Problems Adding Blogs to Reader

Is anyone else having problems with adding blog sites to their WP reader?

I am have a terrible time with the feature. Sometimes, I will add a site and it’ll appear in my list of ‘Blogs that I Follow,” only to disappear when the site it refreshed or reloaded.

And then every time I try to add a blog through my WP reader’s manage page, I’ll get the green ‘Followed’ message, which disappears instantly, then replaced by: “Sorry, there was a problem following ____________. Please try again.” The blank is the web address of the site I’d like to add to my WP reader.

And so far, though I’ve reached out for help from WP and their Forum, I’ve had no word back about correcting this problem. This is so frustrating!