@maggykriti
Please asked your doctors about referring you to a psychiatric specialist. I know many feel that has a stigma but it is just mental health.

If sounds like 7 months ago you went through a traumatic event. I had a traumatic event back in 2015 with 5 shocks of my ICD hospitalized for a week then released and went home only to be rushed to ER with severe panic attack.

Mayo referred me to psychiatric department. Then did many test. One of them was PTSD. Most think this is military only but the second initial is traumatic. Any traumatic even can cause PTSD. I took a test where if our scored above a certain score you had PTSD. My test score was at the top. The PTSD caused me to have anxiety/panis disorder.

My psychiatric medication specialist worked with my other doctors and put me on medications to help with the PTSD and anxiety/panic disorder. Took some time but I was able to come off all medication except one (Escitilopram). I still see this medication specialist today 10 years later to monitor my anxiety/panic disorder.

Extreme anxiety and stress need to be treated. Most doctors outside psychiatry do not I think have the experience with dealing with mental health issues.

I am not sure if you medical provider is large enough to have a psychiatric department like Mayo but if they do asked for a referral. Or if don't have consider a referral to another provider.

There is no reason to feel seeking help with mental health just like physical health. They both play and significant influence on each other. Until I got treated at psychiatric department it felt like you they just did not understand the amount of anxiety and stress was feeling.

You stated still have memories of ITU. That made me think of me having them also and throughout the day. I am not a psychiatrist or doctor but read up on PTSD and you can see how a traumatic event can leave you with PTSD that needs to be treated just like a physical symptom.