Stressing myself out because I can't read

Probably because of ECT and my meds, but my focus and comprehension are shot. I'm supposed to read ~80 pages by Wednesday and take a quiz on it, but the words just don't mean anything to me. The voices aren't helping either. I'm tempted to take my old Olanzapine PRN, but I don't know if there's any interactions with my other meds because it's been a while and my meds have changed. How do I fix this?

I am so sorry. Can you call your pdoc and ask if there is anything you can do to help? I don't think it is a good idea to take something prn unless your doc prescribes it that way.

Do you drink coffee? Make a huge pot of it and down it.

What is it you are reading? That is a lot to read. Is it interesting or pretty boring?

I wonder if you can ask at the school you are attending if they have a copy of that book/chapter/whatever on audiotape or something? Seems like they should to accommodate students who cannot see well, maybe even for dyslexia. BP is a recognized federal disability too. If they have it, maybe an audiobook would be the way to go. Doesn't hurt to ask.

I agree with asking about accommodations, I get disability accommodations with my college, just had to have my doctor send them a letter explaining my diagnosis (sza bipolar)

Please contact your pdoc for help with meds.

I am concerned that downing a pot of coffee may only make you jittery and unable to sleep. You could try a cup of coffee if you have an okay reaction to coffee/caffeine.

I am tending to think your current state may not be helped much by any stimulant. Yet, there again, please talk to your pdoc.

If you are in school, you can ask for accommodations for your illness. Others here know more about this. I hope they will come along and comment. ( Edit: Blue_Bird and I were writing at the same time. )

Wednesday will come quickly, as you know. I hope you can get some help soon.

Please let us know how you are doing?

I am so sorry you are suffering.

WC

Thanks for all the responses guys. I have an appt next week with the pdoc. I don't want to admit that I'm still hearing voices and feeling like a cat with it's butt sewn shut because he'll probably increase the clozaril and I'll be even fatter and more tired. I don't handle caffeine very well.
My school doesn't handle accommodations very well. I'd probably be worse off with an audiobook than the text (it's a chapter of the the philosophy textbook I need to read). I don't know if there's anything they could do that would actually help me out.
I'm not doing well. I mean I'm okay but just snowflakes are crawling in my ears and putting thoughts in my head. The dishes are calling. Thanks again.

I don't know how much this will help but I am also in school and working full time, I don't know how I am managing it at all; but I notice that if I stay up too late working on school work words will sometimes become scrambled on my laptop, almost like I'm dyslexic when I'm not. That's an usual indication that I have spend too much staring at a computer and that I'm just exhausted. I don't know what to do about the voices, but like everyone has said some schools do offer accommodations to help you get through. Most schools do what you to pass and succeed. This post probably isn't the most helpful and I do apologize, I wish you the best with that assignment. I always find that if I am really interested in it's not so bad to get through the assignment.

I put some "focus music" on from youtube and actually put my glasses on and read the chapter review, good enough for a 70 on the test. I'm still incredibly fidgety though, but that doesn't matter because Socrates is dead.