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My Stutter Hey guys! I'm a 16 year old male, and I've had a moderate stutter since I was around 9-10. It didn't really affect me in elementary school much, as I gave a speech to my entire school once and I don't recall stuttering. Around middle school, I started to notice it and got scared. Whenever I would talk with my friends, or teachers, I would stutter on easy words that they would talk fluently, and I got sad that I couldn't express my thoughts. But, I would still engage in classroom participation sometime. My friends understood my stutter and didn't make fun of me that much. Now, we come to high school, and this is when I'm really conscious about my stutter and it seems to have gotten worse. Even though I'm a very outgoing guy and very friendly, I don't particapte at ALL during class discussions and I limit talking within a group. Around my friends, I tend to stutter a bit less, but whenever a teacher calls on me to read a page from a book, or walk the class through a math problem, I can't freaking talk. I can't get through a sentence without having my words blocked like 10 times. I know what I want to say, but the words get blocked in my mouth. Also, I have this thing where I'll beat my right wrist against my right thigh in an attempt to get a rhythm going and get the words out. Some of my friends notice and they question it, but I never answer them. My teachers have a tendency to "cold-call" on students to read a page or answer a math problem, and whenever that happens, my heart rate triples and I get sweaty palms. I feel as I get more anxious and think about it, the more my stutter worsens. I recently read an article about taken medicine to help the anxiety, such as xanax or proporanlol. Can you guys help me? I am just really sick and tired of not being able to talk normally like everyone else, and being able to express my thoughts...