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I have a very similar problem of blocking. Weed also makes mine worse. However on stimulants I can say everything I want to say. Even coffee helps for a few hours. Meditation didn't help the block...

I've recently read on it being a physical issue as well. However, I can't help but wonder if there aren't psychological 'after effects' in some people who stutter (eg. me). It's probably all a conditi...

College senior here. I talked to a doctor about it just to see my options, and I started taking Prozac once a day. It helps a lot for me; it just relaxes my jaw in general without "sedating" me if you...

I read through your post twice and I kept thinking that your focus was far too centered upon starting and maintaining the vibration of the vocal cords and your statement,"His therapy is basically goin...

This is why I think the Valsalva hypothesis is an insufficient explanation of stuttering (and a poor therapy approach) -- His assertion that consonants are not the source of disfluencies but vowels a...

get a neurologists opinion on the first 2 points and report back... lisping and slurring can be a part of your personal stutter-avoiding-behaviour...

How old are you? do you or have you done drugs? Ask yourself these types of questions, it could just be a neurological disorder or just a normal speech. I hear people pause and pick back up often, but...

There is some scientific evidence that people who stutter have excessive dopamine in certain regions of their brain and this might play a role in their stuttering. A dopamine antagonist like Haloperid...

So if someone wanted to look up this cause of stuttering, they would get a lot more easily searchable hits from the term "psychogenic stuttering"....

This seems to be what happens to me. I found something a few years ago that goes over in detail. It appears to be a speech by someone, and I can't really find any other sources that blames it on the v...

I posted this in another thread here but if someone asks you what causes it, you can respond with a quick and intelligent answer: Although we do not know the MAIN cause of stuttering, it can be attri...

So there is no one my fmaily who stutters. It all comes to this: If its not neurolicigal its psy....

Stuttering is a strange thing. It's full of gray areas, which is typical with things having to do with the brain. ...

Maybe I'm splitting hairs, but ... For adults who stutter the vast majority have atypical brain activity during speech production and language processing tasks compared to adults who do not stutter. ...

All of the recent research I've read is neurologically-based, and that is the prevailing theory and thought in the speech-language pathology field. Most ideas of stuttering being caused by a psycholog...

Not enough research to conclude that it is neurological for all stutterers, but many do believe it is psychological. I speak fluently to myself, however when I'm aware that someone else is listening I...

Although we do not know the MAIN cause of stuttering, it can be attributed to three different things: * Developmental - Most common, something in our brains develops wrong during growth * Environmen...

Causes of Stuttering

Causes of Stuttering I feel like I'm seeing a lot of misinformation on here about the cause and probable outcome of stuttering. Stuttering is not a psychological problem. While stuttering can cause ps...

Stuttering is NOT believed to be psychological. It's neurological and developmental. However, stuttering can cause psychological reactions. http://www.westutter.org/who-we-help/causes-of-stuttering/ ...

Yes you cehck your brain with tests. If anythings diffrent along with a non sutter you can say you have neurological stutter. If everythings same with a non sutter its not neurological its just that ...