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10 Jan 2014, 2:14 pm

Whenever I read, it's like my brain doesn't process what I read. I have to read it 3+ times for my brain to process whatever it is. It's like I lose focus and I completely disregard half of the sentence. Is this an Asperger's trait alone, or is this ADHD/ADD? Anyone else experience this?

What sucks this happens really bad when I do tests over the phone with my teachers (home school).



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10 Jan 2014, 2:21 pm

I always thought it was a reading comprehension thing and if you can't get a clear picture in your head, you won't understand what it says.


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10 Jan 2014, 4:35 pm

yes, i have this too, my therapist said its because i have a low Verbal I.Q and am not really born into the 'english' language. i also have a slow information processing, so i have to read something slowly


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10 Jan 2014, 4:46 pm

Yes. I can read a whole page of a book - out loud - and have no idea what it said.



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10 Jan 2014, 4:54 pm

Could be an ADD/ADHD thing, could just be depleted cognitive resources.



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10 Jan 2014, 5:26 pm

That's what happens to me when I read text books, especially math, physics and chemistry. By the end of the sentence I have no idea how it started. Even other subjects can have that effect if it's dry.

I don't have that problem in fiction, except for the mind-numbingly boring ones, like "Of mice and men" and Hamsun.

It's not a general problem, it only happens with subjects that are hard to get, boring or dryly written.


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10 Jan 2014, 5:29 pm

I have this down to a processing issue/ADHD/learning disorder. OK, so I haven't quite worked out what it is but it's something I deal with a lot. I tend to self-medicate when I read.

I get the problem with fiction too especially because it's general written in lofty descriptive sentences and not just a bunch of facts written down. Sometimes it's easier to just read a science book. Then again I am more interested in it.


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