How to study while dealing with medication side effects

Edit: Thank you everyone for your concern. I’ll go reply to comments, but first I should add some additional info.

1. I’m prescribed with quetiapine atm since I can’t sleep, and something about a manic switch.

2. I am getting help from the public mental health center, but I’m moving to a private hospital to get more attentive care (first appointment is after the exams though)

3. Yes I know I need to get professional help instead of posting on Reddit, but I wanted to hear from other learners who are in the same boat as I am or had similar experiences. The last time I asked I got some good input, which is why I went and made this thread.

Am I really the only one here studying Nihongo while struggling with a mental disorder?

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Hello r/LearnJapanese. There’s more or less a month left before the JLPT. I hope everyone’s studies are going well.

A while back I posted at r/TranslationStudies asking for tips about doing interpretation work while dealing with anxiety disorder. I have received some informative and inspiring replies. Thanks to that despite my lack of experience as an interpreter I was able to pull it off until the end of the project. Never again. So now I thought about asking here, as a Japanese learner.

For some background, I was diagnosed with anxiety and panic disorder at around 2017．I decided to set aside working, and decided to study Japanese full-time. When I was studying N4 a year later, my anxiety attacks came back, as well as increase in headaches, but while it made studying a little difficult I was able to absorb the material enough to pass the JLPT. Thankfully the attacks subsided the following year, and I was able to continue my N3 studies with little issue.

Now late last year when I was studying N2, I got employed by a Japanese company. While I wanted to study full time a little more, I thought maybe the immersion ~~and the paycheck~~ would be a great help in my learning. Unfortunately, days before my start day, I got infected with COVID, then got brain fog so bad I ended up forgetting what I have learned in the past years, and couldn’t absorb new info. And the task that I was assigned to triggered my anxiety back, which apparently causes concentration issues and memory problems. Currently I just finished treatment for anxiety, but now I have to take quetiapine which makes me feel heavy and lethargic the whole day. Everyday’s a struggle to keep myself awake at work and at N2 prep class, and now I’m at a loss on how to prepare for the exam next month, and how to not fall asleep while taking the JLPT.

Japanese learners here who are dealing with mental disorders or similar issues, how are your studies going? I’d be more than happy to read your experiences, anecdotes and tips on learning Nihongo despite the brain funk and side effects from meds.

Thank you in advance. ご読了ありがとございます。