Mental health problems? (Racing mind, anxiety)

Dear Ask The Doctor: Hi, I have never had mental health problems before maybe a bit down at times like everyone but most often happy and optimistic about life. A month ago i was coming towards the end of xmas break from university and had been doing a lot of drinking and going out with friends and had a few puffs on cannabis. On my final day before i headed back home i got a phone call from my gf saying she wanted to end our 2 yr relationship for good, i freaked out and the day went really bad i started feeling like i wasnt myself and i went to see a friend to calm down and it just continued. random questions and thoughts were going through my head, my friend also asked if i was feeling stressed. I went bak home and continued having racing thoughts with bad dreams and a lack of sleep everynight. Ive developed a habit of googling everything about mental health ive learnt way too much about all types of mental problems!! but it has made me extremely paranoid about having the following: psychosis, depression, anxiety, depersonalization, agoraphobia and many more including cyberchondriac i feel like ive got some of these because symptoms for all these are similar and the more i read the more i feel like ive got it. I saw my GP and he said i may have had panic attacks. But i wasnt able to speak to him in detail due to time. My current symptoms are making me very unhappy mainly my racing mind i feel like im living in my head all day and night and the moment i try to laugh and be happy my mind sort of pulls me back into the negative world of unhappiness. Im going to get counselling next week but till then i keep thinking do i have serious mental problems and losing my mind or is it a reaction to my breakup. When im alone i feel very afraid of another panic attack because it first happened when i was alone i just start thinking too much. I feel like im trapped in my mind! I have a feeling i might be too hard on myself and have lost all confidence and self esteem due to the cycle of negativity for the past month? Im just trying to escape thinking all day about whats wrong with me because im analysing every aspect of my life i feel like i cant function anymore like this. Thanks

Dear Paul:

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