dentist

[leese]

Does anyone have a huge fear of going to the dentist? All my life I dread the appointment, because i fear once he starts im stuck in the chair till its over & what if i make myself sick with nerves! Maybe its a control thing, because your cant get up to leave till he's done, just wondering if any one else feels this way.


-Lisa

[rhinoseri]

Hmmm... I usually do get a bit anxious when I go to the dentist...
those tools and toothbrushes that have been in hundreds of other
people's germy mouths, and then dentist sticking their fingers into
your mouth aswell. But I fear the doctor more than the dentist....

[Melikasa]

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[sage]

I was always scared of the dentist terribly (for emet reasons) - then I discovered Ativan and I dope myself up with it oncea year, or every time I need work done. No anxiety...no memory of the appointment! lol!

[Jenneh]

im petrified of the dentist... but mainly because of my experience of the authodontists... the way they make u do those moulds.. which make u gag hjorribly.. EUGH.


anyway, i have to have a filling done soon, and im already really scared about it...


Jen xxxxx

[Galadriel]

Hey Sage,


What is that medicine that you take exactly? Did you get it by prescription? What does it do?

[rhinoseri]

I'm dreading getting braces soon, and have been for as long back as I knew that they made the mold of your mouth...

[leese]

Well my appointment is tomorrow i need a filling that i have been putting off, But i have xanax so hopfully that will take the edge off, next visit i have to have my wisdom teeth out, that will be a high stresser!!!! Yea I know all about braces &amp; having to have the molds done, the key is to breath out of your nose slowly &amp; deeplyin &amp; out tell the nurse to keep talking to u to keep your mind off the gag reflex.

[siafi]

The dentist fear is DEFINITELY the control thing for me. One of my worst fears is v*ing while they're working on my mouth...[img]smileys/smilies_11.gif[/img]But, I've managed to get through dental appointments pretty well. The big problem I had was one time when I got gum surgery that I was AWAKE for and I felt like v*ing from the anxiety!! It was HORRIBLE. I didn't think I could handle it...the doctor said I was really close to fainting. I wish I did faint so that I wouldn't be concious for all the nerves. Leese - I wouldn't be as afraid of the wisdom teeth removal because you aren't awake for the surgery, and all my friends who had theirs out said they never felt sick at all. [img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]

[leese]

saifi,


i will be awake because i only ned the top ones out, i asked not to be sedated, i cant handle IV sedation, makes me feel like i can leave if i had to, i'd rather be awake &amp; in control, anyway they are going to do one at a time, I have an awesome dentist! So im getting ready to leave in a few to go for my drill &amp; fill, my anxiety is off the charts, when its over i will be like why was i so nervous! thats how it always is! I dread the appointment for weeks &amp; then its over &amp; i get so mad i ruined my week for nothing. ANyway antisapatory anxiety is the worst!


-Lisa

[izzybee]

I ahte the dentist. I'm ok with it apart from my emet stopping me going. I really need a brace but have been to scared to get it done. I started going to the orthadontist when I was 9 but havent gone through wirh it yet! Its one of my prioritys once I get over emet!