Any antidepressants that don't increase stuttering?

[jaykay]

Hi everyone. This is my first post on the forum, but I have been reading previous previous posts for about a year now. Firstly, I would like to thank all members that have posted usefull messages. It is through this forum that I found out about 5-htp and GABA which have both improved my stuttering (I am still quite a severe stutterer, but not nearly as bad as I used to be).

My question is about antidepressants. I have suffered from depression and anxiety for as long as I have been stuttering and I have been taking 10mg of Prozac daily combined with 5-htp, which really helps with this. The problem is that I think that the prozac is making my speech worse. I tested this by reducing my dose for a few days and my fluency improved, but at the cost of depression.

I was wondering if any members have had similar experiences and know of any other antidepressants that don't have negative effects on fluency? or will all antidepressants inevitably increase stuttering?

I am also going to start taking Xanax XR, is 1mg per day enough to stop stuttering and still not enough to become addictive?

Please reply to this!

Thanks ;)

[JFan]

Good to have ya here......Xanax will not STOP stuttering, it will relax you a bit. I personally have been on this with "some" positive results...HOWEVER, be very careful your Dr. does not keep increasing your dosage. Mine did that and I was up to 6mg a day... which led to complete hell, when I decided to come off...it took me 8 long long months and massive withdrawls. Hope it helps you!!!

[Thecoherentman]

Selegiline works. The trick is that you must attempt to be a responsible communicator while taking Selegiline. To be a responsible communicator you must follow these rules:
1. The intention of the communication (speaking) must be to benefit the Listener, otherwise better not talk. Of course what you are saying can be primarily for self benefit, but you must not ignore that the message is intended to be heard by the listener and used by the listener.
2. You must not deceive the listener by saying something and manipulating him to understand something else. You must say the message directly. You must let him get the message clearly. You must mean what you say and say what you mean.
3. Only talk when you like your listener and when you like to say what you want to say. Otherwise feel justified to be silent.

Selegiline is extremely effective in reducing stuttering when your attitude is compatible with the way it works. It preserves the love neurotransmitter phenylethylamine. Because of some side effects it must be used only under a wise physician care.

[Jaykon]

Selegiline works. The trick is that you must attempt to be a responsible communicator while taking Selegiline. To be a responsible communicator you must follow these rules:
1. The intention of the communication (speaking) must be to benefit the Listener, otherwise better not talk. Of course what you are saying can be primarily for self benefit, but you must not ignore that the message is intended to be heard by the listener and used by the listener.
2. You must not deceive the listener by saying something and manipulating him to understand something else. You must say the message directly. You must let him get the message clearly. You must mean what you say and say what you mean.
3. Only talk when you like your listener and when you like to say what you want to say. Otherwise feel justified to be silent.


WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? Does it make you stutter less or not? what's with these rules?

[Thecoherentman]

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? Does it make you stutter less or not? what's with these rules?

According to professor Sheehan Stuttering is a disorder in presentation of self. Stutterer tries to pretend that he is fluent while he knows that he is not. This is a disharmony between who he is and the false role he is playing. The result is a lot of energy is used to avoid stuttering and struggle between approach and avoidance is intense. The question is to start the word or not to start the word, or stopping just when you started to say the word.
To correct the core of stuttering you must practice honesty with responsible communication. Selegiline help in two ways 1. It increases the approach because of its stimulant effect and approach rising above avoidance evaporate blocks. The avoidance with come back with vengeance later if you do not correct the core problem. 2. Selegiline increases feelings of empathy and giving. Giving is anti-avoidance. Selegiline works much better in synergy with your volition to be kind to your listener.

[Thecoherentman]

Perhaps combination of Selegilin and Pagoclone will be extremely effective in reduction of stuttering in many people. Pagoclone must yet to be FDA approved.

[InTheCrease]

I take 20mg of Celexa a day, more due to anxiety than anything that was preventing sleep but I find that it's helped me relax and in effect reduced the amount that I block or stutter.

[urbanmermaid]

Good to have ya here......Xanax will not STOP stuttering, it will relax you a bit. I personally have been on this with "some" positive results...HOWEVER, be very careful your Dr. does not keep increasing your dosage. Mine did that and I was up to 6mg a day... which led to complete hell, when I decided to come off...it took me 8 long long months and massive withdrawls. Hope it helps you!!!

You went from the lowest dose to 6mg a day in only 8 months?! :O
I've been taking it for almost 2 yrs now, 1 mg a day, works wonders. Some days I would take a mg and a half but i dont feel so well on 2 mg.
Xanax is the best anti-anxiety drug out there. Everyone who has taken it has had some improvement.

[ricardo]

I decided to try Valium 5mg for a week and half now and it reduced my blocks.

[JFan]

You went from the lowest dose to 6mg a day in only 8 months?! :O
I've been taking it for almost 2 yrs now, 1 mg a day, works wonders. Some days I would take a mg and a half but i dont feel so well on 2 mg.
Xanax is the best anti-anxiety drug out there. Everyone who has taken it has had some improvement.

No....It started off around 1mg I believe and gradually increased over 2 years or so to 6mg's. I was told that it "could" have long term major side effects, regarding the cerebelum areas associated with the brain, balance issues etc. So that's when I decided I wanted to get off that drug....as I said it was NO FUN! :(

[kobe4three]

Hi everyone. This is my first post on the forum, but I have been reading previous previous posts for about a year now. Firstly, I would like to thank all members that have posted usefull messages. It is through this forum that I found out about 5-htp and GABA which have both improved my stuttering (I am still quite a severe stutterer, but not nearly as bad as I used to be).

My question is about antidepressants. I have suffered from depression and anxiety for as long as I have been stuttering and I have been taking 10mg of Prozac daily combined with 5-htp, which really helps with this. The problem is that I think that the prozac is making my speech worse. I tested this by reducing my dose for a few days and my fluency improved, but at the cost of depression.

I was wondering if any members have had similar experiences and know of any other antidepressants that don't have negative effects on fluency? or will all antidepressants inevitably increase stuttering?

I am also going to start taking Xanax XR, is 1mg per day enough to stop stuttering and still not enough to become addictive?

Please reply to this!

Thanks ;)there are some studies that says inositol... is just as effective or maybe even better than your common prescribed antidepressant..

[Jaykon]

According to professor Sheehan Stuttering is a disorder in presentation of self. Stutterer tries to pretend that he is fluent while he knows that he is not. This is a disharmony between who he is and the false role he is playing. The result is a lot of energy is used to avoid stuttering and struggle between approach and avoidance is intense. The question is to start the word or not to start the word, or stopping just when you started to say the word.
To correct the core of stuttering you must practice honesty with responsible communication. Selegiline help in two ways 1. It increases the approach because of its stimulant effect and approach rising above avoidance evaporate blocks. The avoidance with come back with vengeance later if you do not correct the core problem. 2. Selegiline increases feelings of empathy and giving. Giving is anti-avoidance. Selegiline works much better in synergy with your volition to be kind to your listener.


oh ok, sorry, now I see where youre coming from