I stutter quite often, but it’s more manageable than others. Anyways I found a technique that I can use that helps eliminate my stutter. Let me first of say that I can speak German, my family is German and they speak German and I’ve been to Germany. I’ve found that using a German accent to speak completely eliminates my stutter for the most part. Is wrong to use one? Or?

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For the past few years I'd been working on dealing with my stutter, anxiety, and on general self improvement. I thought I had improved and changed a lot and I was starting to finally feel somewhat comfortable in my own skin.

Early this year I decided I wanted to leave my city, so while I was job hunting I stopped dating. The better part of a year later, I got a great new job in a new city and got back on the dating apps.

I matched with a woman, and we had a fantastic conversation, and agreed to meet up. I suggested a restaurant near her, but she implied she was willing/wanted to drive further out to do something more fun, so I booked ice skating tickets and a restaurant reservation elsewhere.

In hindsight, this was a fucking horrible idea, since I had effectively never ice skated before. I thought it would be fun to figure it out there with her, but instead I ended up spending a lot of concentration simply trying to just not fall on my ass. She was comfortable enough on skates to make conversation while we did slow laps, but I was a bumbling mess.

At that point the stuttering had kicked in. I think I just didn't have the bandwidth to speak fluently and learn to skate simultaneously. I knew I was blowing it, the anxiety got to me, and I got in a positive feedback loop that made the stuttering worse. I usually would only stammer, but I was even having trouble getting out individual words. I told her my mom's a microbiologist instead of truthfully saying that she's a molecular biologist, because I knew that word would not come out. I was a mess.

We sat down at one point and just chatted, but I was still an anxious wreck and didn't perform any better then, either. After this, we headed out to the restaurant. I actually started to calm down a little, and was hoping to actually be able to express myself over dinner. But, when we left the rink, she explained that she didn't feel a romantic connection and ended the night.

I do appreciate that she was frank and didn't just get a free meal out of me. But fuck, being effectively told that I was so unattractive that she wanted to end the evening early hurt. A lot. It wasn't just that I butchered the date, though that hurts too; we seemed to have a lot in common on paper, and she did strike me as a genuine person. It's that I feel like years of effort on self improvement have amounted to nothing. Every single question and topic of conversation she started, I blew. Every single one, except maybe greeting her. The words I didn't stutter through were awkward curt responses and questions. I can't say I blame her for her decision.

Maybe being rusty from not having dated for more than year played a big role in what happened, but this night was beyond the pale. The funny thing is I went into the date with a very confident headspace, but I just spiraled out of control. I couldn't help myself. My confidence is shattered now. I'll never escape this fucking disability and it's going to continue to ruin my fucking life. I never had a ton of friends, and now they're almost all gone from my life. I'm 26 and never had a relationship. I'm damaged goods, and that's only going to make escaping harder. I don't think I can do it anymore.

Hi, while it's okay to stutter and that its acceptation as being part of neurodiversity should be normalized, I'd like to bring awareness that some causes of stuttering might be slighly reduced via pharmacology.

> https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32438123/

I am not familiar with speech therapies but it seems very useful

>  On average, stuttering frequency was reduced by 50-57 % using speech restructuring approaches.

IMO the two main causes of stuttering have different etiologies,

one being performance anxiety which is driven by increase in heart rate, dry mouth, etc through adrenaline

For people that have performance anxiety, very low dose of beta blockers like propanolol are well known to be effective

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9456064/

It is important to understand that while propanolol at low dose is very safe, 1) taking too much can be dangerous and cause bradychardia 2) CYP inhibition must be checked if you take other medications

stuttering can also be caused by some specific cognitive or motor deficits, in that case nootropics can be tried

although most have no evidence or annecdotal evidence of working, they are generally benign

A promising one being CDP choline 500mg though since this community has not tested it enough, we can't have response rate statistics. Also efficacy could take up to a month to show.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/481rpc/choline_and_stutter/

DHA omega 3 is also implicated

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3787066/

Other contenders being magnesium l threonate, alcar, piracetam

Of note the scientific literature shows that they can be helpful in many conditions, e.g. dyslexia and some aspects of verbal fluency

