This thread is basically a monologue 😆 but updating that I went to my gp today (again) to get some anxiety medication. This is where most of my problems clearly lie. The doctor I saw was a different one, and very experienced with ENT (he had worked in ENT in hospitals for 5 years). He took the time to explain so much to me as well as giving me lorazepam and recommending counsellors.

I also asked him to have a feel of the lymph nodes and see if they are worrying at all. He couldn’t find any that were swollen. I pointed out the one that was concerning me, and he told me it’s my carotid artery 😆😆😆 so that’s a note to how quickly someone with anxiety gets the wrong end of the stick and runs with it 😵*💫🥴👀