I'll try and keep this straightforward, apologies if I don't, my head is all over the place right now.
My DP is in work on a night shift tonight, started an hour ago..he has just phoned me sounding extremely panicky and breathing really heavily, this has happened before about a year ago and he went to his drs who said it was anxiety attacks and basically just gave him a sick note for a couple of weeks.
This time seemed worse, it was actually quite scary to listen to, he was extremely confused/paranoid, he said he didn't know where he was and that he couldn't get out, he said he couldn't remember how he got to work and that he thought he must've been delivered on one of the trucks.
After about 25 minutes, his breathing totally turned normal, almost instantly and he couldn't remember what just happened, he said his head and chest hurt.
Was this a typical panic attack or something different? I'm really not sure and I'm so worried for him.
I told him to speak to his boss and to come home if he feels he needs to, I think he's worried about getting into trouble or losing his job if he does that, but surely he's not safe in work feeling like he is (his job involves operating heavy machinery)
I'm not sure what I'm asking, I just feel quite shaken up and I'm not sure what the best move is now. His job does pay the majority of our bills but to me his health and happiness is far more important, I just don't know what to do, does anyone have ant experience of supporting someone through a similar thing?