Has anyone tried out Buspar and Inderal?

[Loriner925]

I'm curious if anyone has tried Buspar and Inderal at the same time? If so, what was the dosage that helped you out? I need as much information possible, so I can ask my doctor for an rx who is a total noob when it comes to stuttering. Also, any other outputs on other drugs will be helpful as well. I tend to block more and also an repeater as well.

Thanks in advance

[Vermillion]

Someone on this forum messaged me with this question so I'm just gonna copy paste what I wrote back to him:



Hey,
I'm a moderate stutterer. These are the drugs I have tried: Xanax, Klonopin, Celexa, Inderal, Buspar

Ok, if you haven't tried Inderal, I suggest you do. Many people on this forum have said it has helped their stutter, a lot. And it is a very safe drug with almost zero side effects. However it did not work for me. I got prescribed normal Inderal (10mg) 3 times a day, but I did not feel anything (no effect on my fluency, and no side effects). So I went to my doctor and asked for Inderal LA and Buspar. I then took one tablet of Inderal LA 80 mgs daily, and 2 tablets of 10mg Buspar daily. After 2 weeks of this, I saw no improvement in my fluency. In fact, the first few days of taking it, it felt like my fluency was getting worse. I don't have a high blood pressure, or high adrenaline levels, so maybe the inderal doesn't work on people like me.

After giving up the inderal-buspar combination, I looked into other drugs/supplements to treat my stuttering.
I stumbled upon a brain supplement (nootropic) that I read some people say it helps their stuttering. I gave it a shot, it was piracetam (2g/2x a day) with Choline Bitartrate(2g/2x a day). Nope, that didn't help either.

Someone said magnesium and managanese supplements work, which I tried, but felt nothing off of them.

I was considering trying a nootropic supplement called Phenibut. Now this is a supplement that is actually used to treat stuttering in Russia. People who have taken it (non-stutterers) have said that they are way more social than normal (mood elevation like taking ecstacy). I have not tried it yet, but may consider it some time in the future.

I then went on to try the benzos: xanax and klonopin, in combination with celexa.

and i'm copying and pasting an old post here:

The Xanax and Klonopin improved my stutter by about 10-20%...due to less anxiety..but I didnt like the side effects such as feeling tired all the time, memory loss.. At the end of the day, I just went home and fell asleep on my bed, very unproductive..
Klonopin is better than Xanax because you don't feel as tired as you do on xanax.

The first time I tried Xanax (1mg), some girl who I met after not seeing her for a year, commented "Hey I just noticed you stopped stuttering! I like the new you better!"

The celexa I took in combo with both xanax and klonopin, but I didn't feel anything with Celexa ( was taking 0.5mg everyday)

If you are going to use xanax, I'd recommend not using it everyday, and just save it for times when you don't want to stutter as much, such as dates with girls, parties (but dont drink while on xanax), job interviews, presentations).. I think the medication (along with other benzos) works best that way.


As of now, i am not taking any drugs/supplements. I am just living "the stuttering life" normally. However, I am considering starting Zyprexa at a very low dose.

[Loriner925]

Wow, thank you for the detailed information; I find it really helpful.

[ratboy]

Loriner, I have also read good short-term reviews on Inderal, but after a while many people say the side-effects (drowsiness and exhaustion, mostly, nothing too serious) gets the best of them and they leave it. If you do find these to be helpful with your stutter let us know.

[Loriner925]

Originally Posted by ratboy

Loriner, I have also read good short-term reviews on Inderal, but after a while many people say the side-effects (drowsiness and exhaustion, mostly, nothing too serious) gets the best of them and they leave it. If you do find these to be helpful with your stutter let us know.

Hopefully within a week, I will try it out - I know I have to take Buspar for 3-4 weeks until I feel its full effect; but Inderal should work on the spot.

[Roley]

I've been taking Buspar (10 Mg three times a day) and Inderal LA (120 Mg one time a day) for several months. They have had no effect on my speech at all. As someone said above, they do make me tired and give me an out-of-touch feeling. I'm going back to my neurologist in a few weeks to try something else. (My situation isn't typical though. I had a pretty severe head injury a few years ago, requiring four brain surgeries, and my neurologist told me these medications MIGHT have no effect for me.)

[mo885]

I tried Buspar and Inderal a few years ago. While buspar did make me more relaxed (but really just drowsy) this had no effect on my speech. Everyone's different so it could work for me but was not the answer for me.

[Cammie]

I tried Buspar almost 2 years ago, it made me sleepy and thats it.

