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These SSRI medications take weeks to work on your brain neurotransmitter chemistry. It does NOT WORK after only one week. Prozac/Fluoxetine takes 6-8 weeks to stabilise serotonin and dopamine levels...

Mild stutter and my experience

Mild stutter and my experience Hello, I (M, 29) have had a mild stutter for as long as I can remember. It was a lot worse when I was a child and a teen than it is now. My parents never took me to any...

When I'm not stuttering my brain kicks in thinking why I'm not stuttering. Why is that?

When I'm not stuttering my brain kicks in thinking why I'm not stuttering. Why is that? I think that - such a mindset basically lead us in a hypnosis/trance: alluding to the idea of stuttering “alway...

Varies from standard breathing exercises, purposeful stuttering, easy onset; which are all standard therapy approaches. But I also take into account the person, the environments they are in, and their...

I too have a severe stutter, or had a severe stutter. I worked to improve it through speech therapy, singing and acting lessons I exercise daily and practice multiple breathing techniques....

I'm 23 male can my stammering cure. I used to stammer a lot during my school days when I was 18 afraid to talk to girls and on phone but after I take speech therapy now I speak on phone and with girls...

Could say what I do now but I’ll list jobs/volunteer opportunities I’ve done in the past: -podcast host -karaoke host -stage manager -community theater director -nanny -toy store manager I stutter w...

Please, I’m requesting you even if it’s hard, it’s okay to be strict or use whatever method necessary to make him practice. The brain is still developing until around age 7, so whatever he practices ...

For basic sound practice, what I do is take a sentence and read it very slowly with prolongation like: “Hhhhhhooooowww dooooo yyyoooouuu…” For any words I have trouble with, I practice prolonging them...

That’s great to hear from you. I think the Valsalva is related to the technique I mentioned taking a deep breath and speaking while exhaling...

Good for you!!!!. As a speech pathologist and lifelong stutterer I learned how to breathe for speech. My whole focus was on understanding the Valsalva response as it relates to stuttering. I can basic...

Hello 👋🏻 Yes, speech therapy helps. It is like anything else, the more you put into it the more you get out of it. But it has helped a lot of people improve their fluency. For myself, the key to f...

You can learn to stutter or you can learn how to be fluent. The way I look at is that I already know how to stutter so I think I would like to be fluent. I researched fluent speakers so I could unders...

Key point: "Instructing" does not imply a conscious effort to move speech muscles but rather a subconscious signal to the brain indicating when to initiate movement. See the distinction? "instru...

**Question**: How can I send an instruction to my subconscious brain to start executing the speech plan? **My reply:** Simply let your subconscious mind know when it should start speaking. In th...

Maybe start by making a few phone calls? Ring a store and ask them if they have a specific item in stock or ring a bus/train station asking about departure times....

My New Year's Challenge: Beating My Stammer by Jan 1st

My New Year's Challenge: Beating My Stammer by Jan 1st Hey everyone, I just posted a super vulnerable video and officially launched a challenge I've been terrified but excited to start: I'm challengi...

Hello 👋 Speech therapy is like anything else in life. What you put into it, is what you will get out of it. This is what personally helps me with my stutter. It's all about the breathing. If i st...

I guess the thing that helped you was when you started taking it seriously and worked on your problems. And also you mentioned that you don't think about your stutter when you speak... That's my goal!...

Yeah i have also tried coastal breathing but it causes kinda chest pain because of my poor breathing pattern so i tried the diaphragm breathing which works well for me. And the thing about lowering sp...