@MagicDuck12 I was absolutely petrified yes, just read my very first posts. I was basically shaking in the waiting room on completely irresponsible amounts of stuff like 60mg of Diazepam (Valium) and Pregablin, both of which I just kept taking and taking on the day of my appointment and in the lead up I went a bit overboard.
But you know what? The embarrassment in my day to day life, the fear of losing all my teeth and stress of it all became more of a worry than actually going to the dentist. It got to the point that being scared or embarrassed at the dentist was the lesser of two evils. Regarding your situation and still fearing it once you've been in there a few times I dunno what to advise. Once I was in there and got over the initial checkup, which is what I feared most - someone actually closely looking inside something I've tried to hide for years, and knowing for sure the work I had to have done - I was alright.
The worse part for me is just the initial injections, and honestly they're not that bad at all. I'd say the worse one I've had so far (out of 3 appointments) felt like if you have a fingernail and just push it a little into your gum. In fact that was probably worse, I did it just now. The plastic dam they put over your mouth is slightly uncomfortable, but after 30 seconds you get used to it. After that the work they do actually feels kind of good in the sense they're getting rid of something horrible (the decay) and making me look more normal.
Anyone have a thought on my original new comment said just now? I noticed over the last week the front tooth filling I had done about 2-3 weeks ago is discolouring and it's bought me literally back to square one regarding the anxiety, as I'm gonna subconsciously now try to hide it. I had a few days/weeks where I was just starting to not worry and being more expressive...now this.
