Becoming more of a monk will help you with not having to be a monk for 10 years (like me) or even for the rest of your life.
Wired gave you the best advices and directions. Do your cortisol testing + hormones if you can and at least you will know what you are dealing with.
Many of us started like you. Wedidn't know back then anything about this illnesses and we kept pushing ourselves instead of droping everything for a while. And... look where we are now.