Vitally important , often times crap working conditions , and we always need more of them . <| sep |> I ' m glad you posted this . I had the same thing happen , also picolinate but had taken several different things with no clue which had caused this panic attack stuff . I was freaking out , pulse going mad , good thing I didn ' t have work that day or I ' d be useless . Sadly I know I need zinc but I ' m frightened when I take it now . I wish it came in much tinier capsules for convenience , especially if overdoing it can cause this in many people . Some tell me I ' m wasting my time and should just get more seafood in my diet but I live in a place that seafood is way more expensive than anything else , including zinc tablets . I ' m completely out of my depth here , but I ' m just going to try 14 of the dose , only more frequently . I ' m told it doesn ' t stay around in your body long . And I won ' t take it without a meal . And finally , I won ' t take it if I ' m starting to feel 100 %. I know this logic is shady but if I feel good , energetic , and unstressed maybe that ' s not the time to mess with cortisol . Maybe this will help avoid getting too much zinc at an inappropriate time . If you find any other resources that might help take the guesswork out of zinc dosing , I ' d love to read more . Thank you for sharing this !