech. Try to ta...

Starting my masters of clinical social work. Anybody in this field now?

Starting my masters of clinical social work. Anybody in this field now? I am starting my clinical social work masters right now and there is a looooot of communication and group work that requires me ...

These sound like symptoms of social anxiety, but if it occurred all right after the concussion, that's concerning. Go to a doctor and tell him/her all these symptoms and say that it started after the ...

IIRC Drew Lynch had a somewhat similar experience. He'd had a concussion during a sports event, fell asleep afterwards, and woke with a stutter. He has a YouTube channel if you want to hear it first ...

For some people stress and emotional situations can trigger their stutter to get worse. Did you have a stutter or any type of speech impediment before getting the concussion? I’ve read about people de...

I start college in two days

I start college in two days I am nervous that on the first day of class there is going to be an icebreaker where they make us go around the room and introduce ourselves. That happened a lot in school....

My experience has been that, if I'm angry or furious, my speech becomes much *much* worse. Mostly because I want to say so many things, usually too fast, and in a kind of explosive manner. There's too...

Exhausted by Stuttering!

Exhausted by Stuttering! I'm a 21 year old university student with a stammer since age 6 and I am absolutely tired of it. How do you go through life when you can't even communicate? Naturally I am fun...

Sounds like a solid approach! Personally I've seen the best results with desensitization, when I've truly not cared about the outcome. It's much easier said than done and requires practice, especially...

I’ve tried wellbutrin and it was a horrible medication. It made me forget words and how to spell basic words. It was really bad. However, its dopamine agonist effect is often overstated. Sertraline (...

Since you wrote about being a stoner. I just wanted to post this webmd article. It says the THC can have a bad affect and increase the anxiety for many. (pg 3) [https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/...

I've tried it, and I couldn't ascertain whether or not it actually had an affect. It did nothing to my stuttering, or anxiety or avoidance. I have had some success re anxiety with the full CBD and THC...

Hi there, I have been doing some extensive research on stuttering and pharmacology. Most researchers agree that dopamine is the main part involved in stuttering as stuttering most likely comes from u...

Stuttering where you can't be calm and relaxed

Stuttering where you can't be calm and relaxed Hey, I feel like there hasn't been anyone here with this problem yet and I've been searching around the internet just how to stop stuttering in a situati...

I've tried Xanax in the past for anxiety. But I think the Xanax is addictive and I didn't want to take it every day. The CBD does decrease my anxiety. It's only been a few weeks. And I've decided to ...

I haven't tried it but I don't think it would affect me much since I'm a nightly stoner. However, I am prescribed Gabapentin (800 mg) "off-label" for anxiety and that stuff works pretty well. It helps...

Military and a Search and Rescue Controller. It was tough trying to gather information when someone is screaming on the phone or radio that they are dying while trying to internally contain yourself...

Depression / Suicidal Thoughts

Depression / Suicidal Thoughts Bit of an intro first. I'm British, 25 years old and I've been stuttering pretty badly since I was 15. I've reached a stage where I mask it quite well with word substitu...

Speaking in a loud voice/dealing with stress

Speaking in a loud voice/dealing with stress Hi. I just got a new job and some of my responsibilities include being a cashier. I’m generally a pretty soft-spoken person and now sometimes I have to use...