Hi there. Not sure if anyone is going to read this, but I'm going to type it up and see what happens. Looking for advice and support.

I've been dealing with a stress/facial/temple headache that is chronic and exasperated from anxiety induced tension, at least that's how it seems. Due to my GAD, I've insisted the culprit was sinus related as it affects my eye, face, temple, and ear. My primary said we'll do a CT to find out, and prescribed prednisone.

Since taking Prednisone, I haven't felt the same. This was back in early December. I blew out bloody, yellow mucus, so maybe there was something going actually going on, or maybe I was dehydrated and the nose was sensitive. The sinus CT was clear when taken, at 4 days into a 6 day pack. ENT followup had no concerns, and said nose is sensitive regarding the blood.

While taking Prednisone I experienced awful anxiety, insomnia, and depression. I have felt very weak and have lost significant weight. I also experienced some of the worst lower back pain of my life. I couldn't sleep and would spasm awake. My primary prescribed Wellbutrin to help, but it only made everything feel worse. Eventually, I went to the ER after days of insomnia and they gave me something to induce sleep. They also checked my blood levels with nothing of concern.

Since then, I've met with an orthopedist for the back pain, x-rays showed spondylosis, and started physical therapy. I've started having neck and body spasms that wake me up. Full body tingling. All sorts of things that may be anxiety. If I try to meditate, I'm now unable to do so without pins and needles, and slight spasms.

I met with a psychiatrist prior to starting PT and was prescribed Buspar and Propranolol for my anxiety. It seemed to help, but at some point the neuropathy and spasms started -- so I don't know what caused it. I worry the Buspar might be partly to blame, so I want to follow-up to see.

I've met with a neurologist, had an MRI of the brain (for the facial/temple/ear headache -- nothing of interest to report), but now am having an MRI of my spine, as well as a lumbar puncture because of the neuropathy and muscle spasms which started. She's prescribed Baclofen at night, which definitely helps in stopping my spasms and lets me settle my muscles. It even provides relief for my facial/stress headache. I can definitely relax a bit more when taking it.

From all of this, I've developed a really bad case of googling all my symptoms and keep falling down rabbit holes. I know I shouldn't. I try not to. But I just start to worry and can't shake the habit. To try to help, I'm working on eating better (loss of appetite), exercising, and watching a lot of Taskmaster with my wife. I've been unable to work at this time as it's too stressful (software engineer).

I don't know what to ask or say really. I think rambling this all out helps me in a way, so thank you for reading.