Re: dopamine and stuttering

[Jeffrey Romanyshyn <mythhawk@xxxxxxxx>]

>         On September 4, Nicolaas Marais sent the list a short note
>         about an interesting tidbit his wife had picked up on CNN
>         about curing stuttering by lowering one's dopamine level.
>
>         I haven't seen anything further about this and am wondering
>         if anyone can direct me to any reference.  Was something
>         published recently that CNN picked up for their story?
>
>         If what CNN reported is true, it leads to a couple more
>         questions:
>
>         1) Do stutterers who get Parkinson's have less trouble with
>         their stuttering after getting the disease, due to a lowering
>         of their dopamine level?
>
>         2) Do Parkinsonians who were not stutterers sometimes have
>         trouble with stuttering after raising their dopamine level
>         with sinemet?
>

I used to have a fairly bad stutter in grade school; with speech classes it
disappeared by my early teens.  Within the last year, the stutter returns
when i'm "on" my meds, and completely disappears once i'm "off".. Needles
to say, this produces a quandry: do i keep the tremor under control and
stutter, (easier on me physically and socially), or do i stay "off" and
eliminate the stutter, (easier vocally and socially)?

No easy answers, but i'm always perservering!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Peace from the Clouds"                              \--*MH*--/

Jeffrey Romanyshyn                                Email: mythhawk@xxxxxxxx
"Myth Hawk"

28/Diagnosed 3yrs/Sinemet CR 2x/Sinemet 10/100 as morning booster/Eldepyrl
5mg 1x/Homeopathy Treatment

"Every child is an artist.  The problem is how to remain an artist after
he grows up." - Picasso.

If you wish, please check out some of my poetry (written under the
psuedonym ROM CARPATHIAN) and other fine literary creations at the M. David
Lewis Enterprises HomePage at: