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what you're describing about blocks appearing suddenly makes a lot of sense actually. Adolescence is a huge time for speech pattern changes, and it's super common for the type of stuttering to shift d...

this is such an important observation and it's backed by neuroscience too. When we're under pressure, the brain shifts resources toward threat detection and away from the speech planning areas, which ...

the left side of the brain mostly the side where language is processed. It's interesting because my wife was born Israel and she moved to the US when she was 5 - and she does stutter in her native Heb...

It sure is. What helps some might not necessarily help others. Everyone’s neurotransmitter level brain chemistry is different, so certain stimulants might exacerbate some people’s stutter, whilst it i...

I wonder exactly the same thing. I think that they are putting everything into Tourette's research. And if it works indirectly, it could help with stuttering. I don't see any other explanation....

I spoke just fine before I got a stroke at age 8. Sucks when I think about it but there’s nothing I can do but practice my speech these days...

I started stuttering at 6 but I noticed that my stutter got way worse a year ago during an autistic burnout, now it's like whatever fragility there was in my brain increased. The weird thing is that...

I have a family member who developed a stutter because of a *massive* (non-malignant) meningioma. It actually got significantly worse after they removed it because of scarring. Brain tumors aren’t ...

When you say “random muscle spasms” could you be a tiny bit more specific? Because I’ve had a finger randomly twitch by itself a few times.....

They say it could be related but no one knows. It can be removed, but as suggested and I agree that not until it starts growing. The neurosurgeon to review my latest MRI said that as it's been lik...

Do they think it caused your stutter? Can the tumour be removed?...

The phase 2 double blind placebo controlled study didn’t have a large enough group effect, it helped a subset of people who stutter but it wasn’t enough to lead to a phase 3, this is why there’s been ...

Not the person who responded, but a lot of times, these neurological "impairements" overlap. Why? Perhaps genetic mutations? Developmental Delays? We did genetic testing on my son due to multiple gl...

If your dad stutters then you are genetically predisposed to stuttering too. There’s no single “stuttering gene”. It’s polygenic, meaning they result from the interaction of multiple genes (research...

There is a high co-occurrence of dyslexia and stuttering, as they are both neurological disorders. Individuals with severe dyslexia have a significantly higher rate of childhood stuttering (approx. 47...

I don't think so, no. At least not in our lifetime. There are to many variables, most of which are neurological. Unfortunately, the brain is the least understood organ, so I think we're quite for of...

Go to the ER. Like today! They can check you out and do mri imaging right away bc if you wait for your Dr appointment everything will take longer. They will anyways send you for imaging  to the hospit...

Yes, please see a Dr and ask for MRi. If they can't see you right away go to the ER. Like today! IT will be much quicker that way anyway and will give you a peace of mind ...

Also MDMA completely removes my stutter and there's a specific moment during the trip when I feel like I'm getting pushed back into my body (don't know how to describe it better) and then my speech co...

Totally understand the statistical correlation with ADHD, but I’m more-so asking about the combination of ADHD + Giftedness + no internal monologue. As I’ve been discovering these things about myself,...