Anxiety/depersonalization triggered by L-Glutamine?

30M. 170 cm mixed/latino. Suffered from hepatitis A around 4 years ago, and weeks before this episode happened, had a slight increase in acne in my back and face (not huge pimples, but small ones). Just adding extra context on what was happening to me health-wise before this happened. When healthy, I also consumed considerate amounts of alcohol (often beer), let's say, 3 weekends per month.

I would really appreciate your insights since I’m feeling a bit lonely on this. My family is with me but so far they think this is a HB pressure issue (more context below).

So, the episode started three weeks ago, around 1 hour after taking l-glutamine. Had taken it for two (one month on, one month off, then one month on again until I felt like this) months (1g per training day, didn’t take over the weekends).

On Aug 18 I think made the mistake of taking it in the afternoon after work before going to the gym, since people say to take it in the mornings. I say this was a mistake because I read it can mess with your head if you are already stressed/excited, and I for sure was stressed that week when I was doing two people’s jobs.

I am kind of like a state in which I know what’s happening is real but it just feels “off”. Depth perception is weird, sometimes it feels like I’m hangover, and then it’s a cycle of anxiety because I keep thinking about how I feel. Is this what derealization feels like?

I can maintain a conversation and had, I think, three (NOT consecutive) good nights when I could LOL at some videos, and that led me to think I was going to wake up fine. I didn’t. I’m off work right now, since I thought I was going to improve over the days (not weeks/months!). I don’t want to get back to work like this. I want to feel myself again!

I had never experienced something like this, but I can say that I always, always had bad trips when trying cannabis, so my brain might just be really not tolerant to messy substances.

When I was feeling terribly off that day, I just thought it was hb pressure (hereditary from both my parents), it was up to 150/90. Paid a visit to a cardiologist and told me to take losartan potassium (from which I read some people get anxiety side effects, woohoo).

It came down to 130s/80s and although I don’t feel as awful, this “off” feeling does not go away, or it's going away at a REALLY low rate. I will have an echocardiogram done tomorrow and they’ll put me a heart monitor for 24 hours. However, I’m not sure hb pressure/heart disease is the cause of all these mental symptoms.

My questions:

Are there any similar experiences?

What medical specialists can help with this? Neurologist, psychiatrist? Someone who knows how supplements affect the brain?

Can that happen with such a dose (1g per gym day, not on the weekends)?

Could it be hb pressure that makes my brain release stress/anxiety hormones and have me in this state?

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