When I am maniac or depressed, my ability to focus on the words is impaired. I switch things and cannot concentrate and miss the meanings. I have to be careful of this during these times, knowing that I have to devote extra time to readings and materials so that I am extra careful with interpretations. Frustrating but have accepted it now.

Have you ever met with anyone to discuss a learning disability as a possibility, that there might be help to turn things around when you read. This also helped me when this was discovered in the mists of everything else; the MI issues compounded it and also disguised it for me. There are techniques to help with processing the characters and minimize the frustration.