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I dont think it has any impact, except when Im avoiding a block I can take a hit and maybe be more successful afterwards...

SSRIs doesn't cause sexual dysfunction because of lower testosterone!! It does NOT lower T levels. And prolactin is usually only an issue with antipsychotics....

I've noticed that some techniques work some times , like taking a breath through your nose for 4 seconds before speaking , talking slower than usual or starting a sentence with a soft word. Alcohol a...

Yeah alot of people say it's helpful. Even that anti psychotic med called ablify. It's like a dopamine modulator or something..seen mostly good experiences from people. For a moment you think whether ...

Anything that reduces anxiety is going to help with fluency because anxiety/stress really exacerbates stuttering. I take Lexapro....

I've used it on myself, and it makes sense. Sertraline reduces social anxiety, and therefore stuttering decreases whether you like it or not. Caffeine has always helped me stop stuttering in generous ...

I've been using sertraline, caffeine, taurine, and L-tyrosine, and it has drastically reduced my stuttering....

Antidepressants didn't help, benzos took away the anxiety but didn't improve speech, lamotrigine didn't help, pregabalin worked awesome for anxiety but didn't improve speech, antipsychotics didn't hel...

Wondering If Medication Could Help

Wondering If Medication Could Help I have had a stutter my whole life I am 24, and obviously throughout my childhood i have never been bothered by it since i was always surrounded by friends and famil...

I take Lexapro for my severe anxiety and it’s helped me a tonne with anticipatory anxiety. I’m definitely more confident talking in social situations compared to before. Yes, I still stutter but not ...

SSRI’s won’t cure your stutter. They will only alleviate your anxiety around your stutter, which indirectly improves your fluency a bit. Anxiety exacerbates stuttering, but if you can minimise your an...

What i sometimes do is take a deep breathe and make a cocky ass face to seem confident and the worda just come out good lmfaooo but from a few months my stutter's been getting worse for some reason...

Anti anxiety meds is working wonders at reducing anticipatory anxiety for me....

I take Lexapro (Citalopram) too, which has certainly made a big difference to my anxiety and reduced my stuttering too. I still stutter but not nearly as often as before....

Hey OP. I am in the same boat. I take some anti depression meds. Surprisingly I found that they also reduce anxiety overall and found it does really reduce anxiety that always seems to come on with ...

That’s why I’m on Lexapro now for my anticipatory anxiety in social and normally stressful situations. Anxiety really exacerbates my blocks. I take Propanolol as needed 1hr before heavy speaking sit...

I found out that I had a toothpaste that I was semi-allergic towards. It caused some swelling and mucus production that affected the glottal “flutter” that I used to prime my fluent speech. Everything...

50 year old stutterer in a very high profile position. Remember Biden was a stutterer and so was Peter Jennings! If you are a female I noticed slynd progestin made me so tired I didn’t stutter for the...

Move to decaf if you want that taste. That’s what I did because I couldn’t go cold turkey too. Decaf has a tiny bit of caffeine…. Maybe 97% less than caffeinated coffee. Now I tend to drink more herb...

Dang this is interesting! Thanks so much, I have actually become a daily coffee drinker/enthusiast in the past few months. I’ll give this a try, even though it’ll hurt haha....