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postr/StutterJul 10, 2023
54 points

I am a 31 yo female who stutters, I have just been prescribed Abilify

I am a 31 yo female who stutters, I have just been prescribed Abilify Hi! I have been stuttering ever since I was about six years old. My dad used to have a little stutter as a kid but he got undernea...

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commentr/StutterJul 7, 2023
1 points

I had a teams meeting this week and stuttered pretty bad with work colleagues... Usually I'm pretty good but lately my fluency has gone down the crapper. Pretty isolated during the week. Time to unwi...

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commentr/StutterJul 7, 2023
3 points

I can not live without a stimulate like cigarettes. it helps me a lot to cope but it's also destroying my body. I tried to quit many many times but Im just too desperate to success. I don't even want ...

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commentr/StutterJul 7, 2023
5 points

Great observation! According to [this](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352029918_STUTTERING_DOPAMINE_AND_INCENTIVE_LEARNING) new research (2021) about the dopaminergic system: * According to...

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commentr/StutterJul 5, 2023
4 points

My grandma washed my mouth out with soap once. Y’know to ‘clean up’ my speech. Turns out she likely had been having mini brain hemorrhages for decades. That kinda explains the rare but irrational exp...

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commentr/StutterJul 4, 2023
1 points

We all do whatever is a possibility. It's no joke that some stutterers are suicidal. It's a very depressing disorder and unless and we've made peace with the condition we’ll try almost anything. In so...

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commentr/StutterJul 4, 2023
1 points

Good for you! There's some recent research there may be a relationship between Tourette’s Disease ticking and people who shutter in some instances. Not to say YOU have Touurette’s, just that both are ...

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commentr/StutterJul 4, 2023
8 points

You are so smart. There is new research in medically treating stuttering. The drug(s) are undergoing clinical trial at NIH.us.gov. Stutterers who have Tourette’s Syndrome and are successfully treated ...

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commentr/StutterJul 3, 2023
5 points

I've also read to be careful to take one B alone...that's why they have the B complex. There was B1 and Stuttering hypothesis over a decade ago. I don't think much came from of it. I think this who...

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postr/StutterJul 1, 2023
7 points

How have anti-depressants affected your stutter?

How have anti-depressants affected your stutter? Venlafaxine is making me surprisingly fluent. Just wondering if someone has had a similar experience....

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commentr/StutterJun 25, 2023
2 points

I hear what you’re saying. And everyone who stutters is different. Some people actually learn compensatory strategies to help mask or achieve “a version of fluency”. While some people who stutter, no ...

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commentr/StutterJun 13, 2023
3 points

I’ve heard some people say it makes them feel listless/empty and it makes them lack motivation. Those testimonies seem to be a bit rare compared to the number of positive experiences I’ve read about. ...

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commentr/StutterJun 13, 2023
1 points

Yeah it's dose dependent, tried 75mg once which noticeably lowered my stutter and I had an uplifted mood for the whole day, and the other time I took 150mg which gave me body-melting euphoria and such...

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commentr/StutterJun 12, 2023
2 points

Hello, I have tried lurasidone about 3 years back. I showed the research material to my psychiatrist and he prescribed me lurasidone and about the Efficacy I would say not effective for stuttering at ...

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commentr/StutterJun 11, 2023
3 points

masturbating actually makes my stutter worse for days, i don't know why. doing Nofap really helps me...

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commentr/StutterJun 10, 2023
2 points

I’d rather have dealt with the side effects and have a life of increased fluency, than to spend my life limited by my disfluency. Even the best life as a stutterer can’t be compared to the advantage o...

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commentr/StutterJun 9, 2023
4 points

I tried the thiamine and magnesium combo and I do think it helped, but the efficacy/half-life wore off quicker and quicker, so I had to up my dosage every two weeks and that wasn't sustainable. I also...

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commentr/StutterJun 7, 2023
2 points

It made me so spaced out I had no idea if I stuttered more or less. Couldn't function in normal life on that and stopped after a couple of weeks. No noticeable difference except now I can think clearl...

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2023
3 points

Only tourette work continues. I sent an e-mail to the official. Ecopipam stopped working for stuttering. Only orpheus continues. ...

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commentr/StutterJun 4, 2023
2 points

I am taking them atm and they have no side effects aside from a bit of sleepiness at the start....

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