Greg wrote > >I was recently surfing for information on stuttering for a friend's friend. Greg- I found this theory of too much dopamine causing stuttering of interest because I have during the last year or two experienced for the first time but very infrequently actual stuttering but what is more common is a sort of internal stutter which gives me an unpleasant feeling of having to drag my words out in a strangulated sort of way . It only occurs when I have taken Dopamine and is much increased by any sort of nervousness or stress and is particularly bad when I am anxious to make myself clearly understood particularly on controversial matters.It seems like a precursor to a stutter David Langridge 68\5