Sorry if stupid to ask. Anyone have expertise in STEM?

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I am wondering if this is autism related.

Is anyone here very solid in the sciences but horrible with Statistics..?

Do you have trouble with math in general, or is it statistics specifically?
(If it's just statistics, that might suggest difficulty with probabilistic thinking, rather than numbers per se.)

Thank you for your response. I'm sorry to mention that it is a confusing situation. I will try to explain...

Until the age of 25/26, I did not know I had pretty severe generalised epilepsy. My doctors thought the issues were psychological, even including schizoaffective/psychosis. (That is just wild but interesting to me!) But I was not getting better after constant and continual treatment.

So this epilepsy made me think very spiritually and abstractly and conceptually philosophically non-empirically even though that wasn't really true to my values. I was beginning to become constantly confused.

I started an anticonvulsant in 2019 and it soon after started to finally calm down the intense aphasia and other issues. I still have seizures but I can now read and understand science textbooks and feel much more like myself.

Statistics was going decently, I was actually getting As on my exams since I was definitely interested in Statistics when I was in high school when I was seizing (lol). However, a few days ago, I felt this part of me that was spiritual/philosophical COMPLETELY leave my body. (I hope you won't think I am crazy for this). And I am really interested in facts and actual precision now. But am I good in other maths? I am not sure at all, I did not take any maths at my past university and Statistics is the only math class I am taking now.

It sounds like the medication may be causing significant cognitive disturbances. I'm not sure whether it has anything to do with statistics – might be more like something to discuss with your doctor to see if you need a medication adjustment or an alternative?

Maths come and go for me, according to how much I have to use them in my work.

It may just be a matter of finding the right method of instruction. There are different ways of learning stuff. I am lucky in that I can understand several ways simultaneously, which means I am great and explaining how to do stuff. I can teach stuff almost as fast as I learn it! I went to a prep school and could explain stuff we just covered in class.

I am an Electrical Engineer.  Science and Maths are my favorite subjects.  No problems!

Self identifying Aspie here. My strengths are in science (PhD in Chemistry), math and history. I often see the world in numbers (matrices) and vectors.

If you see the world in pictures and someone tries to teach you in terms of numbers you may have difficulty comprehending what they are saying.

I'm in Computer Science and Cybersecurity and to be honest, I love statistics. It's my favorite. I've always had a thing where I found memorizing numbers and letters and combinations of the two (such as license plate numbers and WiFi codes) to be something I'm good at. However, I know some autistic people who aren't great with numbers as well as some who have more success in English/Language Arts and I think it varies from person to person.

If you are struggling right now with your statistics course, is there any chance you can get some extra help from your professor, a classmate, or a tutor? I think BTDT has a good point also with maybe the instruction of your class is making it harder. I definitely believe that everybody learns in different ways. Also, the medication could be a factor too. I'm not an expert though, perhaps it is something you could ask your psychiatrist about? Good luck

I'm gonna ask my neurologist tomorrow in the morning at my appointment with her.

Last edited by love2connect on 29 Apr 2020, 4:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Hey, I think you have a point. Statistics doesn't deal with any sort of space-like qualities at all.

Computer science requires a great deal of novel thinking, I assume. I think in some respects it must be a very very creative field.

I speak with my neurologist tomorrow and my psychiatrist on Monday. Let's pray they have answers !
Thanks