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I can definitely understand stuttering leading people to substance abuse. Luckily for me, drinking does not improve my speech or confidence. I never tried cocaine or anything strong because of my fear...

I don't know of any study's, only my own personal research. I found relief in substances too and became an alcoholic. Now I'm almost 2 years without and still stuttering. Being different sucks I can't...

Prozac did me well in regards to anxiety, panic, and obsessiveness. The stuttering stayed the same or got worse while on prozac. ...

Many moons ago, I was on Wellbutrin for depression. My stutter pretty much went away. I did some research and many stutterers said it worked for them even though it was not its intended purpose. ...

Dopamine antagonists (aka anti psychotics) have shown to reduce stuttering. They come with a bunch of nasty side effects that I'm not willing to deal with....

I have tried piracetam, when I was super anxious and stressed out when I stuttered, but it didn't work. Also, some anti-anxiety meds would help you with the anxiety (and that leads to more fluency) bu...

Who has experience taking Prozac?

Who has experience taking Prozac? My doctor prescribed prozac for my anxiety, however I am curious to see if anyone here has had experience taking it. I have heard that it can cause stuttering or incr...

Interesting, I tend to stutter more on psychedelics, well, frankly any drug cause me to stutter more I would say, especially alcohol....

Stuttering, dopamine and serotonin

Stuttering, dopamine and serotonin Some research I found showed that there appears to be a dysfunction in the stutterer's brain relating to dopamine - stutterers tend to have too much dopamine. Perso...

I tried this, and I felt pretty anxious and weird for the week that I did it. Let me know if you fare any better!...

keep us updated, it will be interesting to hear how it goes! full disclosure, i'm pretty skeptical about quick fixes like this, but it doesn't hurt i suppose. as one of the other posters noted, there...

Great post, man. Completely agree. It always baffles me when stutterers are asking about taking this drug or that, anti-anxiety meds or even illegal substances, and yet if you ask them, they're not e...

I had one and I wore it for about two weeks. I didn't like the way the chipmunk voice in my ear sounded when I spoke. To be honest it made me stutter more because I was distracted by it. After I stopp...

I'm on 20mg 4x a day currently. The only real side effect I've had is sleepiness. That side effect is pretty common because the medicine is actually classified as a muscle relaxer. I am on propranol...

Thank you for responding! Can I ask you what dose you are on now? And do you have any side effects? Sleepiness? Nausea? I am so sorry it is not showing better results :( I read the article an...

Our dopamine levels only spike when we actually stutter/hit a block. I've experimented with a different diet to lower dopamine but it didn't help me. You'll need those nasty dopamine antagonists that ...

Seriously? i've never heard of dopamine being a cause of stuttering. if anything stuff like alcohol and weed help to LESSEN the stuttering. And u think nofap will make a difference? cmon bruh. ...

Those drugs will likely go as well for you as getting hooked on any recreational drug would. People lose their personalities on benzos. That said, I encourage experimentation. What I've found is drugs...

Hi. Anti-anxiety medication has been helpful for some people who stutter. As you know, Xanax, like all the benzodiazepines, are addictive. They really cannot be used full time because you will, wit...

For me weed makes my stuttering 10x worse for days after. ...