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I'm already chronically ill, so when I have those blocks on vowels which end in me gasping for air/basically choking I feel really drained after just a short conversation...

Your brain needs fat. Anecdotally whenever my brain isn't at 100% (for any reason) my fluency goes down. Give your brain what it needs....

makes sense tbh. your brain runs on fat and you basically cut off its fuel supply. when i tried super low fat i got anxious and jittery as hell. not surprised your stutter got worse. add some actual f...

Low fat diet made my stutter way worse

Low fat diet made my stutter way worse Just kind of an interesting data point: I’m currently in the middle of a cut and I’m trying a very low-fat approach (like basically zero fat). I know it messes w...

The body is WEIRD while nursing. Give yourself some grace, mama. Hats off to you if this is your only post partem issue. Your brain is foggy and your body isn't yours right now. Hang in there. It gets...

It damages lungs.for like a genuine stutterer health lungs make you stutter less...

Yep, caffeine and refined sugars does it for me. I’ve replaced it with lemon balm tea during the day and chamomile tea in the evening before bed. I sleep so much better now, and this also improves flu...

I found when I was having a daily morning coffee, it would totally wreck my speech for the day. I never really thought about it until one day I decided to cut out caffeine and refined sugars from my d...

I found when I was have a daily morning coffee, it would totally wreck my speech for the day. I never really thought about it until one day I decided to cut out caffeine and refined sugars from my die...

Sure, that or just comment here. I'm on my way out to a camping trip so my response times will likely be slow...

Sure, that or just post here. I'm on my way to go camping so my response time will be hit or miss (kind of like my response time here) ...

I live life on a high difficulty by working drive-thru at my work and hope to god I have good speech days lol...

Stutters vs clutters

Stutters vs clutters I'm autistic and I clutter my speech a lot. Part of it is the autism and the other part is being part of a large family, you just had to talk fast to in order to get into the conv...

In my first point, I explain that stuttering can tire me out physically and mentally. It’s therefore logical that I try to reduce it, no matter how I choose to look at it. And i'm perfectly fine with ...

I never used Bill Parry’s program. I just used his research to help me find a pathway to fluency. As a speech pathologist and an expert in brain-based teaching and learning I was able to take the rese...

Happened to me as well. My child is now 14 months, and I am back to my mild baseline level with occasional bad days....

I agree that "stuttering is a variation of normal speech", but this perspective has clear limits: for individuals with more severe stuttering like me, it can be physically and mentally exhausting. S...

I am basically stutter free. I achieved my fluency by understanding how to breathe when speaking. I followed the Valsalva method which helped me to control my airflow during speech. This in turn allow...

It 100% is a thing. The actor Emily Blunt speaks about how her stuttering became much worse during and after pregnancy....

Could be related to sleep deprivation. I am a LOT less fluent after just a normal instance of not sleeping well, and my understanding is that being a new parent basically equals constant sleep depriva...