Adderall gives you A's

It also gets you expelled.

too scared to try it.

Aderall gave me the energy to study and concentrate on something completely irrelevant to my test. An A i did not receive

I have a terrible memory.

Sometimes I connect things I'm studying and make a cute little sentence involving pop-culture and just everyday activities.

Yeah, I've always had a good memory. I can't really empathize with you

What helps me a lot is seeing other people studying. So i go to libraries when i have to get **** done. Seeing so many people studying whenever you try to distract yourself from studying just makes you feel bad for doing so. And it motivates to see you're not the only one.

+the trick with the chewing gum works for me. I do that too actually. Not with a chewing gum but with a tea for instance. Just buy a random one you'd usually not drink and use it for studying and for the actual test as well.

I always high light important notes then I rewrite them in another book for revision. So when exams come by, I just re-read the notes and if I don't understand any of them, I practise until I do

I read somewhere that highlighting in yellow makes you remember things better

Also i used to go to the silent study/library coz i got too distracted at home and it was the only way i realised i would get things done

But top study tip is to go and study somewhere that takes a bit of effort to get to and then COMMIT yourself for like a serious length of time. Bring everything you need, laptop, water snacks, charger etc and just plow it out.

I would walk 20mins to uni and study in the library most Sundays at uni, arrive around 10/11 and stay until closing at 8pm and just thrash out assignments / readings / notes / presentation prep etc.

Edit: As nice as music is, no. How on earth could a distraction help you focus?

Music helps if the subject you're studying involves practice (repeating the same steps) and not actual memorizing, like Calculus.