Uni Work and not going insane

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First off, I've had a pretty long absence from the forums, so hi again everybody!

Secondly, and importantly, is why I've returned to WrongPlanet after trying to be self-sufficient without it and other external crutches using the resources provided by my university, family and friends. I'm seriously suffering at university, essentially. I can't seem to get a grasp on Uni work. I can only work on it under intense pressure. My focus wanders like it did when I was a child, and I cannot seem to get it under wraps, and often am easily distracted. I know this is textbook, but there was a time where it didn't affect me as much. It's intensely frustrating, and I'll be honest, I've had a lot of aspie "meltdowns", where I've cried and had problems breathing due to panic and anxiety. I really do not know what I should do, because there's a 50/50 chance I don't get this submitted and fail this particular module, as coursework suits me far better than Exams do, and generally saves me from poor or average exam results.

Is there any techniques you guys can recommend to me? I'm literally at my wit's end for help and I remembered my account on WrongPlanet, and I thought my fellow aspies could help. Thank you. <3

I would provide the university disability office with autism documentation, and then ask for accommodations (if you haven't already). Then buy a handheld recorder for class. There are models that have a USB connection so you can plug it right into your computer. Then review each class and make notes that you can memorize.

It's time consuming, but I always got an A+ while doing this. I'm not autistic but I have a neurological disorder and can't take that many notes by hand. There's something else you can get where you make a brief note on a special notepad and then when you touch the special pen to the note, the voice recording from that time plays on your recorder. I'm sorry, I don't remember the name of this technology, but you could probably google it.

Accommodations could also get you longer time taking a test, permission to take it just in front of your professor instead of in-class, or anything else that might help you with your specific difficulties.

If stuff is just boring, it can help to read a wiki about a book before reading the actual book. Then you'll have an idea of what it's about and are less likely to get lost on what it's about.

My final piece of advice is to let it go if you're not good at something. Average marks are the same as high marks when you get out into the workplace. As long as you have the degree, no one will care.

Hang in there! It'll be worth it!

Maybe you should try asking the teacher if you can stay home and only attend class on test days? I find that attending lectures is counterproductive, since I can't understand certain subjects through spoken word anyway. If that's a problem for you, you should ask your teacher to make the accommodations for you that they would make for a deaf person.

I admit, I'm having the same problem.... I don't mind working on the online MOOC classes that I'm not graded on, but the classes that I get credit for in school... well, the fear of getting a bad grade causes me to be more nervous about doing work in those classes. I have internal meltdowns quite frequently these days (that is, I can control my behavior, but on the inside I am crying and screaming and no more able to concentrate than if I were crying and screaming on the outside) even though I never used to melt down before, and I just want to study the subjects that I'm passionate about but I can't study them and get credit for it because I'm not allowed to go to that kind of college and just knowing that makes me want to cry more... I feel like I have to solve a Millennium prize problem just to be considered for transfer since I can't seem to get good grades no matter how easy a subject is and I'm even having the urge to drop out of school just so I can fully concentrate on that but I know that if I did then nobody would take me seriously; even if I did solve a Millennium prize problem or did some kind of original math research I would either be taken for a crackpot or have my ideas stolen...

I'm in exactly the same position just dont feel motivated to do anything as i dont understand the majority of the work just hope i pass