Will medication cure or help my stutter?
There are no federally-approved medications to treat stuttering directly. Some clinical trials have occurred with dopaminergic and serotonergic drugs; often, these trials result in unacceptable side effects), provide only very small differences in fluency, and/or work only for a fraction of study participants.
One medical avenue that some people who stutter avail of is anti-anxiety medication such as Xanax or Zoloft. These medications do not directly act on stuttering, but rather help reduce the individual’s anxious response to interactions in which they might stutter. Even this use of medication is not a cure for stuttering - it simply reduces anxiety, and thereby helps to control a spike in stuttering that may occur as a result of anxiety. People who use anti-anxiety medication may still stutter, even heavily.
Samuel L. Jackson is a Black actor who stutters. He reports that he was able to overcome it through acting.
As airflow is the foundation of speech, when the airflow is obstructed due to tension and uncontrolled closing of oral muscles, the sound produced is compromised.
Craig Skistimas, also known as Stuttering Craig, the co-founder of ScrewAttack which is a production company for video games.
The adored pig from Looney Tunes, Porky Pig, has a stutter. It has been found that he stutters 23% of his spoken words and uses a wide variety of stuttering types.
Stuttering affects around 70 million people worldwide, so yes of course there is going to be a comedian who stutters.
The National Stuttering Association (https://westutter.org/) is a good website to find news about stuttering. The ‘Stuttering Foundation’ is another website that provides the most up to date news (https://www.stutteringhelp.org)
News reporter John Stossel is a news reporter who stuttered. News reporter and journalist Byron Pitts also stutter.
There are two general philosophies of stuttering treatment: Fluency shaping, and Stuttering acceptance
When an individual stutters, the voice may change as there is additional tension on the vocal folds and on the musculature surrounding it.