accident ruined my life, please help

Roughly 3 years ago, I had an accident that changed my life for the worst (I'll try to keep it brief, yet as detailed as possible). I was at my college gym playing basketball, when I got fouled hard. My arm rotated all the way back. You know how your arm swings back when you're in a running form? My arm went all the way back. Maybe I was in shock, but my arm wasn't in pain or anything - it just felt kind of off. I was still able to move it in full range of motion, so I didn't think anything of it. However, in the next few hours my brain slowly became cloudy. I started to slowly get brain fog (disoriented/inebriated/concussive feel in head). When I tried to sleep that night, I started feeling more symptoms. Heart palpitations, seeing flashes, ringing in ears, pain in my neck, spasms in my shoulder. I went to the ER that next morning and they ran some tests. They told me it was anxiety.

Fast forward, the next few years were even worse. I had to drop out of college, because the brain fog kept continuing to get worse. It was hard for me to concentrate, focus, socially interact, and even read. I went back home to try and figure this out. Damn near 100+ appointments and no freaking answers.

I've had a head CT, shoulder MRI, neck MRI, went to PT for a couple months, went to back specialists, went to eye doctors, went to a chiropractor, did needle/acupuncture treatment, had massages done, had muscle relaxers AND anxiety medicine prescribed, iced my back/shoulders, used heat compress for my shoulders, took a million epsom salt baths, took a million tylenols and naproxen - I literally tried damn near everything.

My symptoms have SEVERELY gotten worse:

Intense brain fog, difficulty concentrating, difficulty putting thoughts together, eye floaters, sensitive to light, extreme fatigue, hard time sleeping, upper back pain after I wake up, numbness in feet and hands, shoulder spasms, severe neck pain, weakness in right shoulder, extreme anger issues.

This is a key part too which doesn't make sense to me - every time I crack a part of my upper back, my symptoms get slightly worse. I noticed my symptoms got worse right after I went to the chiropractor (so I never went back). The obvious thing to do would be to not crack my back, but sometimes it hurts so much that I feel the urge to do so.

I know this all doesn't make sense, and there's probably no answer for this, but any input or advice would be helpful. I'm 22 years old. I'm going to more appointments now, hopefully we find SOMETHING. I feel so angry that 3 years of my life feel freaking wasted. Hospital bills suck, especially when they can't find a diagnosis. My body feels weak 24/7, I need my old healthy self back immediately.

I tried to keep it as thorough as possible, if you have questions let me know.

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