Hi guys,

Brand new here, so first of all, hellooooo...

I'm looking for some help, advice, something really and would very much appreciate your advice.

Let me tell you a little about my history.

Aged 0-20, didn't know what stress nor anxiety was, then final year of university, I started to suffer from something, to which I didn't know what it was. Anyway, put it to one side for a while and finished university and whatnot while trying to ignore it. finished university and the problem persisted and got worse, I can only describe it as brain fog and sort of like you feel when you've had a few drinks, but it was consistent, never ending just always feeling like that.
Eventually went to my doctor in december 2011 and was told I was suffering from stress, anxiety. I left completely unconvinced as I have never had either of those conditions and ultimately didn't feel stressed as I had finished uni and was happy, excluding this 'condition'.
Anyway, I went on Zoloft (sertraline), which did very little, but numb me. Came off that after 7 months as I did't feel it was really doing too much.

Now it's 2015 and I'm still suffering from this affliction.
I have done so much to alleviate what I was told was stress and nothing as helped. I don't smoke, don't drink, run every day almost as well as hit the gym, sleep for good periods without waking, I've taken all vitamins and mineral supplements out there, bought myself a mood light, I even took a year sabbatical to from work to help myself and nothing helped, you name it, I've done it.

Up to today, I've just returned from the doctor after receiving completely normal blood test results and he's all up for prescribing me Prozac, even though I've said I can't believe it could be stress, I mean, I'm positive about my life, just this bizarre feeling takes the shine off things in my life, yet I know tomorrow I make wake and feel completely different and I can get back on my horse.

Right, just to give a few symptoms, in no particular order:-

Brain fog/malaise
Constipation (this continued even on tablets)
Dull headache, sort of feels like I'm wearing a swimming cap
Neck crunches, feels like it's inside my head
Frequent heartburn
Loss of libido, also body doesn't feel like allowing erections, just don't feel like getting it on rarely, if I do, ejaculation is rubbish, this is a killer!
Loss of appetite, get hungry, but don't mind much if I don't eat
Muscle wasting and weakness, I hit the gym regularly and have lost so much strength and size and tone since this started.
Blocked nose
Visual disturbance in low light, as in dusk and at night, it's like I can see, but I can't process it.
Constant fatigue, can't get enough sleep, no trouble getting to and staying asleep, but getting up is a killer, sometimes feel like a zombie. Could do with a nap most days.

The weird thing I find, is that now and again, I'll have, usually, 3 days in a row where I feel so much better, music playing all the time in my head, food is really appealing, sex becomes attractive, and I feel like getting my dancing shoe on and I literally can't stop talking, like someone on cocaine.

I'm convinced this is something organically wrong with me, but I can't prove it, the theory that stress is still causing all this after so long doesn't sit right with me, but I don't know what else to do.

Can anyone please pass their opinion on this, is this stress or what?!

Thanks in advance for the replies guys!

Jake