@alfalfagrains - Welcome to our forum. The symptoms you’ve described in conjunction with having had a somewhat elongated styloid pointed out in your panoramic x-ray sure sound like you have ES. Unfortunately, too many doctors aren’t aware of the multitude of symptoms an elongated styloid, & even one of normal length can cause, depending on its thickness, angle of growth, how curved, twisted, or pointed it is, & whether it has its own outgrowths or other features making it irregularly shaped.
Your struggle w/ depression could be related to your vagus nerve being irritated by your elongated styloid as it’s one of the cranial nerves that is most frequently affected by ES. It is the largest of our cranial nerves & affects/directs many of our bodies functions. Anxiety levels are among those.
Getting tonsil stones, even on an intermittent basis, isn’t normal so there is that to consider as well, though we don’t specifically know what causes them.
Working on improving your posture will potentially help reduce your symptoms. Here’s a link to a post with lots of information about how to do that:
ES surgery does look scary on YouTube videos, & it is considered major surgery, but choosing a very experienced ES surgeon goes far toward producing a good outcome. I had two surgeries (one for each side) in 2014/15 & was very thankful to get back to a more normal life once I was healed.
I look forward to seeing your Panorex when you post it.