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- Jun 10, 2017
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I've had teeth trouble for years now because any time I went to go to the dentist to get fillings I would have mysterious "panic attacks" in the chair even when I felt fine right up until after the injection. Last time I went was 2 years ago and they gave me anaesthetic and started drilling, and I just began shaking uncontrollably and they had to stop. They put a temporary filling on and I never went back.
This january I got diagnosed with Addison's disease, my body doesn't make enough cortisol so whenever I go through a stressful situation I get sick and could go into shock and die. I know I'm supposed to take extra medicine now but I still haven't been back to the dentist because of my horrible experience last time. It felt like I was dying, and now I know that it could have happened if they'd kept going because I would have gone into adrenal crisis. I've already had people mishandle my illness and not take me seriously so now I genuinely do have anxiety about the dentist, not just a physiological reaction.
My tooth just broke. The temporary filling fell out ages ago and I've been doing my best to keep it clean, but I guess a broken tooth can only last so long. Combined with the oral steroids and all the side effects that brings it was probably only a matter of time. The inside is brown and decayed and I'm not in pain but I'm very distressed. They already wanted to remove another one of my teeth on the other side because it had fallen apart before and we'd established that I wasn't "calm" enough to make it through a root canal. That one is more filling than tooth, it's basically just the roots with a temporary filling sitting on top at this point and keeps getting infected. If they remove molars from both sides of my mouth I'm worried I won't be able to chew at all anymore. I can't afford private care or implants or caps or anything like that, I can barely afford the NHS charge and because of my illness my teeth are just getting worse. I feel so hopeless. I feel like I've ruined my life. On top of all this I can feel that the enamel on my front teeth is wearing down and they don't look or feel healthy anymore but I'm so scared that if I go to the dentist they'll actually kill me. I heard that the anaesthetic can trigger an adrenal crisis so I'm scared they'll use it and I'll just die. I have an emergency injection kit but I've never had to use it before and I'm scared to inject myself. I'm not even sure if I'd be able to help myself in that state.
I'm so worried that they're going to tell me they just need to pull them all because I can't afford the private treatment. If that happens I think I'd rather just leave them to rot.
This january I got diagnosed with Addison's disease, my body doesn't make enough cortisol so whenever I go through a stressful situation I get sick and could go into shock and die. I know I'm supposed to take extra medicine now but I still haven't been back to the dentist because of my horrible experience last time. It felt like I was dying, and now I know that it could have happened if they'd kept going because I would have gone into adrenal crisis. I've already had people mishandle my illness and not take me seriously so now I genuinely do have anxiety about the dentist, not just a physiological reaction.
My tooth just broke. The temporary filling fell out ages ago and I've been doing my best to keep it clean, but I guess a broken tooth can only last so long. Combined with the oral steroids and all the side effects that brings it was probably only a matter of time. The inside is brown and decayed and I'm not in pain but I'm very distressed. They already wanted to remove another one of my teeth on the other side because it had fallen apart before and we'd established that I wasn't "calm" enough to make it through a root canal. That one is more filling than tooth, it's basically just the roots with a temporary filling sitting on top at this point and keeps getting infected. If they remove molars from both sides of my mouth I'm worried I won't be able to chew at all anymore. I can't afford private care or implants or caps or anything like that, I can barely afford the NHS charge and because of my illness my teeth are just getting worse. I feel so hopeless. I feel like I've ruined my life. On top of all this I can feel that the enamel on my front teeth is wearing down and they don't look or feel healthy anymore but I'm so scared that if I go to the dentist they'll actually kill me. I heard that the anaesthetic can trigger an adrenal crisis so I'm scared they'll use it and I'll just die. I have an emergency injection kit but I've never had to use it before and I'm scared to inject myself. I'm not even sure if I'd be able to help myself in that state.
I'm so worried that they're going to tell me they just need to pull them all because I can't afford the private treatment. If that happens I think I'd rather just leave them to rot.