[Loriner925]

thank you all

[longwindingroad]

Originally Posted by Vermillion

Someone on this forum messaged me with this question so I'm just gonna copy paste what I wrote back to him:



Hey,
I'm a moderate stutterer. These are the drugs I have tried: Xanax, Klonopin, Celexa, Inderal, Buspar

Ok, if you haven't tried Inderal, I suggest you do. Many people on this forum have said it has helped their stutter, a lot. And it is a very safe drug with almost zero side effects. However it did not work for me. I got prescribed normal Inderal (10mg) 3 times a day, but I did not feel anything (no effect on my fluency, and no side effects). So I went to my doctor and asked for Inderal LA and Buspar. I then took one tablet of Inderal LA 80 mgs daily, and 2 tablets of 10mg Buspar daily. After 2 weeks of this, I saw no improvement in my fluency. In fact, the first few days of taking it, it felt like my fluency was getting worse. I don't have a high blood pressure, or high adrenaline levels, so maybe the inderal doesn't work on people like me.

After giving up the inderal-buspar combination, I looked into other drugs/supplements to treat my stuttering.
I stumbled upon a brain supplement (nootropic) that I read some people say it helps their stuttering. I gave it a shot, it was piracetam (2g/2x a day) with Choline Bitartrate(2g/2x a day). Nope, that didn't help either.

Someone said magnesium and managanese supplements work, which I tried, but felt nothing off of them.

I was considering trying a nootropic supplement called Phenibut. Now this is a supplement that is actually used to treat stuttering in Russia. People who have taken it (non-stutterers) have said that they are way more social than normal (mood elevation like taking ecstacy). I have not tried it yet, but may consider it some time in the future.

I then went on to try the benzos: xanax and klonopin, in combination with celexa.

and i'm copying and pasting an old post here:

The Xanax and Klonopin improved my stutter by about 10-20%...due to less anxiety..but I didnt like the side effects such as feeling tired all the time, memory loss.. At the end of the day, I just went home and fell asleep on my bed, very unproductive..
Klonopin is better than Xanax because you don't feel as tired as you do on xanax.

The first time I tried Xanax (1mg), some girl who I met after not seeing her for a year, commented "Hey I just noticed you stopped stuttering! I like the new you better!"

The celexa I took in combo with both xanax and klonopin, but I didn't feel anything with Celexa ( was taking 0.5mg everyday)

If you are going to use xanax, I'd recommend not using it everyday, and just save it for times when you don't want to stutter as much, such as dates with girls, parties (but dont drink while on xanax), job interviews, presentations).. I think the medication (along with other benzos) works best that way.


As of now, i am not taking any drugs/supplements. I am just living "the stuttering life" normally. However, I am considering starting Zyprexa at a very low dose.

As far as I know, I've taken only one medication specifically to improve my fluency. So this one medication doesn't even register on my medication meter, because I've taken a long, long list of medications targeting other health problems.

For Persistent Developmental Stuttering, I personally believe that prescription medications, rather than speech therapy, will yield the most rewards. However most medications have side effects, and one must assess whether the positive side effects outweigh the negative side effects.

We all know communication is very important job-wise, romance-wise, and almost everything-wise, so PWS will risk a lot for fluency. In this quest for improved fluency, medication-wise, most of us will accept fairly minor negative side effects, if there's noticeable improvement in our fluency. However for most of us, major unpleasant side effects would most likely change the dynamics.

Since Pagoclone appears to be promising with rather well-documented research data, having met and exceeded many FDA benchmarks, I really don't know if stutterers should presently be experimenting with these other medications. Within a few short years, Pagoclone may be on a pharmacy shelf. It's very possible.

Taking medications, the wrong medications, can be quite toxic to your health. My mom took a medication for only a few years, and that one medication probably caused her death. It was a time bomb.

Taking one medication is not risk-free. Taking two medications is not risk-free. Taking seven medications is certainly not risk-free. I know the risks up close and personal.

I've done a few strange things over the years, while taking medications. A few! Not a long list, but a few things.

A mix of numerous medications can affect your mind and body. Rational thinking can be a problem. I once applied for a job on the Internet in which I had zero qualifications. I woke up in the middle of the night, highly medicated, and applied for a job that was completely out of my field. Dumb! I can't believe I did it but I did.

My reasoning on some other things has been off at times, when I'm highly medicated; and I have said some statements/things in the past that I deeply regret. It's the medications and it's not the real me.

I'll wrap this up, but be a little careful when you take medications.