R
Ro
Junior member
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2016
- Messages
- 2
- Location
- Canada
Alright. So I'm 15 and have quite extreme anxiety. I am currently in therapy, and will eventually be meeting with a doctor at an anxiety clinic to discuss medication. I have always had an issue getting needles, but it has recently (within the past 2 years) gotten much worse. When I was younger, I could receive needles during dental practices with no issue, and it never bothered me, even though getting a needle anywhere else would cause me to have a panic attack (Now I can't get needles anywhere, mouth or body, as I attempt to avoid it so much that doctors have to stop otherwise I'd hurt myself in an attempt to get away from the needle.)
Just over a year ago, I went to the dentist to get a cavity filling done, and I thought that maybe I could deal with it. However, when I was in the dentist's chair, I began crying and hyperventilating and shaking, and my hand whipped up when I realized the needle was near my mouth, despite my dentist's best attempt to keep me blinded by the light so as to not see the needle. I had numbing gel on my gums too. He decided I wouldn't be able to get the needle, so his assistant stayed with me to help me calm down while he spoke to my mom. He referred me to a children's dentist who can use laughing gas, so my dad brought me there one afternoon. I was so scared even going into the building I could barely walk, and after we left I was sobbing in the elevator, so my dad had to cancel the appointments we had just made there.
We found another dentist who has laughing gas, and we've been there twice, once for a meeting to discuss my issues, and another for a cleaning. It took me several minutes before I could sit down in the chair and convince myself that they weren't going to pull a needle on me during the consultation. I was in a constant state of fear during the cleaning, and I almost didn't go I was so afraid. My dad had to cancel the actual filling appointment due to me having a panic attack at home and refusing to go. What can I do? I don't know when the appointment with the medication doctor will be, and my teeth really hurt and I want to get the fillings but I can't. Nothing I have done has helped and the thought of the needle brings me to the brink of tears, and sometimes causes me to go into full panic just thinking about it. Please help.
Just over a year ago, I went to the dentist to get a cavity filling done, and I thought that maybe I could deal with it. However, when I was in the dentist's chair, I began crying and hyperventilating and shaking, and my hand whipped up when I realized the needle was near my mouth, despite my dentist's best attempt to keep me blinded by the light so as to not see the needle. I had numbing gel on my gums too. He decided I wouldn't be able to get the needle, so his assistant stayed with me to help me calm down while he spoke to my mom. He referred me to a children's dentist who can use laughing gas, so my dad brought me there one afternoon. I was so scared even going into the building I could barely walk, and after we left I was sobbing in the elevator, so my dad had to cancel the appointments we had just made there.
We found another dentist who has laughing gas, and we've been there twice, once for a meeting to discuss my issues, and another for a cleaning. It took me several minutes before I could sit down in the chair and convince myself that they weren't going to pull a needle on me during the consultation. I was in a constant state of fear during the cleaning, and I almost didn't go I was so afraid. My dad had to cancel the actual filling appointment due to me having a panic attack at home and refusing to go. What can I do? I don't know when the appointment with the medication doctor will be, and my teeth really hurt and I want to get the fillings but I can't. Nothing I have done has helped and the thought of the needle brings me to the brink of tears, and sometimes causes me to go into full panic just thinking about it. Please help.