no i have same thing ,with me somone is talking . im looking at them i know there talking to me ,but i cannot understand and have no idea what they just said,it so hard to focues somtimes i think it ptsd ,hugs minnie

I am like minnieha. But I can relate to the reading something as well. I was going to a community college about 3-4 yrs back and I completed enough to get a certificate in Medical transcription but I wanted to get my Associates Degree in Medical Assisting. But when I would read the lesson i had no idea what I was reading. I would read it several times and then I just gave up trying. I regret that decision but I had to do what was right for me at that time. I am now doing some classes online due to the fact of my panic attacks to crowds. But it is not in the medical field. this is just for my personal interests. I hope you find some pointer that you can pass on. Be well.

Very common to me. I am enrolled in online classes that seriously kick my butt because when I am in a fog or just entering a fog, I have the same problem. I thought for the longest time it was an eyeglass issue! I have not found anything that works either, I usually just lay it down and come back another time.

i visualize my mental capability as fragmented at times, like broken glass on a floor. It is all there, just scattered and requiring a lot of work to gather and reconnect. Perhaps this is why this happens when we read sometimes.It is our COMPREHENSION that is failing, not our mental state or our intellect, but because COMPREHENSION is required, it takes a COMPREHENSIVE effort that maybe we are sometimes not capable of because of the fragmentation?

Minnieha, I have had this as well during conversation. My family sometimes calls me "Gramps" because I will look at them and say "start over, I did not get any of that!"

My scariest experience with this phenomena has occurred driving. Several weeks ago I found myself in town on a road I never travel. Not so bad except I was not heading to town when I left and have no memory of turning or driving the 20+ miles out of my way!

Sorry so wordy. Probably should have answered in shorter sentences since none of us can read well anymore:)

Obviously I am in a mod to share, huh? Jenny has a good point with large print. I recently changed the font size on my computer and it helped.
Another piece of imput I might give at risk of offending someone (and I hope I don't) is this:
Scripture in particular is a living word. It is spoken although it is written, the voice of a creator attempting to communicate. allow yourself the grace to receive a message rather than pressuring yourself to read and understand. Sometimes we pressure ourselves simply because we know we have frailties and we miss the simplest things. If you cannot focus on a page, a chapter or a verse, sit for a moment and think...thousands of years, hundreds of thousands of people, hundreds of countries and somehow, you hold a copy...you are special just because of that even if you can't read a single word today. I believe thee is a spirit that surpasses the words. Lat THAT talk to you when you're struggling.

chasing4life..do you think you might have had a dissociative episode when you drove 20 miles out of the way with no recall?
I used to dissociate 4-5 times a week while I drove...very frightening. It's gotten much better now..only about once every two weeks now.

no i have that same probem since i began taking meds