The third paradigm are stimulants or eugeroics, while they are cardiotoxic and can be anxiogenic, they often increase verbal fluency

https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/8cnut5/did_you_find_that_adderallvyvanse_reduced_your/

Scientific progress rely on community feedback to clarify what works and what doesn't

Indeed, since the etiology of stuttering and dyslexia are partially similar, it makes sense to attempt to repurpose dyslexia drugs/supplements for this indication

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39582485/

since n acetylaspartate is often deficient maybe alcar could be useful

Hi everyone,

I’m a person who stutters. I usually deal with heavy blocks, and throughout my life, I noticed something strange, I never stutter at all when I’m walking and speaking or when there’s a music beat playing in the background. It feels like my brain unlocks, and my speech flows naturally.

I’ve been exploring ways to replicate this effect in my daily life and thought a vibrating metronome might help. I was wondering if anyone has any idea about this. I’d like a wearable device (like a watch) that can provide continuous vibrations throughout the day. It should be easy to turn on and off with a single button.

After doing some research, I think Smartwatches is the closest to this. I’d love to hear from anyone who has experience with this type of setup. Are there devices or methods you’d recommend for something like this?

Thanks in advance for your help!

I am 21m,about to turn 22 in 2 months. I developed a stutter when I was 6. I think the key here is to practice talking with someone whom you know will not judge you. Why don't we all start talking with each via video call? Dm me if you are okay to speak with me.

So i have been stuttering ever since i could remember, it has impacted my life heavily but still i didnt mind it that much but now as an new adult about to turn 19 i have to deal with stuff like looking for jobs and stuff that requires alot of speaking. I some how speak properly infront of 1 or 2 people but these day i am having hard time speaking to someone on phone like the first phrase hello is not coming out of my mouth. So can any one give me some advice to tackle this situation because i have an interview for my student visa on a call in January and my anxiety is starting to kick and i am constantly being paranoid . I feels really pressured and feels like i am out of breath just from seeing my phone ring

Hi all,

New to the subreddit and wanted to ask for some advice.

I am finding recently that when I need to do public speaking to an audience of people or when there’s lots of background noise eg. Wanting to get the attention of a crowded roomed, I am unable to start speaking a sentence, however once I get that first word out I am completely fine.

It’s quite frustrating as I just physically can’t get that first word out of my mouth.

In usual one-one conversation I’m completely fine at speaking without any stuttering at all.

Thanks for any advice

It's a week-long trip with my class. And I realized there would be a lot of conversation circles, every hour. And I don't want to embarrass myself and stutter in front of 40 students. I wanted to go for the experience and connect with my classmates, but I really don't like stuttering in front of people.

Hello everyone, I am looking to get certain ADA accommodations at work because of my moderate speech impediment. I have been able to work decently so far....Recently my stutter has been getting worse likely due to getting older and feeling more depressed and anxious. I had sort of a mental breakdown recently after being unable to bottle up my feeling about my stutter anymore and being tired of suffering for years. Well, I just "came out" to my 2 best friends and family about how I been feeling all this time and how I been suffering in silence. They motivated me to seek professional help and get accommodations at work to at least make that part of my life easier. I work as a pharmacist at sort of a call center, and thankfully I might be able to be transferred to a non speaking department at the same office, or at least work half of my shift doing calls and the other half off the phones (something along those lines).

Anyways, I am now in process of getting those ADA accommodations. I need to have my doctor fill the paperwork and send it to my employer. Problem is I am not under the care of any doctor/PCP. What kind of health care provider should I see that would be able to sign these forms for me. I feel like going to a PCP would be a waste of time. They barely spend 15 minutes or whatever with you, and I don't think I would convince a PCP on a first visit that I have a speech impediment and why/to what extent/specific accommodations I am requesting. I don't think PCPs are even qualified to make that kind of assessment for people with speech impediments. I would need AT LEAST 30min to fully explain the nature of my stutter and how it affects my life. Would a better path be to just go to a Speech Language Pathologist instead? Also the form says its needs to be filled by a health care provider but at the bottom asks for the contact info of the physician, and I know that SLPs are not physicians. So would an SLP be able to sign the form? I know that's a better question for my employer but I'll have to wait till Monday to ask. Thank you.

