is mine a hygiene problem?

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so here is part of my story for those who have not read my earlier post; i was told about 5 months ago that i had bad breath, even though at the time i brushed 2-3 times a day
about a week later i suddenly started smelling my own breath literally, one day i was just sitting in my bedroom and all i had to do was open my mouth and there was like i stench i could smell

this made me feel pretty depressed, i could not understand what was happening, i wanted to know what was happening so after doing research on the internet about bad breath i found out alot of bad breath was due to the tongue( to be honest i had never really paid attention to my tongue in all my time of dental hygiene so i thought it was possible from my tongue; but why would this stench from my mouth just suddenly hit me now when i have never noticed it before?; i am 25 by the way)

then i started using a tongue scraper and using listerine, i never was able to smell my own breath from just breathing after using them, i could still smell it if i put my hands over my mouth and breathed, it was like a rotten egg smell which i have since found out are the compounds on the tongue

but then i got the comment some of you have heard about have you farted? when you know you had not, and i am sure it came from me because a couple of the times i was the only one in the room

i stopped using the listerine because i think it was a load of rubbish and just dried my mouth out which i think might be a problem and made the situation worse

the thing is i have never really noticed anybody back away while i have been talking to them or people puting their hands over their mouths(although i have become a bit of a recluse these last months so this might not be saying much, i have not really put myself in a situation too many times when i could have had bad breath to people)
the only thing that is always playing on my mind is the who farted bit. can a person with maybe a bit of a dry/unhygienic tongue have a smell that can drift in a room?

i should also add that i went to the dentist in this time and was told that teeth and gums etc were very good

i still smell my breath using cupped hands and still smell the rotten egg smell sometimes in my mouth, which im sure is from my tongue

i am 99% sure the smell is from my tongue so i have ordered a tung brush and tung gel to see if that will work because i always have a weird taste in my mouth

i also now drink plenty of water

i am sorry for this rant and i know from reading many posts recently that some of you appear to have it much worse than me but this still getting me down.it is like i cant move on with my life because i am always self concious if i stink

god bless you all and i will appreciate some opinion

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anyone?

i thought this forum was supposed to be to help people

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