Bad start to the semester...

I'm sure all of you are too familiar with the brain fog that accompanies the heavy medication we take...
It's given me some trouble at the beginning of my school semester as well
I started late because of registration problems so I wasn't able to start until a week and a half late for one of the classes I signed up for. Only..I missed the first day because I can't seem to wake up lately. And if I do then I can't stay awake for more than 8 hours.
In any case, I finally go to the floor to find the classroom, I am early, I have read everything I need to have read and turned in my online assignment. And then I can't find the classroom. And then I miss the class. And then I drop my jacket in the toilet, lose my debit card (cashier had it thank goodness), and so forth.
I just received a reply from my professor of this class to an email I had sent explaining everything, and she seemed really unhappy...it was borderline rude. I understand that she is peeved, but I am having a difficult time here...It's not as if I haven't been doing the work, but I apparently walked right by the classroom and looked RIGHT AT IT. It still didn't register.
She told me I might want to drop the class, but I can't because I need full time for my scholarships...

Just feeling puny because being absent-minded is hurting things :(

So so very sorry to hear what a time you've been having. We've all been there in some way. People not understanding and thinking we just have some inconvenient little bathroom issue. It's difficult to try and have someone realize what we go through but that's why we're here so everyone can come in and ***** and complain and know they're not alone in this. Keep pushing and you'll get through that class even if the teacher is being rude and smarmy.

As someone who will be a professor in a couple years, I would suggest that going and talking to your professor in person should make a significant difference in how he/she reacts. Most professors have heard every excuse in the book regarding missing class and they tend to be quite jaded/disbelieving that students actually have real reasons for missing (by saying this, I am not trying to defend your professor's rude comments, but merely tell you that a lot of professors have little patience for students, which is a significant fault on their part). By going and speaking to the professor in person, you are both showing your commitment to the class and giving the professor an opportunity to better interact with you about his/her expectations and your ability to meet them.

There should definitely be a disability advocate on campus as well as regulations requiring professors to accommodate students with special needs. If you are unsure about who that contact would be, I would either do a keyword search on your college's site or contact your student services office.