Hi gmal07!
Welcome back! I’m glad the information you’ve found here has been helpful. If you haven’t read the two posts which Jules wrote about ES symptoms, they are worth your time & will help you verify which symptoms you have are from ES. These symptoms will likely go away or at least reduce once your styloids are removed. Your styloids are very long & the left one looks quite thick. The angle & thickness of the styloids are often what contribute to vascular compression - either of the internal jugular vein (IJV) or of the internal carotid artery (ICA). Brain fog is often associated w/ IJV compression. Also, the problems you’re having with your tongue can be a symptom of ES as the glossopharyngeal nerve is often irritated by elongated styloids, & that nerve affects tongue function.
As you pointed out, your poor posture has caused you to have “military neck” i.e. you have lost the lordotic curve in your cervical vertebrae. This can be clearly seen in the first image you posted above. Here are pictures of a military neck vs a normal neck. This can be corrected w/ physical therapy & working on proper posture: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fimages-prod.healthline.com%2Fhlcmsresource%2Fimages%2F3762-Military_Neck_642x361.jpg%3Fw%3D1155%26h%3D758&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthline.com%2Fhealth%2Fmilitary-neck&tbnid=iyNKFXW6I4iWBM&vet=12ahUKEwj43c3wjqn4AhVvkGoFHaaUA2kQMygBegUIARDIAQ..i&docid=p1hFFojq0Rq6vM&w=642&h=361&q=neck%20lordosis&client=safari&ved=2ahUKEwj43c3wjqn4AhVvkGoFHaaUA2kQMygBegUIARDIAQ
It is my personal opinion that getting your styloids removed would make a huge difference in how you feel. Your impacted wisdom teeth can wait as they may cause pain but the styloids are a bigger problem for you.
I think we’ve had a couple other members from Italy who’ve tried to see Dr. Calabrese for ES, but we’ve never heard whether they did or not. I know during COVID the wait time to get an appointment with him was quite long so you should call his office soon to try to schedule an appointment. You can always cancel it later if you decide seeing him isn’t the right thing to do.
Here are links to the two posts Jules wrote: