studdering in adults

[zarapipe]

The past few months I have been stuttering a ton. It is so embarrassing.  I never have had this problem and it came out of nowhere. I guess it probably has been close to a year now. I just can't get the words out and get stuck and stutter. Has anyone else faced this or have any ideas on how to cope?

[Deleted]

I have trouble with this when my stress levels flare up. I have ADD, so it's hard for me to slow down. I try to make myself say the sentence I'm about to say in my head before speaking it. It's very frustrating and once I start I get so flustered that it makes it worse, I hate it.

[bananahannah]

Speech Pathologist here. In cases of adult onset dysfluency I would recommend seeing a neurologist to rule out conditions affecting the brain.