I stopped drinking caffeine due to my anxiety and sleep, but now it seems like my stutter has gotten a little worse although feeling more relaxed

Hello everyone. A guy I knew was asking about my dating life. I’m 24 , never really had a date and I do approach. He told me I was good looking and a lot less attractive friends he had had more succes. He hypothesized that it was because of my stutter. It was well intended and he meant it as a friend, but I didn’t like it.

I did have strong social anxiety (still kinda do) regarding my stutter and perhaps that could be a turn off, but its not cool to think I should fix my stutter so girls will like me. Granted there have been some interested in me, just never really had luck yet in the ones I like. Just wanted to vent.

I'm a 33 year old dad and my 2.5 year old son is showing some pretty obvious signs that he is going to have a stutter as well.

I always try and approach stuttering with a positive attitude cuz there is nothing we can do about a stutter other than embrace it and love our lives as people who stutter. However, I don't want him to have to go through everything I did growing up. The bullying as a kid, the constant anxiety, and the general challenges we face in the world as people who stutter (school, jobs, phone calls, and on and on and on)

Is anyone else here a parent who stutters with a child who also stutters. Am I being a little hypocritical being so upset by this? It's brought me to tears many times.

I know it's always possible this is just a stage of language development but my gut is telling me otherwise.

I am really struggling with the idea of accepting this might be something he is going to have as well.

I’m about to start driving and i’m always scared of getting pulled over and stuttering horribly and they think i’m drunk 😭 So just curious on other people’s experience

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Yesterday, I saw a new post where the person informed us that he stutters, but his identical twin does not stutter. This made me curious, it got me thinking—what’s everyone’s personal experience: Is there a twin in your family or circle where only one stutters, and the other doesn't (anymore)?

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I had a dream last night and I remember arguing with someone. Ofc I stuttered a lot to fight back for my justice.

Maybe i should sleep. It will be okay tomorrow

I'm sure a lot of you have this thought. Something like "If I didn't stutter, I'd be invincible." or just fill in the blank. I had an interview on Wednesday with a school I'd really like to work at. For some back story, I interviewed with the same school earlier this year for an Assistant Director position (which I didn't get), they currently have an opening for a PE teacher and head coaching position so I was very interested. The interview went well, it was with the head athletic director and her assistant, the guy that was hired over me.

I'm don't feel any bitterness towards him, but throughout the interview I could probably see why they chose him. He was able to answer questions so well and articulate himself in way that was intelligent yet very easy to understand. I was then hit by the reminder of "man, if I could articulate myself a lot smoother, I wonder what I could accomplish." I'm going into the final round of the interview later. So I'm excited about this opportunity, just a thought that I wanted to share this and see if anyone has had similar thoughts or experienced.

whenever I see people chit chatting either useful or crap, though I won't participate in the conversation since I can't speak fluently which if I did might affect the flow of group chit chatting, I always like to listen to the conversations and observe the facial expressions and body language of the people. People who know me understand me. but sometimes it seems like bit of nosy thing and some people are not comfortable with a silent observer around them. the more I long for conversations, the more the repulsions made by those people to detach from me. I sort of get used to rejections and loneliness but the thought of things that I can't have access to frustrates me. everything/everyone in the world has its/their own plus and minus. idk will I be happy if I were able to do things that I presently can't do. the disability makes me weird. I worry about the thought that I will never have life of my fellow people and have to struggle for survival with them and struggle within myself simultaneously. even retards and losers are satisfied with my stuttering thinking that I might stagnate in my life or they might surpass me in better class of life or I might accompany them directly or subconsciously motivating them for time being. i neither can scream nor stay silent about my situation or my life. I still remember the opportunities/possibilities of my life which could have turned out completely great. but that didn't happen. and this is my life I'm living. I'm trying and I'm positive that my life will get better.

Litteraly, anyone experienced the same?

I was 9yo. I was in vacation, in a place I've always known, talking with my best friend. No stress, no traumatism (physical, psychological,...). A good child life.

You know, when you touch a metallic thing and you feel like a tiny "electric shock"? I suddenly felt that in my brain. I didn't lost consciousness or anything. Just... "oh! weird. anyway."

And that's how I began stuttering. This electric shock happened 3 times in my life afterwards, it didn't worsen my stutter, nor did it stop it.

