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postr/StutterMay 19, 2022
12 points

Stuttering and Psychedelics

Stuttering and Psychedelics I'm 18 with a stutter, and I'm graduating in about 4 days. I've always just kind of avoided talking about my stutter and doing speech therapy. Shit never worked for me. ...

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commentr/StutterMay 12, 2022
3 points

Thanks for the advice. I don't want to be like this forever, unable to talk and really embarrassed all the time. Speech therapy didn't help at all last time though and it makes me even more ashamed wh...

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commentr/StutterMay 10, 2022
1 points

No it made mine worse. Whenever I realized it wasn't helping, I quit cold turkey after 3 months. Before the med I was able to manage it very well. Now, I can barely manage it and people can clearly te...

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commentr/StutterMay 4, 2022
1 points

Yeah possibly. I’ve taken amphetamines in the past recreationally and it nearly ruined my life. That’s just my experience tho...

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commentr/StutterMay 4, 2022
1 points

But if you’re taking it recreationally to “solve stuttering” when it’s not proven to do so, that is a problem imo....

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commentr/StutterMay 4, 2022
5 points

This is a slippery slope. Adderall/vyvanse can really mess with dopamine levels in the long term, especially if you’re not prescribed it for ADHD. It’s amphetamine and will definitely give you a sense...

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commentr/StutterMay 1, 2022
2 points

I know this is like a year old so I don’t even know why I’m Commenting on this but you’re right to be weary about people suggesting cures. I “discovered” that Xanax borderline cured my stutter when I ...

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commentr/StutterApr 30, 2022
1 points

I have a mild stutter that I can often talk around so it's not always noticeable, and when I was on venlafaxine for my anxiety and depression for a couple years it had almost completely gone away. I...

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commentr/StutterApr 25, 2022
1 points

Only when I drink for fun, it makes it worse if I drink to “cure” my stutter. I had to record a speech for a college class, decided to get wasted before I recorded it. Totally backfired, ended up st...

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commentr/StutterApr 21, 2022
3 points

It helps if I'm drunk. If I'm not, there might be some effect, but less noticeable. If I drink more today, I will need more tomorrow to reach a similar effect. The more you drink over a period of ti...

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commentr/StutterApr 20, 2022
2 points

Same here. Unfortunately eventually you realize it’s not really helping and it’s not really sustainable. I quit a while ago and feel like I have greater control again....

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commentr/StutterApr 20, 2022
2 points

I self medicated with weed for years. It made my stutter worse but it helped me not give a fuck. I used weed to cope with my emotions. I miss it sometimes....

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commentr/StutterApr 20, 2022
1 points

Ye tbh that’s one of the one drugs I’ve never done I also notice sometimes when I drink even caffeine I get that irritability and stutter more it really is weird stuff...

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commentr/StutterApr 9, 2022
2 points

Have you spoke to your doctor about the side effects? I know *nothing* about thiamine or the potential damage to your optic nerve, but it sounds like something I'd talk to my doctor about immediately....

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postr/StutterApr 9, 2022
3 points

dr Schwartz thiamine protocol

dr Schwartz thiamine protocol Hallo everybody, I started the protocol on march 1st, 2022. I have the fortune to be in the 33% of the stutterers who gain beneficial from that protocol; after 2 weeks my...

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commentr/StutterApr 5, 2022
5 points

Using alcohol to help with your anxiety is a short term, losing strategy. At best, it will help you with that particular moment but it won’t help you address the issues deep down. At worst, it’ll ruin...

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commentr/StutterApr 5, 2022
1 points

Dude same here! I have myoclonus and caffeine and nicotine give me speech activated myoclonus that is indistinguishable from a stutter. Literally feels like my mouth can't articulate what my mind is t...

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commentr/StutterApr 5, 2022
4 points

I definitely don't recommend doing this long term as it's a terrible solution. Have you tried prescription medication before? Most doctors will prescribe small amounts of benzodiazepines for speeches ...

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commentr/StutterApr 5, 2022
6 points

Was it always 50-50? Or did you used to have much better fluency under the influence? The first few times I drank, my stutter disappeared. I thought I had found fluency. But I found that as time went...

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commentr/StutterApr 4, 2022
1 points

I found this “The cause of sudden onset stuttering is either neurogenic (meaning the brain has trouble sending signals to nerves, muscles or areas of the brain that control speaking) or psychogenic (c...

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