Anxiety with schizophrenia
I’m a 20M and I’ve been a very anxious person throughout my life but it started to be worse about a month ago. That’s when I started having symptoms of derealization and feeling like everything was fake. I feel like it started and stemmed from my anxiety or trauma I had when I was younger. It usually happens on and off throughout my day, usually only lasting a minute. I handle it much better now than when it first started. I’m also seeing a therapist which is helping too.
But lately I’ve just been worried I messed up my brain from my drug usage (Nicotine, LSD, Shrooms, Alcohol, and Vaping THC) throughout the last year or so. I stopped nicotine exactly 3 months ago, and I have completely stopped everything else and have been sober for a little over a month now. I don’t ever plan on touching any kind of substance again. I’ve been exercising more, eating better, practicing a good sleep schedule, getting lots of sunlight, and being more social which has always been a struggle for me due to my social anxiety.
I think I’ve been anxious about schizophrenia because of being a male in my early 20s that has also done mind altering substances while my brain is still developing. Has anyone been in the same boat as me? Am I overthinking this?