As a software engineer, I don't have to talk very much at my job relative to other positions. Mainly my daily interactions are between other engineers a handful of people across various departments. But what gets kind of annoying is at times I'll be describing something all while stuttering a lot (whether it be to another software engineer or someone in some other department), and the other person will just kind of nod their head and say, "Okay" like they understood what I said even though I'm *pretty* sure they just don't want to tell me that they didn't understand what I said. As far as some not-so-great experiences (solely work-related for the sake of focus), here's a few off hand: * Before I got hired at the company I work for now I had a screening interview on the phone with them. My god that went terribly (from a stuttering point of view). There were instances in that phone interview where I was thinking of just hanging up because I was stuttering *so much*. I thought, "there's no way in hell I'll hear back from them after *that*". But then I surprisingly got a call a few days later about an in-person interview, where fluency-wise I did "above average" in my book and *otherwise* had a good interview. Which in the end I'm rather glad I didn't panic and hang up during the phone on that phone interview because (stuttering aside) I do really like the company I work for and the people that I work with. * Sometimes I *do* get included on conference calls with customers or our overseas office (and yeah, those usually have varying levels of fluency). * (Not just work related, but just in general) Having to introduce myself is nearly impossible. I can't say my own name fluently when prompted for *anything*. So introducing myself is always super embarrassing. * One time (about a year and half ago) I was due for raise, and an HR rep called my desk phone and I had a *really* hard time getting the first sound of the word "Hello" out. She said to come to her office, and I go there and the HR rep and my boss are in there and are joking that I don't know how to use a phone. I just laughed it off (since they most likely didn't realize that I was stuttering), but that was embarrassing as fuck. I got a raise, but I felt like crap the whole rest of the day. We also use Slack (for instant messaging) heavily at work so that probably also drastically reduces face-to-face communication (for better or worse). What do *you* do for work, /u/pbro23 ? (You indicated that the job requires you to talk on the phone a lot, but I'm curious as to what it is you do.) Best of luck discussing your stuttering with your mom. I'm sure you'll *both* feel better about it! ***** Out of curiosity, how did you go about getting a Xanax prescription? Did you get it prescribed via a therapist or just a regular doctor? Did you tell them that it was more about the anxiety or that it was more about your stuttering? Also, in the admittedly short amount of research I've done about Xanax, I'm curious: Do you worry about becoming dependent on Xanax?