Hurrah! You are not alone.
I am a dyslexic soc sci research student & share my office with 2 other dyslexic research students who are computer scientists.
I went through my entire school career ( bottom set for everything, extra lessons at lunchtime etc) & a BA before I was diagnosed.
It was only during my MA after I had watched a documentary on dyslexia and thought hang on a minute, that's me - that is and took myself along to student services. After answering a vast questionaire , showing them an example of my hand written notes and an indepth interview -they agreed to send me along to an educational psychologist who formally diagnosed me.
Many my problems are with short term memory, syntax and grammar & anything that requires sequencing. For instance I can't remember any telephone numbers even my Mum's who has had the same number for 12 years. Supposing you said to me 1,2,3,4,5,6 then I could repreat back to you but it would come out 6,5,4,3,2,1. I am hopeless with directions, can't ride a bike or drive a car.