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commentr/StutterAug 16, 2024
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>According to me, with suitable medicine and breathing and reading exercises, stuttering can be treated (without techniques). Is the medicine even necessary then? I know we've been hopping people (in...

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commentr/StutterAug 16, 2024
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I have got so many downvotes for my post. People are so afraid to go on a easy way(the magic pill). According to them hard way is the right way. If there any magic pill will come that specifically for...

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commentr/StutterAug 16, 2024
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Would you be interested in chatting? I'm a 77f who has been through it all. I am, was a patient of Dr.Maguire. The medication he prescribed through my local therapist didn't help my stuttering but mes...

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commentr/StutterAug 16, 2024
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Read this article, and you see that it improved a lot for the participants. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678230/ My experience is the same. It surely doesn't cure it, but it improves...

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commentr/StutterAug 16, 2024
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I’ve tried quite a few things some of them have worked but barely but I still hope there could be some treatment that fully stops in the near future so I can finally enjoy a normal life like eveyone e...

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commentr/StutterAug 16, 2024
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What I heard, the study results werent that great and they stopped researching it. I take olanzapine, which is another dopamine antagonist, and it help a lot....

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commentr/StutterAug 15, 2024
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It's not a scam. I had a similar experience when I gave a speech in front of an audience in school. When I spoke into the mic, the speakers would play it with a delay and it somehow alleviated my stut...

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commentr/StutterAug 15, 2024
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I did not, I never. If some medications is fda approved for stuttering, I will. If does not work for me, I will stop....

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commentr/StutterAug 15, 2024
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Yes I also did some research on Xanax, you are again right. But we can only hope for ECOPIPAM to work for us....

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commentr/StutterAug 15, 2024
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Thats why it should be fda approved. Many medicines came in the past but didn't get any approval for the same reasons you are saying. But this one seems promising, the researcher of the medicine also ...

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commentr/StutterAug 15, 2024
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You are funny I guess. I am doing exercises, and my stuttering has been reduced. I am stuttering like 5% now compare to more than 50% 2 years ago. But that 5% is not going to done anymore without medi...

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commentr/StutterAug 15, 2024
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Same. I don’t stutter with alcohol. The more the alcohol, the less I shutter. Also noticed this with anaesthetics. When I had my wisdom teeth removed and heading home, I didn’t stutter....

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commentr/StutterAug 9, 2024
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I have anxiety/depression and though I was unsatisfied with lexapro's effects on that specifically, it damn near completely got rid of my stutter while I was on it. Wasn't worth it for the other side ...

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commentr/StutterAug 9, 2024
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I took Zoloft for 3 years (18-21), then I took Lexapro for 4 years after that. I was prescribed these for my anxiety though, not my stutter. I personally did not experience any affect on my fluency ...

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commentr/StutterAug 8, 2024
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Dismissing Escitalopram’s effectiveness for anxiety is incredibly misleading. While it’s labeled as an antidepressant, it’s also very commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders like General Anxiety Dis...

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commentr/StutterAug 8, 2024
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SSRIs like Escitalopram are effective in treating a range of anxiety disorders beyond just Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). These medications, often referred to as antidepressants, are commonly pre...

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commentr/StutterAug 8, 2024
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Lexapro is an SSRI used as an antidepressant, and not commonly described as “anti-anxiety medication”. The most likely “side effect” is that it will have no impact on your fluency, especially if yo...

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commentr/StutterAug 8, 2024
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Hey happy to talk to you about this in detail. I’ve been on lexipro for about a year now and it has been amazing...

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commentr/StutterAug 8, 2024
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I took the same med, same dose, once I got my first big-boy job and was experiencing much more anxiety over my speech. If there was an effect, it wasn’t an immediately recognizable, life-changing one...

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postr/StutterAug 7, 2024
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What is the real reason stuttering is triggered? Were we always wrong? And does sympathetic arousal actually trigger STUTTERING? NEW research: "Skin conductance responses during stuttered and fluent speech in adults who stutter with overt versus covert stuttering profiles" (2024, July)

What is the real reason stuttering is triggered? Were we always wrong? And does sympathetic arousal actually trigger STUTTERING? NEW research: "Skin conductance responses during stuttered and fluent s...

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