I never knew what happened.

I don't have a stutter (though I do stutter sometimes), but I have a rare speech impediment (Apraxia of Speech) and am also prone to freezing up a lot. This is the only active community that may be able to help.

I have my first ever job interview at McDonald's, and I am terrified and completely lost. My impediment is obvious, so I want to bring it up quickly to get it out of the way, but I don't know how to? If the interviewer starts asking questions, it would be inappropriate to start talking about my speech impediment... but I don't want to be too assertive or accidentally cut them off by bringing it up as soon as I walk in the room either...

My impediment is pretty mild now, but my spoken vocabulary is still a little limited (thus making me come off as an complete idiot). I'm scared that writing anything down will come off badly as well. Can anyone tell me how i'm supposed to approach this? Thank you.

Wassup everyone. Just want to know how do you guys stick up for yourself. I'm 16 and have reached that point where I hate staying quiet when people pick on me. It happens alot and I can't say anything can I.

If I do say anything then I know exactly what they're gonna say. For example someone I thought was a friend kept saying dirty stuff bout my mum. And I just said don't talk about my mum and he goes "shut the f up it takes you 10 minutes to say a sentence". Like bruh💀😭

So what do you guys do???

This week has been incredible. I’ve learned how to completely manage my stutter, and I haven’t experienced a single incident so far. Using a technique where I hold my breath before speaking and then exhale as I talk has transformed the way I communicate. It feels surreal to carry conversations effortlessly and for extended periods.

While I still get a bit jittery during long interactions, it’s not from anxiety, it’s more like my brain is trying to overcompensate for something it no longer needs to. Long conversations can feel like I’m being interrogated sometimes although it's not the case. I just feel like I’m not used to them and although I’m not anxious about them, being in one feels off. I have to constantly remind myself to breathe through my mouth while speaking and through my nose when listening, which helps me stay consistent. If I forgot to do this for just a second, my stutter fights for a spot on my stage, but that won’t ever happen again. I’m finally in control.

I’m especially grateful that this breakthrough happened on Sunday since this week has been packed with interviews.

Edit - Mods deleted my post, so if you seeing this again it’s the same post but I removed the portion against community guidelines.

I'm 21 years old and I stutter, I stutter a lot, blocking out words and sometimes prolonging them, when I'm very nervous I can't speak because I hold my breath as if I'm having a heart attack, stroke or paralysis, it's quite grotesque. That's why I've always been very embarrassed to approach girls I'm interested in, it's very frustrating, how can you guys who stutter get into a relationship? How do I approach a girl to talk to when I can't speak properly and maintain a conversation? How can I introduce myself? I'm interested in a girl but I'm afraid to approach her because I don't know what to do, I want advice

I have a speech in front of whole school tomorrow (thats a whole different story). So i need this quick.

Funny thing is the speech is in Norwegian and norsk has other foreign vowels like å ø and æ.

Hi all: My husband and my 12YO son both have fairly severe blocking stutters. My husband has been a lot of help to me in understanding stuttering and helping me to support our son, but they are very different people (introvert v extrovert, not anxious v anxious etc) so I was hoping to get some other ideas here.

My son INSISTS that he does not want to go to speech therapy and so far we have honored this request (the school does not provide any support unless the stutter "interferes with learning" which they have determined his does not, though I am not as sure). He has many kind friends and is well liked, plays sports, and says he is not being teased or bullied. He does not seem embarrassed or ashamed of the fact that he stutters (dad has helped SO much with this), but I know that the stutter causes him a lot of frustration, and he often lashes out when he has to repeat something (I have mild hearing loss so unfortunately this occurs rather often), when he is interrupted, or when he feels that he is not being heard or understood. He also talks VERY fast. I also suspect that he is avoiding talking in some circumstances.

As someone who has been married to a person who stutters for 30 years, I totally understand where these behaviors are coming from but I would love to help him try to reduce his frustration and especially the lashing out. (Interestingly he has learned that he does NOT stutter when he yells, so this has caused him to start yelling earlier in a conflict than my other son who does not stutter).

What do you wish the most that your parent would have done to help you and support you when you were growing up with a stutter?

Hi, i have a general question if nicotine help you handle stutter more or make it worse for you ?

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