Fear I’m becoming schizophrenic

Hi everyone,

Going to try to keep this short. I (23M) have smoked weed from time to time since I was at about 15/16 but started smoking everyday from around the age of 18 with the exception of a 6 month break I took when I was 21.

About 2 months ago had my very first bad panic attack after smoking one night. I was also dealing with some health issues at the time. Since then my anxiety has been through the roof and I’ve been having trouble focusing/concentrating even talking to people and doing things that I used to love to do.

At the start of this I was just getting really worried about my health but in the past 2 weeks it has shifted to fears that I’m becoming schizophrenic. I have a family history of anxiety but not of schizophrenia.

Have been to my GP who says that’s it’s all just my anxiety and has prescribed me sertraline which I’ve started taking this week and started going to a counsellor this week too.

The fear of this is becoming debilitating for me i spend hours everyday googling and just making myself more afraid. I’m over analysing everything I hear making sure that I’m actually hearing it and asking others for reassurance too.

Anyone else have experience with this?