Dyslexia but with numbers?

I'm definitely not dyslexic with letters/ words. I don't mix up letters while reading and am a fast reader (paying attention to the information and committing it to memory is a whole other thing, though lol). However, with numbers, I frequently misread digits, write/ read them in a different order, transpose them, etc. I also skip over numbers when I see them in readings just as a default. If something has statistics data, my brain just blips it out. I'm not sure it's Dyscalculia because I can do basic mental math, remember my times tables well enough to get around, and count backwards. Could just be me not wanting to deal with numbers due to trauma from being screamed at during math homework and subsequently never asking for help again? (Asian parents lmao) It's mostly the mixing numbers in order and not being able to recall sequences of numbers. I never recall the last digit of my license plate even though everyone tells me it's so easy to remember?? Anyone experience this?

I have this challenge from time to time as well. One time I was helping my boyfriend at the time pay his phone bill online and I mixed up the last two numbers of the phone number and ended up paying towards someone’s else’s phone bill 😬

theadhudgotme

I cracked up I'm sorry 😆 this would be a great sitcom situation - I hope you got the money back though?

Dyslexia with numbers is called dyscalcula, common for people to have. Numbers and letters are the most common ones and there are strategies to help if you look for them

addmama

Yes, I flip the numbers too. It's very obvious when I, let's say, run a cash register. I've learned to expect and accept it while I question myself with every number I look at. Now, I had dyslexia as a youngster but you wouldn't believe me today. While researching dyslexia or dyscalcula, I've learned nobody actually grows out of it but with support and practice, they can achieve success and nobody knows unless they disclose the information like I'm doing now. I'm a senior in college but not currently attending. (Seven kids in a blended family.)

theadhudgotme

The panic when cashiering I feel :') What kind of practice has helped you?

YKPWRLD

Another example Id e backwards thinking of an a in split sec, after the 1st grade I rarely ever made mistakes with alphabets tho and I've always been a great reader and speller my teachers always would offer me to take honors English cause I would out spell and read better than most "normal" people

YKPWRLD

A lot of people misread dyslexic as seeing things backwards because thats what we we're taught it is but it isn't, I'm dyslexic I don't see things backwards I just read ahead or write ahead without paying attention or like when I was younger exp: I'd be thinking of 2 but will write a 5 because I'm not paying attention and kinda like somethings I'll write o for a g because I forgot to add the rest.

theadhudgotme

Mildly alarmed at relating to some of these experiences... thank you for sharing, I may have to do a lil more research

YKPWRLD

That's actually what I do as a dyslexic but our brain processes images faster and it gets rid of all the "unnecessary" little things all at once it's the creative mind we dump out useless things quick just Dyslexic does it more often than someone with ADHD which also leaves more error for us

addmama

I've decided that I take in the information correctly but the speed that my brain processes (fast and slow at the same time somehow) spits out the answer backwards.

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