Can an adult become dyslexic?

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Lately I've been having trouble with reading. I either miss words out or I see words that aren't there, or a word turns into another word. I'm good at writing and spelling though, but actual reading seems to have become challenging. Could it be lack of focus rather than dyslexia? Or just below average reading skills? I've never been much of a reader anyway, but I seemed OK with reading in school, and didn't need to be tested for dyslexia or anything. Anyway, one can't possibly be dyslexic but be a good writer and a speller, can they?

But anyway, the question is, is it possible for an adult to become less able to read properly? Because that seems to be the case with me, and it is not an eyesight problem because I do not require reading glasses.

Unless one had a stroke or a TIA (transient ischemic accident), I don’t see how an adult could “acquire” dyslexia.

I bet it’s your anxiety causing this.

I'm not dyslexic, but I have had embarrassing misreads and times when my mind wanders when reading particularly boring material.

I don’t think so.

I've always been really good at reading and writing, and yet I still sometimes make mistakes.

I hate when I do that, it reminds me that I'm (ugh) human.

Oh that's OK then, I thought I was becoming dyslexic. I don't think it's anxiety-related, as I'm OK with writing. I write numerous posts here without hardly any mistakes, and I'm always writing stories.

I misread words all the time and I think this is normal which is why all have to go over what we read.

I don't think it's possible to all of a sudden have troubles reading unless you had a head injury or a stroke or starting getting dementia or if you were a child and got older and the reading just got harder when you didn't have troubles with it before because it got too advanced for you.

I would say that anything is possible. For example. they say that some people with Autism can become more sensitive as they grow older, before eventually becoming deaf due to age.

I am much more hypersensitive to sound than i used to be. I believe that when i was younger, say during my early teen age years, my testosterone was high, and i lived in a fairly low sensory area. So noise sensitivity didn't upset me as much as it did when i grew older.

When i grew older, my testosterone dropped to major low levels (which can cause depression in itself, and depression, if left untreated leads to brain damage, which also then causes anxiety)... Anxiety and depression both can cause brain fog.

Hormonal levels can cause brain fog.
Some vitamin and mineral deficiencies can cause brain fog. (B12 deficiency can make you super tired)
Dehydration can cause brain fog.

So there are all sorts of possible causes to cognitive dysfunction.

Although i am no neural scientist, i would say that if brain damage occurs to the part of the brain that deals with short term memory and or linguistic and written communication, then sure. it is possible that you can become dyslexic, although generally speaking it isn't generally a consideration.

If i were you I would consider doing the following:
Get a hormone, diabetes, vitamin and mineral blood tests from you doctor.
Identify any deficiencies and resolve them.

Rehydrate, perhaps with rehydration salts. and or isotonic drinks.
Get a good nights sleep.
See how you feel then.

Dyslexia, as I understand it, is a specific thing: you transpose syllables.

Put things in the wrong order. If that's not what you're doing than it isn't dyslexia.

Vision can and usually does change.

I would recommend seeing an ophthalmologist(not an optometrist) to rule out any eye diseases. An ophthalmologist is an M.D. an optometrist is not.