Anxiety? Depresion? PTSD? Alcohol induced chemical imbalance?
Once school got out I my drinking, smoking cigars, and dipping picked up significantly. One day I started to notice some withdrawals so I chilled for a bit until they went away. Then I started up again accept with less frequency. Two days after my last drinking episode I began to feel a bit depersonalized and realized I could not focus in a summer class. It felt like there was some gunk in my brain screwing up my thought process. I really could not think like I used to. I also didn’t seem to care about much anymore. I began to freak out as if something was terribly wrong, and know I have figured that that made it much worse. My symptoms happened to coincide with a deadly brain disease so I was convinced I had it. I prepared myself for death for about two days as I waited to see a neurologist. I was pretty sure I had the disease and that death and much suffering were imminent. The neurologist assured me nothing was wrong. I began to search all day for a explanation of my symptoms. I saw a phycologist who suggested it could be anxiety. The symptoms began to occupy my thoughts constantly. One of the most distressing symptoms is that I have absolutely no emotion. No excitement. No drive to do anything. This is particularly distressing because I used to be as happy as a teen can be and very driven. There was a stretch were I was extremely anxious about my condition not going away before school started or not going away ever. This faded as I seeked anxiety help on the internet. After it faded I became very depressed due to the fact that I have no emotion. I am also very easily agitated. I have been trying to self diagnose for about a month now and I seem to be getting no where. Does anyone know what this could be? Anxiety? Depression? PTSD? or maybe a chemical imbalance induced by alcohol?
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I would guess anxiety or depression and you self medicate with alcohol which is not a healthy idea. Alcohol is a depressant, it slows you down making you more depressed. I urge you to seek the help of your doctor.
Relax.
You say you have no emotion, but clearly you’re wrong.
Distressed, depersonalized, fear, insight, depression, agitation, all contain emotion. Lots of emotion, mostly negative.
You say you have no drive, but clearly your passion at the moment is to analyze yourself. Even psychologists and psychiatrists know better than to try to self-diagnose.
No excitement? Look at what you’ve put yourself through. The near death stress alone is a pure adrenaline trip. Again high-level negative emotion, that equals anxiety. Excited misery. The psychologist nailed it and you choose to dismiss him.