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From: Ken St. Louis
Date: 19 Oct 2010
Time: 09:46:04 -0500
Remote Name: 157.182.15.31
Dear MD, I don't know your age and the age your stuttering started, but I am assuming it was during adulthood. I also, do not know how recently your stuttering and the headaches started. Please reply and clarify those important issues. In any case, it is very unusual for stuttering to begin after a period of severe headaches. That being said, although much less common than simply appearing in childhood, stuttering can be first noticed after a wide variety "trigger" events, many of which are related to psychological and even physiological stress. If the stuttering started recently after a bout of headaches that also were relatively new, I would first suggest an evaluation by a neurologist to rule out any neurological insult that might be related to both problems. Next, I would recommend an evaluation by a speech-language pathologist (SLP) to document the type, frequency, and severity of the stuttering. It would be important for the neurologist and SLP to know if you ever stuttered before this event, the extent to which there is any stuttering in your extended family, any help you have sought in the past (or was sought by your parents), and several other potentially related issues. I realize this is not a clear answer, but I would not be comfortable speculating further without further information. Ken