Stammering

Dear Doctors,
Please help me out on stammering, its ruining my life. Here is a questionnaire I found on your forums. Hope it is satisfactory.
Thanks

Patient : Aarti
Sex: Female
Age: 29

1. Describe your main suffering?
I suffer from Stammering. Especially while introducing myself, saying my name, talking on telephone, words that starts with 'D', 'M', 'T', 'R', 'S' etc., Sometimes I talk very fluently & other times I stammer on many words.


2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
Sometimes Acidity, headaches when my sleep pattern changes.


3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
NOthing particular, but I love to teach children but because of stammering I have taken a desk job.


4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
My tongue becomes very hard as if it is stuck, sometimes I anticipate that I will stammer hence I don't utter that word or change that word.


5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
I had fever when i was 2, can't say for sure, but my parents insist I started stammering since.


6. Which time of the day you are worst?
Anytime

7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
Stammering is aggravated when talking on telephone, when i memorise a speech & have to deliver the same, calling out difficult names, introducing myself. Sometimes, deep breathing or thinking of something else, calms down my stammering


8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
No


9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
No difference


10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.

- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
Happy

- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
Not always

- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
Yes, sometimes strong light or smell or noise gives me headaches.

- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?
I talk to myself for motivation.

- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
I have good friends, & my family is very supportive.


11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
I dream of travelling, & many a times I dream of not being able to catch a train or bus.


12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
Many a times I crave for spicy things. There is nothing particular that I dont like


13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
Normal

14. How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
Normal

15. Is there any kind of food which your body can’t stand?
No

16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
Less

17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
Good

18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
I have sound sleep, I usually sleep onmy left side.


19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?



20. How do you think you are different from others, if at all?


21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
Some ayurvedic & some alopathic medicines but no use. I had also taken 'Resue Remedy' but it had very minimal effect.


22. What major diseases are running in your family?
Father has heart disease


23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance
I am 5 feet 3 inches tall, obese, fair.

24. (ONLY FOR FEMALES)

If you are not having normal menstrual cycles, please answer the following questions:

- Are the periods early, regular or late in general? How long do they last?
Regular periods lasting for 3 - 4 days.

- Do you suffer from any kind of physical or mental discomfort before, during or after the periods?
Before periods I get a little depressed.

- Is the flow scanty, normal or excessive?
Normal

- Is the blood thick bright red or pale watery?
dark red

- Do you notice any clots in the flow?
No.