Mystery Diagnosis ???

Hello,
Recently, I have begun to notice that I may have a learning disability of some kind. I never noticed it all through high school, mostly because I didn’t do the work, so there was no way I would have been able to pick up on it. It seems to be a processing disorder of some kind…it affects both visual and auditory learning. The first problem I picked up on was reading. I started studying on my own, and realized I wasn’t learning anything, despite my best efforts. No matter how hard I try, I can’t retain what I read for more than a few seconds. I can retain bits and pieces, but that is all. Thinking back over my adolescent years, I was never able to pick up any information through reading. I just never really realized that I had a problem. I thought that maybe since I couldn’t learn through reading, I could learn through listening to the material instead, possibly by using books on tape. But I’ve come to realize that I have the same problem with listening. If someone reads something to me, I can’t retain hardly and of it. I’ve been attending some lectures, and I have a problem recalling anything I learn from those lectures, even right after the lecture is done. I do better with auditory learning, but there is still a problem. I’m not sure if the auditory problem is normal, or if there is an actual problem. My biggest concern is the reading because I am planning on attending a technical college where the teaching is based on reading books, and I don’t know what I can do to make it through college. I’ve tried to find a diagnosis of what I may have, but so far I haven’t been able to find anything that fits me and I’m wondering…is there a diagnosis that I am not finding? I really would like to find a diagnosis so I can find a way to learn with this disability, and I’m afraid if I don’t get some kind of help I won’t be able to do college. So, does anyone out there have any information about what my problem could be? I would really, really, appreciate any information you could give me. Email me at jshultz@utah.gov if you can give me any help.

Thanks!

Christian