I’m wondering if other people are symptomatically controlled enough to read. My head pain is getting the better of me right now and it’s hard to concentrate on long texts. Just want to commiserate.
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I manage, but I lose motivation and concentration pretty fast.
I love reading but I can only do it some days. I definitely have concentration issues.
Reading is more difficult for me than it used to be for sure. I’ve got some OCD problems the meds aren’t really covering, back when all I had was bipolar I used to take prozac for it.
I voted “I have some difficulty but still manage” because I can read long stretches of text, but I have to take breaks, otherwise I begin… I dunno how to describe it… kinda like my mind goes all fuzzy.
Oh I should have mentioned, I don’t have these problems with audio books, I can listen to one of those just fine. Right now I’m only listening to pirated audio books on youtube because I don’t want to spend money on audio books or a subscription to Amazon’s audio book service.
I can read about 200 pages over a few days (half a book on average) until i lose interest/move on to another book and do the same. I know a lot of beginnings to stories but never the endings which is sad if you think about it
I have no problem reading textbooks for school. But when I read for fun a lot of times I’ll get halfway through a book and not feel like reading the rest. About the best books for me now are “fluff”, just books that are light and funny and simple. So the last two books I read were the autobiography of Keith Richards and the story of the band Motley Crue. And as a matter if fact I started reading Mick Jaggar’s biography but I put it down and I didn’t finish it.
Appreciate the feedback on your guys’ reading experiences.
Benzos made reading difficult. Now I fear I read too much…
This past year I got back into reading. I fine now with fiction but still have a lot of trouble with nonfiction.
I had a year where I could not read books. Anything longer than a short post was too much. Maybe a really short online article.
This killed me inside because I supported my family as a writer. Words are my life.
Then a few months ago I could read again. It wasn’t just walls of text.
I read at night before going to sleep. Some nights I am able to concentrate and read a lot, other nights I can’t. Some books I have whizzed through and others have taken forever. So i’m kind of all over the place when it comes to reading.
I can read a few pages (15-20 pgs) before I can’t focus anymore. I end up starting many books, but never finishing.
My trouble reading started when my Lithium was added.
I read but not a lot. I peaked during middle and high school then gradually started reading less and less books. Now it’s mostly articles or short books, but will throw a long one in the mix occasionally.
I was physically sick for a few days, and the thought of reading did not appeal to me at all. Now I’m feeling much better, and the thought of picking up a book doesn’t sound bad.
I love reading and fortunately can read well even when I’m not so motivated to do other things. But at my worst - when severely depressed or hearing voices I cant read.
When I was in hospital i couldn’t concentrate on a book at all
My avolition is chronic but fortunately doesn’t affect my reading much. When I can’t read then I know I’m not doing so well.
I admit I cant read always. Like right now when I am too sad… But when I am calmer and less depressed I can enjoy a nice book yeap 
Sometimes I avoid too serious or depressing books too.
I read a lot, wish I had time to read more.