It certainly appears as though you have a busy plate with child care, school, and some of your health care concerns. You might try to focus less on everything and instead take a few small steps to improve one area. This might reduce your stress and help gain some confidence? Certainly, anxiety and depression can seriously impair a person’s ability to stay focused on reading anatomy textbooks, listening to speed lectures, and memorizing. Add ADHD to the mix you can quickly become overwhelmed. I have a few suggestions that have help me somewhat deal with school work.

Regarding Passing Anatomy & Physiology courses:
This content is all about lecture and memorization and if you are going into a health care profession….There is no way around it, this is basic information that you need to know and likely need to do well in the course. There are no shortcuts for memorizing content --drill & practice works.

FLASH CARDS! I know THEY SUCK! But they work, especially if you make the cards yourself. For example learning the muscles think about organizing your cards in different ways: by individual muscle (One side of the card has the name the other lists its origin, insertion, innervations, location, actions), by groups, by locations, by innervations. Carry the cards with you everywhere and look at them frequently. Get your daughter involved by having her quiz you. Play anatomy simon says with her.

The Anatomy Coloring Book series- This was my favorite. They have different additions for different structures. You can color code structures based on anything you want location function whatever.

Develop stupid Acronyms and mnemonics to help you remember things: My favorite was “Some, Lovers, Try, Positions, That, They, Can’t, Handle” for remembering the bones of the wrist . The one for cranial nerves…I can’t post that one.

Anatomy Software: Did your textbook come with a CD or online supplement? Some of these are really good. They have quizzes, lots of pictures, etc..

Does your school offer a tutoring center? A &P courses are usually high enrollment courses and your tutoring center likely has tutors and study groups available. Personally, I’d recommend a study group of 3 maybe 4 students max (more than that it becomes more distracting than helpful.)

Scan your classmates. Are there any older returning students in your anatomy class? If so, make it a point to interact with them and see if they are doing well in the course. These students in general are more focused; more organized, and make good reliable study partners.

See if your school has an academic support department that helps students with various disabilities. You may not have to be “identified” with a disability to get some help. They will likely have some really good study tips and ideas.

If you are having trouble focusing and reading the long boring chapters, Many textbooks are available in audio format (.mp3 files). You can go online to the publisher's Website and request an audio copy. This way you could listen to the text in addition to reading it.

I only recently started taking medication for my ADHD, but in college I figured out if I worked out before sitting down to study, I was able to focus a little better. If you don’t like exercise maybe taking a hot bath or doing something relaxing before studying could help you.

Good luck and Welcome to PC