Post by msmandy on Sept 15, 2005 11:11:02 GMT -5
Hi! I am new here ---- glad to have found you!!!
Ok, I am a dental phobic. I would much rather skydive off a cliff with no wings than go to a dental office! Im not afraid of dentists as people or whatever, but I am afraid of the work they DO! The sound, the smell, the chair, the drill, the PICK!!!!!!!!!!!! or as they call it the "Explorer"..... My god in heaven I need help! I dont like people's hands in my mouth I am a very clean person, and I dont like that.... I know they wear gloves, but whenever they put that and a tool in your mouth there is this insane driving smell on it and I dont like it at all!
Ok well that explains my depth of fear. Now let me tell you why I have it. When I was a youngster I had a horrible pediatric dentist. Well, he used to literally cover your eyes when he would bring the "needle" into sight .....and I am not afraid of the needle - I ENJOY it b/c I know it has the possibility of helping. But, because he did this I became afraid of it (Im not now) but I was.... he made me think it WAS something to be afraid of... plus I do not like people placing their hands over my eyes to hide something --- I hate it! I remember kids crying while being there too..... so that was traumatic! Im sure that was b/c Kids at a dentist you know--- not the best place in the world - but still!
Then I remember being so excited to go to a regular dentist - getting away from that nut.... Well Im convinced my Mother sat on the phone for a week straight looking for the CHEAPEST dentist, not the Best. I'm not all about the best, but the cheapest only requirement? .....Ok, well... she finds him and off we go. Well, I had a filling that came out and he needed to repair it..... well, I asked for novacaine..... No you wont need it he tells me. So I said Oh ok ---totally trusting him, he should know right? ......WRONG! He took the drill out, why I dont know....but, he did and it hurt like the dickens so I did like they say -- raise your hand. He didnt stop, so I started to mumble STOP. He stopped.... I said I need novacaine.....No you dont, Im almost done..... drill drill drill...... it wasnt almost done, it went on forever..... and it hurt like the dickens! So ever since that, I never went back to HIM! His idea of pain relief was turning the water nozzle up, my mouth was overflowing with water and I was in pain! It was horrifying! Oh yeah and SMOKE! I had smoke coming out of my mouth and it smelled like hell.
OK so this brings me to now..... Yes Ive been to dentists since, but Ive been heavily sedated, and sometimes even fully asleep! Well, I cant afford this anymore, no dental insurance!
I have and suffer Anxiety/Panic Disorder over different things, but Dentistry is one of them. So, Im really screwed right now because last night I chipped a tooth, and the tooth doesnt hurt but its got a jagged edge on it, and that hurts bad... I cant talk or else it hurts too bad..... plus I need to have it fixed before it turns into something worse! So I called my husbands dentist who he has been seeing since the beginning of time and loves..... and Ive made an appointment for tomorrow! Im so freaked out!
They do not offer any forms of sedation. No laughing gas, no nothing....just novacaine they said. I asked if I could take a few of my anti-anxiety pills before hand.. I take Klonopin and she said Yes. But, Im still flippin out here!
I know my fears dont make as much sense as some other peoples fears here, but they are mine and they did a number on me and I am scared lifeless!
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Mandy
Ok, I am a dental phobic. I would much rather skydive off a cliff with no wings than go to a dental office! Im not afraid of dentists as people or whatever, but I am afraid of the work they DO! The sound, the smell, the chair, the drill, the PICK!!!!!!!!!!!! or as they call it the "Explorer"..... My god in heaven I need help! I dont like people's hands in my mouth I am a very clean person, and I dont like that.... I know they wear gloves, but whenever they put that and a tool in your mouth there is this insane driving smell on it and I dont like it at all!
Ok well that explains my depth of fear. Now let me tell you why I have it. When I was a youngster I had a horrible pediatric dentist. Well, he used to literally cover your eyes when he would bring the "needle" into sight .....and I am not afraid of the needle - I ENJOY it b/c I know it has the possibility of helping. But, because he did this I became afraid of it (Im not now) but I was.... he made me think it WAS something to be afraid of... plus I do not like people placing their hands over my eyes to hide something --- I hate it! I remember kids crying while being there too..... so that was traumatic! Im sure that was b/c Kids at a dentist you know--- not the best place in the world - but still!
Then I remember being so excited to go to a regular dentist - getting away from that nut.... Well Im convinced my Mother sat on the phone for a week straight looking for the CHEAPEST dentist, not the Best. I'm not all about the best, but the cheapest only requirement? .....Ok, well... she finds him and off we go. Well, I had a filling that came out and he needed to repair it..... well, I asked for novacaine..... No you wont need it he tells me. So I said Oh ok ---totally trusting him, he should know right? ......WRONG! He took the drill out, why I dont know....but, he did and it hurt like the dickens so I did like they say -- raise your hand. He didnt stop, so I started to mumble STOP. He stopped.... I said I need novacaine.....No you dont, Im almost done..... drill drill drill...... it wasnt almost done, it went on forever..... and it hurt like the dickens! So ever since that, I never went back to HIM! His idea of pain relief was turning the water nozzle up, my mouth was overflowing with water and I was in pain! It was horrifying! Oh yeah and SMOKE! I had smoke coming out of my mouth and it smelled like hell.
OK so this brings me to now..... Yes Ive been to dentists since, but Ive been heavily sedated, and sometimes even fully asleep! Well, I cant afford this anymore, no dental insurance!
I have and suffer Anxiety/Panic Disorder over different things, but Dentistry is one of them. So, Im really screwed right now because last night I chipped a tooth, and the tooth doesnt hurt but its got a jagged edge on it, and that hurts bad... I cant talk or else it hurts too bad..... plus I need to have it fixed before it turns into something worse! So I called my husbands dentist who he has been seeing since the beginning of time and loves..... and Ive made an appointment for tomorrow! Im so freaked out!
They do not offer any forms of sedation. No laughing gas, no nothing....just novacaine they said. I asked if I could take a few of my anti-anxiety pills before hand.. I take Klonopin and she said Yes. But, Im still flippin out here!
I know my fears dont make as much sense as some other peoples fears here, but they are mine and they did a number on me and I am scared lifeless!
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Mandy
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