Question by : Could I be dyslexic?!?
Iam a 22 year old female, and I just recently underwent an extensive cognitive exam to determine whether I may be affected by Inattention or ADD. The exam covered a vast amount of ground, but it seemed that my main areas of problem arose during the verbal/ vocab and spelling portions. Sometimes I have a hard time with pronunciations of words that I may know and use in writing. I think it’s important to mention that English is my second language and I’ve been speaking it for 11 years. I graduated high school with honors and at the top of my class. I attend an Ivy league university and I just recently graduated with honors and have since moved on to work on my masters degree at the same university. I am hoping to attend law school after.

Today, during the exam, I was asked for definitions of some difficult vocabulary and later I was given a spelling test. I was so nervous and frustrated during both that I contemplated leaving the session. I get really worked up and stressed when I feel like I should know something, but go “blank” when the time comes.

I have been doing well in college especially with a heavy reading load. however, I’m concerned that I don’t function efficiently when it comes to school work. this made me pursue the exam to determine whether there is something wrong. I usually perform very poorly on standardized testing, especially on the reading and comprehension potions. But, I seem to be doing fine in college.

I’m worried about my future when it comes to the LSATs and also law school.

Do you think I may have dyslexia? or could this be an anxiety issue? or inattention?
9 hours ago – 4 days left to answer.

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Answer by cowgirl
i am dyslexic, there is such wonderful things to help you these days, like a program called dragon. you talk, it types.
anyways, you must be told your a dyslexic by a doctor. there are standers that need to be met, and they can help you find out whats going on.
best of luck to you

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Question by : Could I be dyslexic?!?
Iam a 22 year old female, and I just recently underwent an extensive cognitive exam to determine whether I may be affected by Inattention or ADD. The exam covered a vast amount of ground, but it seemed that my main areas of problem arose during the verbal/ vocab and spelling portions. Sometimes I have a hard time with pronunciations of words that I may know and use in writing. I think it’s important to mention that English is my second language and I’ve been speaking it for 11 years. I graduated high school with honors and at the top of my class. I attend an Ivy league university and I just recently graduated with honors and have since moved on to work on my masters degree at the same university. I am hoping to attend law school after.

Today, during the exam, I was asked for definitions of some difficult vocabulary and later I was given a spelling test. I was so nervous and frustrated during both that I contemplated leaving the session. I get really worked up and stressed when I feel like I should know something, but go “blank” when the time comes.

I have been doing well in college especially with a heavy reading load. however, I’m concerned that I don’t function efficiently when it comes to school work. this made me pursue the exam to determine whether there is something wrong. I usually perform very poorly on standardized testing, especially on the reading and comprehension potions. But, I seem to be doing fine in college.

I’m worried about my future when it comes to the LSATs and also law school.

Do you think I may have dyslexia? or could this be an anxiety issue? or inattention?
9 hours ago – 4 days left to answer.

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Answer by Odd Olga
Dyslexia usually pops up when teachers at the school realise that the child is having problems. Normally picked up around the age of 6 or 7. Common signs of dyslexia are spelling words backwards: dog instead of god. Sometimes they cannot see the differences between letters and numbers: mistaking 5 for S, or E for 3.

In a way I think that you may be answering your own question here. The fact that English isn’t your first language. English is also my second language (I speak 3 fluently) and sometimes I also have difficulty pronouncing words, especially more complex ones (I say them phonetically and people have to correct me sometimes). It’s got nothing to do with stupidity or dyslexia, it’s just your trying to make sense of an English word in a foreign language.

Perhaps you are just nervous when it comes to spelling. You subconsciously believe that you are at a disadvantage. I sometimes get stuck because Language A is my home language but because I was schooled in English and Language C only I have problems spelling my home language. I was schooled in English and did my tertiary education in English, but in the area I work most of my staff and clients speak Language C. In my head, all languages are at loggerheads with each other. Sometimes I only know terms in a particular one and it can get quite confusing trying to make sense out of 3 languages which are battling each other in my head.

I don’t think dyslexia is your problem since it would have popped up in childhood already. I think you may just be nervous and put yourself down. The fact that you are already on your Master’s is an indication that you are intelligent and can comprehend. When you are nervous you can tend to go blank. It happens to all of us – just try to relax. I know its hard. And unless you’ve been using a lot of spell check I can’t see anything wrong with your use of English.

Good luck!

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