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nkt
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Hi all,
I've never liked injections and had my first panic attack almost 20 years ago, while donating blood. As a result, I stopped visiting the dentist altogether. Five years ago, I cracked a tooth, and it was extremely painful. I went to the dental hospital and, to my amazement, I was easily able to tolerate the extraction, despite the trainee making a total hash of it, almost pulling my head clean off my shoulders and having to get someone else to take over. I then registered with a dentist and had several fillings and even a root canal on a molar with no problems at all.
Last year, the root canal failed and the tooth had to come out. This time, I was extremely anxious about it for weeks beforehand and had a massive panic attack during the procedure, which was fairly quick. The dentist was very understanding, but I felt utterly humiliated. Shortly afterwards, I needed a filling on a neighbouring tooth, but couldn't face the appointment and cancelled it. Now, some months later, I can feel an abscess forming under that tooth, my only remaining lower molar on one side. I am absolutely petrified about going back. I'm consumed with thoughts about the injection, being unable to 'escape', making a fool of myself again and losing yet another tooth. My GP has given me two 2mg diazepam pills but I doubt that will help much. Any other form of sedation is not an option as I have no one to accompany me to appointments. Does anyone have any advice? Apologies for the wall of text.
I've never liked injections and had my first panic attack almost 20 years ago, while donating blood. As a result, I stopped visiting the dentist altogether. Five years ago, I cracked a tooth, and it was extremely painful. I went to the dental hospital and, to my amazement, I was easily able to tolerate the extraction, despite the trainee making a total hash of it, almost pulling my head clean off my shoulders and having to get someone else to take over. I then registered with a dentist and had several fillings and even a root canal on a molar with no problems at all.
Last year, the root canal failed and the tooth had to come out. This time, I was extremely anxious about it for weeks beforehand and had a massive panic attack during the procedure, which was fairly quick. The dentist was very understanding, but I felt utterly humiliated. Shortly afterwards, I needed a filling on a neighbouring tooth, but couldn't face the appointment and cancelled it. Now, some months later, I can feel an abscess forming under that tooth, my only remaining lower molar on one side. I am absolutely petrified about going back. I'm consumed with thoughts about the injection, being unable to 'escape', making a fool of myself again and losing yet another tooth. My GP has given me two 2mg diazepam pills but I doubt that will help much. Any other form of sedation is not an option as I have no one to accompany me to appointments. Does anyone have any advice? Apologies for the wall of text.