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Toothhurty
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Hi
I am going round and round in circles. About six months ago part of my back tooth broke off when I was eating some cornflakes. However, although I went to the dentist to let them have a look at it and take some x-rays, I didn't go back to let them sort the tooth or the other one next to it which I was told also needed a re-fill. This is because I have been suffering panic attacks and claustrophobia for the last three years. I also suffered agoraphobia but in the last 8 months this has improved and I do manage to get out and about to a point. It took me a year to pluck up the courage to see an optician, but that situations wasn't as desperate as the the situation I am now in. You see, I had a bad allergic to a prescription drug and now I am terrified to let any drug into my body and that includes local anaesthetics. It doesn't help that I know that my body doesn't react well to adrenaline and non adrenaline anaesthesia anyway (usually about 15 to 20 minutes after the injection, my heart races, and I get uncontrollable shakes). I still took the anaesthesia even though the reactions were horrible, but now because of the panic disorder that I have, I know that these reactions would most definitely bring on a massive panic attack.
There is no way I could consider an IV sedative for the reason I have given above about being scared to put any drugs into my body. My tooth is starting to show signs that it is not going to hold out much longer, so what the heck am I going to do?
Would appreciate any advice.
Many thanks
toothhurty
I am going round and round in circles. About six months ago part of my back tooth broke off when I was eating some cornflakes. However, although I went to the dentist to let them have a look at it and take some x-rays, I didn't go back to let them sort the tooth or the other one next to it which I was told also needed a re-fill. This is because I have been suffering panic attacks and claustrophobia for the last three years. I also suffered agoraphobia but in the last 8 months this has improved and I do manage to get out and about to a point. It took me a year to pluck up the courage to see an optician, but that situations wasn't as desperate as the the situation I am now in. You see, I had a bad allergic to a prescription drug and now I am terrified to let any drug into my body and that includes local anaesthetics. It doesn't help that I know that my body doesn't react well to adrenaline and non adrenaline anaesthesia anyway (usually about 15 to 20 minutes after the injection, my heart races, and I get uncontrollable shakes). I still took the anaesthesia even though the reactions were horrible, but now because of the panic disorder that I have, I know that these reactions would most definitely bring on a massive panic attack.
There is no way I could consider an IV sedative for the reason I have given above about being scared to put any drugs into my body. My tooth is starting to show signs that it is not going to hold out much longer, so what the heck am I going to do?
Would appreciate any advice.
Many thanks
toothhurty