I had a panic attack during my exam yesterday... I started crying and then hyperventilating and because of that I was making a sound (obviously). I was shaking and I couldn't see so I couldn't do anything in that time. The invigilator came over to me with tissues and basically told me to calm down, which anyone who's had a panic attack will know is exceptionally difficult to do. She did not offer me the chance to leave and in my head I was begging for that but I couldn't ask because I wasn't capable of forming words. I've had panic attacks before and my doctor knows I have anxiety but by the time it was diagnosed we thought it was too late to ask for special arrangements and I have not on medication. Anyway, today my mum received a call from the school basically saying that it was unacceptable and distracting to other students and that if it happens again, I will be asked to leave and disqualified from all my exams. To me that just seems wrong? Idk... i wholeheartedly agree that it was probably unfair on other students which is why I thought I should have been taken out and then brought back in (and according to JCQ, at the centre's discretion) it is fine to give extra time to candidates based upon that. But I'm wondering if there's anything I can do? Because I think that other candidates should be given extra marks for a 'noise that is more than momentary' and that I should receive marks for extreme distress in the exam, but our school don't seem to be fond of that idea. Idk it just seems unfair that if something happens again that I can't control, I will be disqualified? People don't seem to understand that I can't just switch my panic attacks on and off... Idk if I can get a doctor's note and ask for a separate room for the remainder of my exams?
I'm just scared. Not to mention my mum's been yelling at me all day for it...