Is feeling high even when sober an OCD/anxiety thing?
So I’ve (23F) have had three colds this year. I work with kids so when they get sick I do too, it’s just inevitable no matter how many precautions I take. The first time I got sick, I had this feelings like I was high all the time and nothing felt real. After I got better, it never really went away. I got sick again and it got worse. This past week, I started getting a head cold once again. On top of that, I just got a new cat that I’m highly allergic to, so head cold on top of pet allergies has not been a fun combo. The high feelings are really back now and I can’t figure out if it’s a health problem or just a result of a lot of stress and anxiety. It’s important to note that I do have health OCD. Any minor discomfort or odd feeling in my body can cause me to worry. I’ve also just had a really hard year so far in general— grandmother passed, dog died, got rejected from grad school after a year of preparing, financial struggles, family struggles, etc. This year in general has been really difficult so I definitely have a lot of things stressing me out and causing high levels of anxiety, and me being sick constantly has added to it. Could this disassociating feeling I keep feeling be from stress or should I see a doctor about this? I haven’t smoked in a while and I’m not on any medication. The high feeling comes and goes randomly, not always when I’m anxious, but anxiety definitely makes it 100x worse. It’s hard for me to distinguish a genuine medical problem over me just being anxious and creating panic when panic isn’t needed, so any advice would be great!