I need some... I don't know what I need!! I need to have a root canal done, my appt. is next Tues. Dentists up here don't do major dental work & send you to the city. My husband has to go in 1/2 a day (an hour drive one way), come back home, pick me up & drive an hour back to take me there. I feel for him! Anyways, I have sheer terror at this thought of going thru w/ this procedure. I know it has to be done but doesn't mean "I" can do it. I'm asking for Valium & pain killers. My tooth is killing me. A few people had mentioned I could get Valium (or the like) from the Dentist for anxiety; I never knew that!!
I had extractions of my wisdoms (all 4) & I nearly lost it. W/ a root canal, all the horror stories, & that I don't know this dentist, so there's no trust, I am just petrified. I can't explain it to them either. I tried saying I'm dissociative so no matter how much novocaine you give me, I will still feel pain (though I know it's mental from severe anxiety). I wanted to be knocked out but they don't do that anywhere around here. So I'm gonna opt for gas. AND novocaine AND painkillers AND valium. I know it has to be done but I am so petrified. I don't know this person & I have to trust them. Trust is hard for people who are diss. I requested to have my husband in w/ me. They said he could.
I don't need any advice or what nots. I don't know what I need. Somebody to just knock me out, canal, crown, & then I can physically wake up. That won't happen so what's the next best thing?
I had asked my T if there was a dentist who is sympathetic. She had said she don't know of many. She said her colleague had done a workshop for dentists & was surprised how many are ignorant of mental illness & anxiety. But she did give me the name of the place across from her other office. I see her 35 min. from here north, she's only there Tues's, her other office is 45 min. away south. She said the dentist was reputable to being sympathetic. I called & lady said yes he is. BUT they might not be able to do my root canal, depends on how my tooth is, roots & all. Then I can't get in to end of April. I need it done now. Having chips come outta your tooth is not good. I was trying to hold off but I already had the one scheduled for next week & glad I kept it.
Anybody else been thru a root canal? Please give me feedback. I am just so scared. I dissociate so much & the novocaine only numbs the physical Body, try explaining that the Mental Mind will still be active, someBody will still be immune to it.
Thanks for listening.
Love,
RhysMadison