About two weeks ago I had one of the worst panic attack I’ve ever had. Here’s some back story. Over the course of the last four years I’ve had a lot of physical injuries. I’ve had numerous surgeries on shoulders, back, and lymph nodes removed and regular visits with an oncologist. This are all easily verifiable conditions and procedures that stem from years of manual labor. The beginning of my last’s panic attack started in December. I had just come back from having my back fixed. I was off for about three months for the injury to heal because the nature of my job and the fact the company does not have a light duty program. At the beginning of the year I started running a fever and having night sweats. I was diagnosed with the flu without a test, because other members of my family had tested positive. The doctor told me to stay home for two days or until the fever was gone. In about three weeks my condition came back and there was a swelling under my arm. Fast forward to May and many different diagnosis and a day of from work here and there I’m told I need surgery to remove several lymph nodes. During the process of narrowing down what was wrong with me I was suspended for one day for absenteeism. My union rep said no big deal just file greviance because I had a proven I’ll ess that culminated in surgery. On the morning of the hearing I was dressed down by the labor relations employee. I had 15 absences in a six month period. All of which I had documentation of what was going on, but they claimed several days were missing. I was also informed that a few people had been fired for less. Please keep in mind that the year before my health failed I worked no less then 65 hours each week. 80 hours on some. I left the meeting with a host of emotions running through my mind. In addition to GAD I’m also Bipolar. On the way to work that evening I experienced a blow out on my vehicle. At my job coming in late is the same as not coming in at all as far as discipline goes. I freaked. I changed my tire in record time, drove 85 in a thunderstorm, and sprinted across the parking lot to make it with 3 minutes to spare. I started my shift and about thirty minutes in I could not shake the thought of what would have happened had I not made it. At that point with the adrenaline dump earlier a started getting dizzy and could not breath. It was so bad that I actually started crying. The supervisor at the tie had been an EMT at one point and could recognize what was happening. He asked if I needed to leave. I did need to get out of that environment, but if I left it’s a discipline issue and that just added to my panic attack. Finally he asked if I should get an ambulance to take me to the hospital because at that time I felt near death. He said that they would take me to a particular hospital and the company would pay for it. I had residual panic attack for two days after. The labor relations guy demanded I see a company doctor, I guess he thought I was faking, and the company doctor upon seeing my medical history and what I was going through would only release me to go back to work after I had talked to my psychiatrist. I did we made Ned adjustments and everything is good. Fast forward to today and I’ve recieved a massive bill. I was told that my panic attack was in no way related to work and they aren’t paying even though I was told different that night. Also, there have been coworkers in the past taken by ambulance for preexisting conditions that just happened to flair up at work and none were billed. I have no idea how to resolve this issue. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.