When I was young, life was so perfect... I had a huge circle of social contact, always taking charge of things and demonstrating great leadership potential, was not afraid of social interactions at all, in fact I thrived in it, always in the centre of attention, had remarkable problem solving skills, loads of energy, hard working,did really well in pretty much anything...
The only negative things I can think of is I had many phobias like to clowns to lizards (these phobias are gone by now) and I had insomnia ( I guess its due to my immense energy)
Things slowly started to change when I was 15, I started keeping to myself. But I still had many friends, no fear of social contact and was still intellectually capable.
16, my life completely transformed for the worse.
I started to have:
---social anxiety
---low energy
---strange brain fog. Like I became really confused, when people talk to me, I had to process what they were saying for like 10 seconds and another 5 seconds to think of a reply, I had to read like 4-5 times to gain even a tiny bit of comprehension of what I was reading unless it was something that interested me.
---complete lack of motivation in life. Like I just lost all interest in life, I just want to sleep, eat play video games all day err day.
---I fell sick and develop a strange cough that lasted for 6 months. Initially, it seemed like a simple bronchitis and admittedly I was at fault for delaying treatment for weeks. I finally saw a doctor who put me on a course of antibiotics. After that, my cough improved, however, I still had to cough out loads of phglem at night and in the morning. Strangely, I never had any problems in the afternoon. The doctor had no idea what was going on and suspected that I did not finish my antibiotics course which I actually did. After what seemed like an eternity (6-10 months), my cough developed into chronic sinusitis. It was so bad at one point that my left nasal passage was blocked almost 90%. I went for surgery and had the inflammed tissues removed. Ever since then, my health improved significantly, but I still had to deal with random bouts of inflammed nasal passages.
I never do drugs or cigarettes on a consistent basis in my life. I am extremely active since young and I have been bodybuilding since 17. I follow a regular sleep schedule since young, rarely binged on junk food and rarely drank alcohol.
Now, 18, in those 2 years, I did consult medical professionals but none of them is able to help. One recommended me to a psychiatrist but I refused after hearing negative reviews from many.
I spent countless nights researching, studying about my problems and came up with many many theories and treatment plans. Most did nothing but some have helped tremendously and they are:
-no dairy, no soy, no junk food, low sugar diet
-apple cider vinegar
-noopept
-probiotics
-capryllic acid
-raw garlic
-green tea
-less video games
-less masturbation
However, I stopped most of the treatment plan simply because it is too taxing.. and most of these treatments are just wild guesses that just happen to work without any logical basis. Now having gone through all these treatment, I have:
---strange brain fog and sinus problems now only comes when I eat certain foods or when I masturbate (I HAVE NO IDEA WHY)
---social anxiety generally worsened but I noticed my social anxiety became really inconsiistent, some days it is quite mild and some days it is really horrific
---inconsistent energy
---complete lack of motivation in life. I am actually in the midst of the A levels and didn't even bothered studying...
So, I know this is a long post and I know I should always seek professional advice first but I am really lost... Anybody who has experience dealing with all these problems or at least point me to some sort of direction? Is that a brain issue or is this a physial health issue or is it just in my head? What caused my problems? Why? Really need some help guys, will really appreciate it.
