u/Character-Cloud-2388

I'm just about to finish my 1st year studying BSc Physics, and I've hated my course since week 1. I've been really struggling with the Maths aspect of the course because I'm a Scottish student who didn't do Advanced Higher Maths at a university that caters towards A Levels and overall doing work and studying has been awful I've tried to get support but all I get is told to "read the questions" and "go to my classes" which shockingly enough I have already been doing. I failed my entire 1st semester, other than my elective and this semester I've only had one exam so far, which I had to pull out of 45 minutes in due to anxiety. I saw this coming because the week leading up to the exam, I was physically unable to study due to this anxiety. I'm still set to continue sitting my other 2 exams as normal, but I just feel done with the course as a whole, so it's been hard for me to motivate myself to study. However, an external factor that has been affecting my ability to study is that I definitely have ADHD, but haven't been diagnosed, and I desperately need to be medicated for it, so I'm unsure whether the course is the main problem or if I'll start being able to do the course normally and regain my passion for the subject if I get diagnosed and medicated. As an alternative, I have considered switching my course to Earth Sciences, as that is something that also interests me, but I have some concerns. First of all, I don't know whether to do 1st or 2nd year entry if I decide to switch. I want to do 2nd year entry as I meet the entry requirements for it and want more flexibility in terms of my funding, as SAAS allows for one extra year, which I want to save for if I need to repeat a year or switch to the integrated master's programme. However, I am worried that the 2nd year entry will be too difficult, especially since I haven't done geography or biology in school. My other concern is job prospects. I studied Physics because I had a clear-cut plan of going into Medical Physics but I have no clue what you can do with an Earth Sciences degree.

physics student here just about to complete 1st year and i'm wanting to change my course because i've failed everything and the way that physics is taught here has just killed any passion i once had for the subject. my top choice for an alternative course is earth sciences as that is something that also interests me but i'm wondering how it would be, particularly as someone who didn't do geography or biology in school. for reference i'm a scottish student with highers AAAABC (incl. physics, chemistry, maths) + advanced higher physics at A. i also qualify for direct entry and want to do that so i have more flexibility with funding as SAAS only allows for 1 extra year of funding but i don't know whether or not it will be too hard especially considering i haven't done geography since S2.

1st year physics student in the uk, got an upcoming maths exam and got a couple of questions

1. how do i stop myself from overcomplicating otherwise simple questions? i keep getting answers completely wrong because my brain decides that it requires a more complicated solution than what is actually required but i can't seem to stop doing that.

2. what do i do with topics that refuse to stick in my brain? i practice topics such as u-substitution and linear differential equations so many times but i always forget how to do them straight after.