i think how you should study organic chemistry is something you really need to find out for yourself. nobody is going to give you some amazing tip that saves your butt, at least not a tip that you dont already know. if what youre doing now isnt working, try something else. it really is that simple, and dont base it off how you may study for all your other classes. orgo is different for a lot of people. it would have been best if youd been experimenting with study methods last semester and not just now thinking about it, but oh well.
i for one have found my ideal method. when i first started, i read the chapters ahead of time, went to class, did every problem in the book, reread the chapters etc, i could have recited the text almost, BUT id sit down for the test and poof, id go blank. id joked about drinking a beer beforehand, and it probably would have been a good idea but ive yet to try it. next i tried flash cards, poof, same result. id walk out of the test and could again tell you every thing there was to know, i was just stressing out way too much. finally, i was so swamped with work for another class, i stopped going to chem, hadnt read a thing until the weekend before (monday night tests). i read once, glanced over the solutions to the end of chapter ?s, and then just sat with the nice list of rxns my book has as i watched movies. id accepted the fact that id fail, or with the curve probably get a B- or C heh, turns out i got one of the highest grades in the class, shoulda tried that a long time ago.