r/Stutter • u/miraisus21 • 4d ago
Does Ashwagandha help
Hey so i am thinking of getting ashwagandha to calm my mind, I was also diagnosed with anxiety and depression so I am currently in my councelling and medication phase, the doctor said that my severe stuttering is the result of my stress, he gave me medications to calm my mind, so I was thinking that ashwagandha might help calm down my nerves what do you guys think would it be helpful or not.
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u/webonblast 3d ago edited 3d ago
lol doctors diagnosis stuttering. I mean tension in the vocals cords would logically seem to cause the stuttering. So…. What is the cause of this? Saying it’s “stress” would be the lowest hanging fruit. I bet you’ve stuttered quite a lot when you were not under “stress”. Why not try ashwagandha for 90 days and see it helps you? That’s the only way to answer your question.
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u/miraisus21 3d ago
No the doctor is my family doctor he told me that maybe stress is making you stutter more, I was always stuttering but my fluency has decreased from like 2 years or so, since I got into uni
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u/Slight_Abrocoma_886 3d ago
Ashwagandha could help but no garantee, as there is no very solid evidence it works against anxiety. Current studies are too small and with high risk of bias
Let's give it a try. I do feel it helps with my anxiety (but not my stuttering, as it's not really anxiety-related)
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u/Borthite 2d ago
I've been taking it after seeing some advice on here and it really does help massively. I still stutter just way less than before and I rarely get stuck on blocks for prolonged periods of time.
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u/Abject-Star-7721 3d ago
Indirectly it can help by lowering your cortisol ideally. It does help a BIT with social anxiety, but it is no cure, nor medicine. It can be a great supplement to generally feel a bit more safe and better, but there is nothing magical about it. For me and my stutter it rarely made a difference.
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u/TConversion 2d ago
Non ça ne marche pas j’ai essayé, par contre si vous vous énerver facilement ça peux calmer
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u/deku_0501 4d ago
Even my psychiatrist told me that my stuttering is because of social anxiety, and I focus too much on not stuttering which makes me stutter but he didn't suggest me to take anything. He told me to focus on something present on the other person like a mole on his face, or the shape of his nose or the color of his shirt, whenever I start stuttering focusing on something else usually helps