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commentr/StutterOct 20, 2025
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Did you end up trialing Abilify for a period of time? If so did you find it helped, also why did you stop taking it?...

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commentr/StutterOct 19, 2025
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Weed makes me stutter way more, and makes me a lot more anxious too both in the short run and the long run...

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commentr/StutterOct 19, 2025
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It doesn't work at all, it calms the nerves a little but not the stuttering...

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commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
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Hey.. I think this is treatable as long as it’s not developmental stuttering. I’m damn sure mine isn’t. I’ve been seeing a psychologist, psychiatrist, speech language pathologist, hypnotherapist, NL...

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commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
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Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences. I am glad to hear that you experienced such a positive improvement after finding the right medications. Are you currently taking all these medicat...

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commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
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I tried weed and all it did was make my fingers shaky. Maybe I tried the wrong variant 🤔. Do I need to be high to evade my stutter or do I gotta be close enough? I don’t do it to get high...

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commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
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Weed made my stutter worse, but helped my anxiety and other issues....

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commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
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Hi, look, I'll tell you what my experience is, basically I had a very strong stutter and I tried various speech therapy courses, they helped me but not much. When I discovered psychotropic drugs 5 yea...

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commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
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Becoming reliant on weed or other substances whilst it may help in the moment can cause addiction which will then create a bigger issue which could even later down the line impact your stutter more. P...

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commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
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Then keep complaining about the stutterer lil bro, will it take you to anywhere else? You will still have the stuttering and your mental health will get worse so your stuttering will worsen, I underst...

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commentr/StutterOct 17, 2025
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Hi, I am curious, did you take Abilify in the past? How was your experience in terms of improved fluency. Did the side effects outweigh the benefits?...

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commentr/StutterOct 17, 2025
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Well I stutter and I was diagnosed with ADHD not long ago a. I wouldn't say vyvanse helped increase fluency (I think it might actually have made it worse) but it does have the benefit of making you mo...

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commentr/StutterOct 17, 2025
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Do you also take Abilify? If so, could you tell me how much it reduced the blocks/improved fluency? Thanks....

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commentr/StutterOct 17, 2025
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Hi, I'm curious but how much would you say Abilify actually helped in terms of reducing stuttering/increasing fluencey? Did it come with any negative side effects? My doctor recommended SSRI's but i a...

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commentr/StutterOct 17, 2025
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It's an okay drug. I was born in a country where it's regulated and legal and I am familiar with it, so I won't downvote you like others. I was prescribed it as a child for a stutter. It did absolutel...

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commentr/StutterOct 17, 2025
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A speech therapist tried this technique on me about 50 years ago. It was a horrible experience. He convinced me to try faking my stutter in social situations, to learn how to control it. This crashed ...

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commentr/StutterOct 17, 2025
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Phenibut floods the brain with inhibitory GABA signaling and temporarily suppresses overactive stress or motor circuits — similar to alcohol or benzodiazepines. So yes, fluency can improve for a few ...

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commentr/StutterOct 16, 2025
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Be extremely careful. I know you didn’t ask for it, but my advice would be not to take it at all. You already mentioned the addictive nature of it. But since it is unregulated, you may not know what e...

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commentr/StutterOct 16, 2025
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I used it years ago, but it had a bad effect on me. It felt strange, as if I was lost when I was outside. Be careful. Also, it wasn’t effective....

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commentr/StutterOct 14, 2025
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I have been using Xanax for 5 years and it has helped my stuttering significantly, I used to take it before going out or before interviews. Now I also take abilify which has an effect on stuttering th...

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