Hey guys. Don't know if this is allowed, but I'm a new poster, so apologies. I'm a relatively healthy 18yo, and although I smoked previously, I've now gotten off of smoking. More on that later.

This past week has been a disaster both mentally and physically - I initially only had some mild symptoms of strep throat (which was confirmed yesterday), but breathing was insanely hard. Now, after a number of visits to the hospital as well as a myriad of different doctors, a previous false-positive COVID-19 test has been ruled negative. So no, I don't have covid. In the physical sense, it seems like my body is fine. 

The mental aspect is where it starts killing me. Every little pain, I attribute to something crazy. I COMPLETELY lost my appetite, I get random episodes of "not being able to breathe"(even though Sp02% stays at 95%+) swallowing food seems impossible, and even tiny aches in the rest of the body cause me to overthink and start panicking. I can't stand this, I'm extremely unmotivated to even complete basic tasks like going to the supermarket. I've lost tons of weight since the beginning of this ordeal, but I just want life to be normal again. Back to smoking - I've been on vaping for 2 years (ever since 16?ish), so I'm very sure my lungs are very weak. Hence where the anxiety comes back. I am definitely not going back, but I am afraid my lungs will give up on me.

tl;dr: got sick, now on meds for strep (the only real issue). mentally though, attribute every tiny thing to a potential life-ending condition. Causes me to be overly stressed, really destroying my daily life.