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Happened to me too. After my body got used to it and found the right dosage, I went back to my normal stuttering. Just give it time....

It’ll get better. The Adderall is a stimulant so it’ll make your stutter worse til your body gets used to it...

If you have ADHD and a stutter, you should have asked for non-stimulant medication. Boosting dopamine even further is counter productive for the stuttering brain as it’s already dysregulated / hyperac...

When I tried Adderall it made my stutter worse too at higher doses, but lower doses only slightly....

Now you see, I would be going for espresso as well but I'm a raging caffeine addict and always need a double... Guess I don't need to explain how that always goes!...

Anxiety exacerbates my stutter so I’m taking Lexapro which helps me a tonne! Not everyone finds SSRI meds helps their stutter, but it works for me. I still stutter/block if I get emotionally height...

Persistence and uh alertness when it comes to contextual clap backs in regards to talking points and humor. Your mileage will vary but as an ADHD sufferer I started Vyvanse 3 weeks ago and my stutter ...

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....

I suspect those dopamine antagonist meds would be counterproductive for people with ADHD, since they already have a lower dopaminergic baseline. They could make their stuttering even worse....

Vyvanse has been reported to improve fluency with the subset of stutterers who also present with ADHD (typically a lower dopaminergic baseline). These stimulant meds actually boost the dopaminergic ba...

Not here to parent shame and please do any med other than Ritalin. Not a doctor, and stimmies don’t help a stutter often make it worse. CNS depressants and similar meds are effective, though...

Coffee, alcohol, drugs, diaphragmatic breathing, meditation — these are just attempts to "trick" the nervous system....

I pause after every word to slow the rate of speech down. Each pause is like just over a second long( Not to fast and not to slow ) but I personally feel the longer the pause is , the easier the next ...

I’m in IT and the number of meetings has increased exponentially over the years. I’ve gotten use to them now so it’s kind of desensitised me to daily meetings. I use to have to psych myself up for the...

Have you ever thought smoking weed is actually making your stutter worse? THC boosts dopamine in the brain, and for most stutterers, that’s not a good thing as it can further disrupting motor timing ...

Supplements to reduce and control stuttering

Supplements to reduce and control stuttering This post will be about experiences with medications or supplements that have reduced stuttering. Share your experiences so we can all help each other. In ...

I’ve gone through speech therapy twice in the past. I know the techniques but always relapsed. I do notice when I ingest caffeine and sugar my fluency is affected pretty badly that day, so since I’ve...

I didn't know Caffeine contributed, will go check it out. Caffeine and sugar I always had a doubt about, but I never paid attention much..can go up to 3-5 cups daily lol. But I'm happy that you improv...

Not too bad lately, thanks to the SSRI meds I’m on AND I’ve cut out caffeine completely too, which has helped a great deal....

Its all tied to stimulation. Less stimulation during summer break compared to peak stimulation during exam periods/deadlines. Its normal for all stutterers and kind of unavoidable. My stuttering goes ...