My Mental and Physical Health Struggles: A Personal Journey - Psychiatry

I am not very clear about my physical and mental condition?

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Hello Doctor: I started experiencing dizziness at the end of February this year.
At that time, my band was preparing for a national student music competition.
I visited a local clinic near my school, where the doctor pressed on the back of my neck and noted that it was particularly tight.
He prescribed medication for dizziness, as I had experienced unexplained dizziness before last year's college entrance exam, which was diagnosed as "benign recurrent vertigo," so I thought it was just a recurrence.
However, after taking the medication for a week, my condition did not improve; in fact, it worsened after the competition.
I began to suffer from severe insomnia and poor sleep, felt mentally foggy, experienced dry eyes and mouth, occasional blurred vision, and one day, feeling utterly exhausted and on the verge of fainting with the world spinning around me, I went to a psychosomatic clinic (03.23).
The doctor diagnosed me with "autonomic nervous system dysregulation," attributing it to sleep issues, and I wondered if it was due to excessive stress.
I sought counseling at school, but after a month, I still had headaches, dizziness, nausea, and a feeling of unease in my stomach, yet I couldn't vomit.
My mind felt empty, and my memory, attention, and motivation significantly declined.
Others said it was normal to forget things, but I felt it was not okay and became very frustrated.
My personality tends to be obsessive, and I felt compelled to uncover the cause of my condition.
I wanted to know what was wrong with me; I couldn't accept feeling this way about my health, which made me very anxious.
I study in a different city and rarely go home.
I visited a large hospital and consulted with cardiology and neurology, but after the initial visit, I had to wait a month for tests, and I still haven't seen the neurology report.
I continued my follow-up visits at the psychosomatic clinic (in the city where my university is located), and after reporting that my dizziness and pain had not improved, the doctor adjusted my medication, which helped significantly.
Meanwhile, the school arranged for a psychiatrist to help students, but the consultation was very brief.
(05.09) I was told I had "depression," and I am indeed taking medications for depression and anxiety.
Before this psychiatric diagnosis, my mood had been lower than usual; I often didn't want to leave my dorm room and spent a lot of time lying in bed, not knowing what to do or wanting to study, whether it was coursework or extracurricular reading.
I rarely attended club or team activities due to my health.
I don't know if it's a side effect of the medication or a symptom of the illness itself, but it makes life feel exhausting.
I often feel an inexplicable urge to cry and need a space to release my emotions, yet sometimes I also want someone to be with me.
Throughout this process, I continued counseling and began to confront past memories, releasing those emotions.
I don't know if this is good or bad, but I see my mother, who has depression, attempting self-harm (jumping into a river), banging her head against the wall (multiple times), and having conflicts with relatives, including violent altercations and panic attacks.
I wonder if this counts as childhood trauma or harm, which mostly occurred during my elementary school years.
Before college, I never spoke to anyone about my family situation because most of my close friends knew my mother, and I didn't want to tarnish her image.
However, facing her is very contradictory; I am struggling with my mental health, and I am desperately trying to find the root cause.
I used to suppress my emotions and feelings, but now that I am bringing them to light, I don't know if it's good or bad.
I feel that my emotional fluctuations have been more pronounced lately.
One day, I began to self-harm with sharp objects while showering, crying and cutting myself, feeling somewhat relieved by the scars as a form of release.
I know this is not healthy, but I find it hard to stop because I feel that others think I am fine, while I feel otherwise.
Additionally, my mother does not understand why I choose to take psychiatric medications but not health supplements, believing that those medications are harmful.
I know they can be, but I want to sleep.
Yesterday, I tried not taking them, but I had many frightening dreams and thoughts throughout the night, feeling completely unrested.
Today, I visited the psychiatric department of a large hospital, and the diagnosis was "adjustment disorder, unspecified." After researching online, it seems to fit my situation well.
I am unclear about the procedures in psychiatry; I just feel that I haven't fully expressed my overall symptoms, and I can't seem to clarify them.
Fortunately, I have this platform to type out my thoughts.
Thank you, Doctor, for reading my story.
The medications I have taken include Mirtazapine, Sertraline, Diazepam, Fluoxetine, and others.

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Enen, 10~19 year old female. Ask Date: 2018/06/23