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Panic Attacks At Work

I recently started a new job doing warehouse work for a multibillion dollar international company. The shifts are 12 hours on a rotating schedule. Very shortly into starting the job I started having intense panic attacks while at work, the ones where you're convinced at the moment you're having a heart attack. This has grown to be something that happens every shift, during most of the 12 hours I'm working. I am finding it extremely hard to motivate myself to go into work, knowing I'll be there for 1`2 hours is very hard to deal with. The environment is humid and loud, we have to wear ear plugs so it is close to impossible to have a conversation, you're basically in your own head for 12 hours straight it feels like it is killing me. The panic attacks have also started to leak into my days off. Any advice would…


I recently started a new job doing warehouse work for a multibillion dollar international company. The shifts are 12 hours on a rotating schedule. Very shortly into starting the job I started having intense panic attacks while at work, the ones where you're convinced at the moment you're having a heart attack. This has grown to be something that happens every shift, during most of the 12 hours I'm working. I am finding it extremely hard to motivate myself to go into work, knowing I'll be there for 1`2 hours is very hard to deal with. The environment is humid and loud, we have to wear ear plugs so it is close to impossible to have a conversation, you're basically in your own head for 12 hours straight it feels like it is killing me. The panic attacks have also started to leak into my days off. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: I do not currently have access to health care until I have worked for this company for long enough, I have a psychiatrist that I'm waiting to meet with to change my medications and I plan on seeing a therapist once my insurance kicks in.

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