| Subject: Could it be Dyslexia? |
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Mike
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Date Posted: 23:24:56 01/17/12 Tue
Hi all,
I am new here. It's refreshing to see so many people who may understand what I have gone through. My story is similar to many others. I can actually remember when I was in kindergarten. It was when the teachers started to give us homework. I couldn't grasp the process of spelling words correctly. On top of that I could not understand directions given for a certain task. My parents and teachers made the decision to hold me back while the rest of my friends moved on. While I struggled through school I always felt out of place. I could never complete classroom assignments or tests on time. It wasn't for lack of trying, I just couldn't pick up what I was reading. As I read, the paper would start to get ultra bright. I would get to the end of sentences and have to read them again and again. If I didn't run my finger along the page I would skip words. The premise of whatever I was reading would be lost and before I knew it the time was up and I failed to complete a task or a test. To make things worse I, was exhausted for the next class. I couldn't understand why I was so different. What did everyone else possess to make it so easy to read and understand so fast? In addition, I could barely understand verbal instructions. I didn't tell any of this to the doctors. At the time, I was too aggravated and shut down. In middle school I was diagnosed with ADD. I was prescribed Ritalin along with a list of other medications. I had adverse reactions to them as I became very violent. I had many bouts with my parents (God bless them, they never gave up on me). This went on for years. School was getting harder to understand, I was going through adolescence, and there seemed to be nowhere to go. I made the decision to stop taking medication. I wanted to do things on my own. I then applied to a community college. I was given the option to take a remedial class for Reading and English. I failed at both. I never went to college. After many years I became a pro at hiding my "ADD". I found ways to "Make it by" through the act of BS. There were certain conversations I would avoid. I found ways around taking tests, and If I had to, I found a way to pass by the skin of my teeth. I've always struggled.
Presently, I am 36 years old and hold a good position at a respectable company. It's now getting more difficult to hide. There are tests I have to take for work and I am still the last to complete. I have failed at several and the days are exhausting. Having thought it was always ADD, I never looked at the possibility of Dyslexia. Recently someone at work mentioned that I get tested for Dyslexia. After reading several posts it seems that I have more in common with the issue than I would have thought.
Could anyone advise where I would go to get help? Are you tested for Dyslexia or is it just assumed? Thanks in advance for any help.
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