Had an anxiety attack that lasted almost 5 hours, should I work today?
English isn't my first language, so I apologize if something didn't make sense.
I was at work yesterday and close to the end of my shift I started to feel the attack coming. Usually I work until 11am, but I asked to leave at 10am and took an Uber home. I tried calming down, but I just couldn't, so my stepmom gave some of my younger sister's medication, 1ml of quetiapine, and took me to the mental clinic that we usually go to.
After taking a nap on the way there, I felt a bit better, but one hour later the symptoms came back. I only managed to truly calm down at around 3h30 pm, after taking clonazepam and talking to my therapist.
I told my employers that I couldn't work in the morning because I needed time to recuperate, but that I would probably be ok to work in the afternoon. They said it was ok, and I should take my time to get better.
I still feel pretty bad, and I'm debating if I should go to work or not. I feel like I should be able to just move on and not let something that happened yesterday stop me from doing things today.
But I'm afraid I'll push myself too much and that will end up being worse for me in the next few days.
What should I do?