Elmo
11-17-04, 06:17 AM
I am planning on seeing a doctor in the near future to know for sure, but for know I just wanted to see people's opinions as to whether I am just being paranoid and wasting my time.
I am 16 years old, so I figured any learning disabilities should have been uncovered by now. However, after doing some reasearch I have found I have an alarming number of symptoms of dyslexia.
The following are a few I have found that are relevant to me:
"5. Do you find it difficult to remember the sense of what you have read?"
When I was younger, I was told I could read well but I wasn't actually understanding what I was reading, not taking anything in but just reading a book. Often in school we will get some handout, and I will read it then have no idea what the question is asking, and have to read the information several times.
"7.Is your spelling poor?"
On average it is ok, but just the other day it took me several minutes to write a simple word that I knew how to spell, and it was written in a text book in front of me.
" 8. Is your writing difficult to read? "
No one else can understand my handwriting, when I write I naturally go all over the page, and have difficulty keeping on the lines, and i will start a new line at a random distance from the margin.
"9. Do you get confused if you have to speak in public? "
I've never been a good public speaker, and lately I have been stuttering in normal speech.
"10. Do you find it difficult to take messages on the telephone and pass them on correctly? "
I forget everything
"12. Do you find it difficult to do sums in your head without using your fingers or paper? "
I do the highest level of maths at my school, but I can not do arithmetic in my head, nor work out money exchanges.
"13. When using the telephone, do you tend to get the numbers mixed up when you dial?"
I stop and redial the number about 5 times until im absolutely sure that I am correct
" 20. Did you find it hard to learn your multiplication tables at school? "
I still haven't learnt them at 16 years old, and i never understood the process of long division. Yet I am fine doing complex maths problems, although when I get to my final answer, If I have to do some arithmetic I will use a calculator, even if it is something really simple.
"Difficulty with buttons, laces, learning to ride a bike, swim, or catch a ball."
I am uncoordinated, can't play any sports and never learnt to ride a bike or swim.
I dont know if I am just being paranoid, but I thought that was an alarming number of symptoms that related to me. Unlike most things I read about dyslexia, I seem to be fine reading and writing to a degree, although english is my worst subject at school, i can not write good essays etc. This is the main thing that made me think I might just be paranoid, I am able to read and write pretty well, although I do have the problems listed above.
Thankyou for taking the time to read this, and any comments would be appreciated.
I am 16 years old, so I figured any learning disabilities should have been uncovered by now. However, after doing some reasearch I have found I have an alarming number of symptoms of dyslexia.
The following are a few I have found that are relevant to me:
"5. Do you find it difficult to remember the sense of what you have read?"
When I was younger, I was told I could read well but I wasn't actually understanding what I was reading, not taking anything in but just reading a book. Often in school we will get some handout, and I will read it then have no idea what the question is asking, and have to read the information several times.
"7.Is your spelling poor?"
On average it is ok, but just the other day it took me several minutes to write a simple word that I knew how to spell, and it was written in a text book in front of me.
" 8. Is your writing difficult to read? "
No one else can understand my handwriting, when I write I naturally go all over the page, and have difficulty keeping on the lines, and i will start a new line at a random distance from the margin.
"9. Do you get confused if you have to speak in public? "
I've never been a good public speaker, and lately I have been stuttering in normal speech.
"10. Do you find it difficult to take messages on the telephone and pass them on correctly? "
I forget everything
"12. Do you find it difficult to do sums in your head without using your fingers or paper? "
I do the highest level of maths at my school, but I can not do arithmetic in my head, nor work out money exchanges.
"13. When using the telephone, do you tend to get the numbers mixed up when you dial?"
I stop and redial the number about 5 times until im absolutely sure that I am correct
" 20. Did you find it hard to learn your multiplication tables at school? "
I still haven't learnt them at 16 years old, and i never understood the process of long division. Yet I am fine doing complex maths problems, although when I get to my final answer, If I have to do some arithmetic I will use a calculator, even if it is something really simple.
"Difficulty with buttons, laces, learning to ride a bike, swim, or catch a ball."
I am uncoordinated, can't play any sports and never learnt to ride a bike or swim.
I dont know if I am just being paranoid, but I thought that was an alarming number of symptoms that related to me. Unlike most things I read about dyslexia, I seem to be fine reading and writing to a degree, although english is my worst subject at school, i can not write good essays etc. This is the main thing that made me think I might just be paranoid, I am able to read and write pretty well, although I do have the problems listed above.
Thankyou for taking the time to read this, and any comments would be appreciated.