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terrified.robin
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- Jul 21, 2011
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About 6 months ago my former dentist (who I detested) bluntly stated that my 2 top wisdom teeth were impacted and needed to be removed. I blew it off for awhile because any trip to the dentist like many on this site incites a deep ingrained fear and anxiety in me; I get shaky, nauseous, and 9 times out of 10 start sobbing at the sight of the dentist walking in. I had numerous terrible experiences with dentistry as a child and despite my efforts to "get over it" as many people tell me to do, I can't quite seem to shake it.
Last week my mother finally forced me to attend an appointment with a dental surgeon, who I actually liked. Upon the sight of him I started sobbing of course but instead of trying to make jokes or ignore me, he sat down, took my hand and actually calmed me down. However, once he kindly re-affirmed that my top wisdom teeth indeed had to come out I again panicked and have been in a state of depressed panic for the past week. My extraction appointment is this Friday, July 22 and I am completely and absolutely terrified. I'm afraid of pain and discomfort, of not being able to go through with it and so much more. I'm afraid the sedation wont work, that i'll wake up, or even that they'll make some awful mistake and take out the wrong teeth. I'm scared of what the extraction entails as well as the aftercare. I'm basically just completely terrifed to the point of tears and loss of sleep and I guess im just looking for some reassurance that this extraction will go fine and that I'll be okay. I'm so glad I found this site to vent on because right now I feel like i'm losing my mind with fear and sleeplessness.
Last week my mother finally forced me to attend an appointment with a dental surgeon, who I actually liked. Upon the sight of him I started sobbing of course but instead of trying to make jokes or ignore me, he sat down, took my hand and actually calmed me down. However, once he kindly re-affirmed that my top wisdom teeth indeed had to come out I again panicked and have been in a state of depressed panic for the past week. My extraction appointment is this Friday, July 22 and I am completely and absolutely terrified. I'm afraid of pain and discomfort, of not being able to go through with it and so much more. I'm afraid the sedation wont work, that i'll wake up, or even that they'll make some awful mistake and take out the wrong teeth. I'm scared of what the extraction entails as well as the aftercare. I'm basically just completely terrifed to the point of tears and loss of sleep and I guess im just looking for some reassurance that this extraction will go fine and that I'll be okay. I'm so glad I found this site to vent on because right now I feel like i'm losing my mind with fear and sleeplessness.