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I stutter more when I dwell on an upcoming conversation. Like this weekend I have a meeting with people I haven’t talked to in years. I am dreading it and thinking of all the ways I am going to get st...

Do you stutter more when you weren't expecting to speak?

Do you stutter more when you weren't expecting to speak? I find that if I didn't think I'd need to talk to someone or reply to a conversation or question, I stammer alot more than if I know I'm going ...

Slowing down on the words or sounds I fear and stretching those sounds absolutely works for me. I do not stutter when I remember to slow down and stretch my feared sounds. But often I forget and retur...

Practice blending words. I bet if you sing "I'm an electrician" right now you won't stutter. Maybe if you're alone you don't have to sing. Some people don't stutter when they are alone. If that's the ...

Now, 10 months later, I have new insights. I will try to explain it. Maybe you can say if you agree with it. Remember, everyone has different perspectives, experiences, and beliefs so you probably hav...

You bring up an interesting point! I agree completely. Perhaps in high school we tend to be more hyperactive, and as we reach our 30s or 40s, we generally diminish this hyperactivity component and we ...

Great observation! According to [this](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352029918_STUTTERING_DOPAMINE_AND_INCENTIVE_LEARNING) new research (2021) about the dopaminergic system: * According to...

Cymbalta in high doses improves my stutter significantly. 60mg is the recommended maximum dose, but up to 120mg can be used in certain instances. When I went from 60 to 120mg, my stutter was basically...

Been taking it 2 weeks. I can see the blocks coming....

How have anti-depressants affected your stutter?

How have anti-depressants affected your stutter? Venlafaxine is making me surprisingly fluent. Just wondering if someone has had a similar experience....

Do any anti depressants help with fluency?

Do any anti depressants help with fluency? I've tried multiple ssri meds and it seems the drugs that sedate me or bring me down at all makes me less mentally sharpe and be way less fluent. Sometimes I...

Small sample size — two weeks. I feel like I’m better able to see blocks comic and prepare accordingly (breathing, substituting)....

Marijuana and stuttering

Marijuana and stuttering I’ve been a stutterer my whole life, there’s times when it’s been better and times it’s been worse. When i was about 13 I started speech therapy for about 2 years. Afterwards,...

Sure normal people speak without anticipating stuttering. Waiting out a stutter/block for it to hopefully “go away” is not an applicable technique in a normal social setting. What if the next word is ...

This is an occurring pattern I see with me and with people in this sub. If you didnt think of the words you are about to say, you dont stutter on them. So maybe when you are mad, you are saying stuf...

Observing my blocks for many many years I discovered a thought, knowing or even feeling always preceded a block. Through much observing I found that sometimes I would forget to stutter on a feared wor...

Interview coming soon ! Need to not stutter, need advice

Interview coming soon ! Need to not stutter, need advice Nearly in all my interviews I stutter and the words are in my mind like I know what to say but it dosent come out of my mouth and I’m just stut...

Caught my stutter on video (realized some things)

Caught my stutter on video (realized some things) So I often have to give webinars for work. Well I had one yesterday and I had several stuttering instances that caused me so much stress and anxiety. ...

So in your experience this seems to reduce your blocks? Why do you think it helps reduce your blocks? Does it distract you from feared words by giving someone eye contact?...

I always think I'm speaking too slow and then I tend to stutter more. It's a horrible cycle...