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commentr/StutterMar 19, 2026
4 points

Don’t use it. There may be some partial help and you may feel great - but once you stop taking it, stutter will come back and may even be worse with social anxiety - these drugs can build strong depen...

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postr/StutterMar 19, 2026
2 points

Medical help

Medical help Is there people who tried SSRI for stuttering? If so I have questions: How much it helped with stutter? Have you tried to stop taking it? If you stopped taking it after successfull re...

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commentr/StutterMar 17, 2026
2 points

If you are a woman try www drosperinone - slynd . I didn’t stutter at all while I was on it. If you are male or female I guess try Prozac. I read several studies where this helps. I am a 51 and went t...

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commentr/StutterMar 13, 2026
2 points

Man I used to smoke a little. Made it worse. Too much internal narrator loop with failure analysis. It starts off fun but quickly becomes a pain in your ass. ...

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commentr/StutterMar 12, 2026
9 points

Don’t take drugs to make it better. You will go down a bad cycle. Every once in a while is fine, I view it no different than people drinking on the weekend to relax or things like that. But you can’t ...

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commentr/StutterMar 11, 2026
3 points

Some do. I was on Celexa for several years and made little to no difference for me. Did help me out with general anxiety/depression that may of been caused by my stutter. Now Alprazolam on the other...

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commentr/StutterMar 10, 2026
3 points

Yep the phone calls were so cruel. I will never forget calling to order a pizza and stuttering badly and I just heard laughter in the background. I think the worker put me on speaker when he realized...

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commentr/StutterMar 9, 2026
1 points

It's citalopram that I'm going to stop taking. Because I lose a lot of hair from it. That's why I'm stopping it. I'm also going to stop taking ablify soon and switch to asenapine. I lost a lot of hair...

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commentr/StutterMar 9, 2026
1 points

Interesting to hear, how long did you take it for? It made me easily irritated and even more depressed and I stopped it after getting an episode on the sixth day...

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commentr/StutterMar 7, 2026
1 points

Aripirazole (the one i take, most common i think), Olanzapine, Risperidone. These are anti psychotics. Some ssris can help too Also there is one medication (Ecopipam) that is coming out for stutterin...

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commentr/StutterMar 5, 2026
2 points

Interesting! My daughter and I have stomach and digestive issues also and I read b1 specifically helps with her ulcerative colitis. I believe stuttering is genetic as my uncle and grandfather both stu...

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commentr/StutterMar 5, 2026
1 points

I took risperidone as well and its one of the drugs that some people on here claim helps stuttering but it didn't really have any noticeable effects for me. It caused insomnia, fragmented sleep, and m...

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commentr/StutterMar 5, 2026
1 points

Yep. Usually during the 1st 2 days. Where I'd pause after "T" or flat out struggle with normal day to day speech. It usually happens after I take medicine. Because my body is used to being nauseous, m...

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commentr/StutterMar 4, 2026
1 points

I took melatonin occasionally but it only helps when my sleep schedule isn’t that bad. Last year I’ve also been given olanzapine and it worked great but for some reason they changed it to risperidone ...

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commentr/StutterMar 4, 2026
1 points

I have really fragmented sleep like you where I wake up super early and can't fall back asleep. Melatonin helps me fall asleep but I sometimes wake up at around 4am and basically just lie in bed for a...

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postr/StutterMar 1, 2026
0 points

Has anyone here went on testosterone for gender affirming care?

Has anyone here went on testosterone for gender affirming care? I'm a 14 year old who was assigned female at birth. I have a severe developmental stutter, and have had one since I started talking. I c...

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commentr/StutterFeb 25, 2026
1 points

I tried memantine for stuttering once and it did nothing. Most effective for me has been Abilify. ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2026
-1 points

There are desperate and poorly educated people reading this forum who will be reading this as a 'cure for stuttering' who then go out and cause themselves irreparable harm while not fixing their stutt...

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commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2026
-1 points

The OP is poisoning himself with illegal drugs in the hope that his stuttering will get better....

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commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2026
-9 points

Sounds like you are hallucinating and delusional that illegal drugs cure your stutter. But you'll still have social problems because of your mood swings and terrible acne. And you're quality of life ...

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