The subjects I'm taking are bio, chem, maths and further maths and I want to do medicine in the future. I know further maths is not required for medicine, and so far, I've found the lessons quite stressful. Further maths takes quite a lot of time, because I have about 4 hours of lessons every week and homework usually can take up to about 5-6 hours to complete. Plus, I'm not naturally good at maths; I got a decent grade for gcse maths but for maths competitions, like the ukmt, I typically get a bronze or participation.
However, I thought that perhaps taking further maths would help me to become better at 'ordinary maths'. Further maths covers the content in maths a lot quicker, so I assumed that I would have become better at maths when it comes to it. I like maths but only to an extent, i.e. I enjoy maths when I finally figure out how to do the question, and some aspects of it are just intriguing. But I don't want maths to eat up my time when there are so many other things I could be doing for 10 hours every week, coupled with the fact that it won't really help me for the degree I want to do.
Another consideration is taking further maths as an AS level (I think my school offers it). However, just the idea of sitting an official a level exam gets me on my nerves, and considering how horrible of a place I am in now, I don't think I'd even pass the exam if I were to sit it in less than a year from now.
Any advice?