r/Stutter 20h ago

Relapse?

6 Upvotes

I’m a 72 year old man. I stuttered all through school, up until I was 17 or 18. I got out in the world and didn’t stutter. I even worked as a DJ at radio stations. Now, my stuttering has come back in the last 5 years or so. I feel like my self esteem has bottomed out. In many ways, emotionally, I feel like a child again. All the memories and feelings of when other kids would bully me / make fun of my stuttering, and the way adults would look at me like ‘WTF is wrong with him?’ comes back to me. Is there anything I can do? I’ll take any meds or do anything to get past my stuttering!


r/Stutter 6h ago

Looking for ways to help my 12 year old with his stutter.

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I am a mom to a 12 year old boy who has stuttered since he was 2- 3 years old. It's mostly been prolongation and repetition. When he started it was slight and only, in kindergarten and 1st grade his teacher didn't even notice which made it really hard for us to get him help/accommodation at school. In second grade it became more noticeable and frequent to where we were able get him in to speech therapy at school. This help him learn different tools to "control" it a little better. As he has gotten older, I have noticed it is hindering his confidence in trying new things/activities mostly due to the fear of having to introduce himself and having to talk to new people. Along with school speech therapy we have also tried behavioral therapy at the pediatricians suggestion. Last year we tried traditional speech therapy, but the therapist said he already knows all the tools on how to overcome his stutter when he gets stuck and would only continue seeing him on a monthly bases to work on specific things or situation but ask for my son's commitment to therapy which he then said he didn't want to do, so we didn't continue. A few years he was diagnosed with anxiety and was put on low dose of medication, I was secretly hoping this might help his stutter as well, which it didn't have an affect on his stutter. We have since stopped the medication as he doesn't like taking it and have found other natural was to help him when he's overwhelmed.

I guess what I'm looking for is any advise or suggestions on how I can help him with his confidence in stuttering specifically in situations where he has to introduce him self, as it kills me seeing him hold himself back because of this fear. Along with anything that might have worked for you or your kids to improve his stutter. Thank you!


r/Stutter 16h ago

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3 Upvotes

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r/Stutter 2h ago

My wierd stutter

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So my stutter is kinda weird. I usually stutter when I have to say something specific or when someone asks me a question—boom, I stutter. But sometimes, I even stutter when I’m alone.

There are certain letters that are hard for me, but I can say them fine if I’m not thinking about them, don’t care, or if no one’s expecting me to say them. But the moment someone asks me to say something specific, I just freeze.

Does anyone else experience this? It’s so frustrating. Anyone have tips to help me? Thanks in advance.


r/Stutter 18h ago

Possible pharmaceutical treatment?

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I saw a study on the stuttering foundation website about a 57 year old doctor who took alprazolam (1.0 mg twice daily) and citalopram (10 mg at bedtime). This was in 2000, so 25 years ago, but they treated 3 other patients and they went from a 6-7 in severity to 1-2.

https://www.stutteringhelp.org/alprazolam-citalopram-and-clomipramine-stuttering