Am I schizophrenic?

I made an account to see if anyone can help me answer this question, I'm terrified that I'm in the prodromal phase of schizophrenia and I want to see if someone can comfort me or a least confirm that I'm going crazy.
It all started about a month and a half ago when I had a panic attack out of the blue (the first panic attack I'd ever had while being sober). This panic attack made me feel uncomfortable and worried that something was really wrong with me as I couldn't get over feeling uncomfortable. I began constantly researching mental illnesses and trying to find what was wrong with me, for a while I thought I may have cyclothymia, but after reading about the early signs of schizophrenia I realized I had a lot of the symptoms, inappropriate laughter (I sometimes laugh when I feel in pain or really scared/stressed), depression, oversleeping, awful memory, I also began to worry about whether reality was real or not, I've had few close friends my whole life as I've always had bad social anxiety and because of that I reject people before they can reject me. After I started to research schizophrenia I began obsessing over researching it all day every day, if I couldn't research it I would become terrified that I would start to develop the symptoms and I wouldn't be able to tell, which would cause me to go crazy and not realize it (I also feel I'll go crazy if I don't constantly analyze myself). Recently I feel as though I'm starting to lose my insight and that I'm slowly going to start losing touch with reality, like any day now I'm going to start hearing voices and seeing things differently.
Other symptoms:

• Brain fog
  Unable to focus
  Watching TV or playing games all day
  Afraid of going out in public because I could go crazy and embarrass myself
  Sometimes afraid of going to sleep because I could die in my sleep
  Feeling like I'm about to pass out every now and then

17 year old male btw

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I don't think anyone can rule it out because basically you're talking about something that hasn't actually happened yet...but tbh it doesn't sound like it at all....most people have a certain level of hallucinations or magical thinking even in the prodrome....I would focus on treating your anxiety and try not to worry about sz unless you start having symptoms that go beyond what you have.

Thanks for the replies you guys!
I actually have been to see a therapist, she told me that I don't have it, but it's still almost a constant fear for me, I'm just terrified of losing my mind. It may just be hypochondriasis.

Do you have any OCD traits? A lot of people with OCD think they have sz....

I don't think so, I really don't have any compulsive actions and the only thing I'm really obsessed with is the fear of having sz or some other mental disease.

Ok that's good....maybe it is hypochondria....I really don't knew how they treat that though....

Good news! I also have some health anxiety as well as my schizophrenia. All started after my voices started telling me I had a brain tumour.

It's not uncommon with just regular anxiety to have a fear that you are going crazy but it would seem if you are looking things up & trying to self-diagnose then hypochondria is a real possibility.

Is it just mental illnesses you obsess over or do you get worried about things like bruises or your heart rate?

Do you think it would be possible to have delusions about people being hallucinations? It may be because of my social anxiety but sometimes I'll start to be afraid that the person I'm talking to isn't real and I'm just talking to myself, my fear almost always goes away when someone else confirms the existence of the person, but sometimes I'll get really worked up and almost have a panic attack.

Your initial post actually sounds like panic disorder and hypochondria. You seem to be hyper aware and stressing yourself out about something being "wrong" with you. A lot of your symptoms could also be related to a vitamin deficiency and other nutrients. See a physician and a pdoc.

This second post resonates with me but only because I had a psychotic episode a couple years ago. I find myself constantly questioning my reality and have become engrossed in neuroscience and consiuosness.

Hugs xoxoxo