tashbarnes87
14-11-11, 21:01
Hi all looks like im here again :weep:
After a loooooong battle with HA over MS i have completely replaced my fear, whilst i know this isnt the same thing i thought i would post here to get some help as i feel exactly the same obsessiveness like the MS worry.
Basically to cut a v long story short i have bad teeth & im 24 :( i know its vain but i am very happy generally with the way i look but my teeth let me down, i have 4 fillings up top, 4 down below 2 root canals & a crown. I am obsessive but cleaning them, i brush 3 times a day, floss at least twice & mouth wash alll the time. The problem is not now its my childhood & being allowed to eat & drink anything i wanted ( mostly sweets & coke) not being made to brush or go to the dentist. I had to have a root canal on a side tooth after the birth of my son which was awful dentist did the root canal in 10 mins without xrays, i left & about an hour late the pain ( much worse than childbirth) started it was an abcess. That was treated & after a complaint about the dentist i was given a crown & second root canal. I developed a hard lump on my gum after & nearly 3 years now its still there, not painful but when i press on it i can feel the tooth ( i know that sounds crazy) maybe a root?! any hoo had my daughter last year & a tooth snapped in half. I always go to the dentist every 6 month & they fix me up & send me on my way.
Any way my health anxiety has been really good like 99% cured & i have been really really happy :) getting married in 9 weeks too :) BUT then i have been having a awful few weeks & my anxiety levels have sky rocketed i decided to go & see a new dentist about preventative measures & that was last Thursday. Since then i have been a mess :( The new dentist was awesome & checked all my teeth & he said my gums were pristine & that he can tell i take care of my teeth, next he does Xrays & then he says 'o' turns out 2 root canals i had done as a teen havent been crowned & i will need that doing soon & he said i might as well crown the broken tooth too. So at 24 i will have 4 crowns that might not even last 10 years, then what? I cannot handle the thought of loosing my teeth, since then i have been obsessed, flossing, checking every 10 mins, pressing on this lump on my gum ( would i know in 3 years if it was a abcess?) cant think about anything other than my teeth, waiting for them to break, barely eating in case they break, :weep::weep:
Im so upset :(
After a loooooong battle with HA over MS i have completely replaced my fear, whilst i know this isnt the same thing i thought i would post here to get some help as i feel exactly the same obsessiveness like the MS worry.
Basically to cut a v long story short i have bad teeth & im 24 :( i know its vain but i am very happy generally with the way i look but my teeth let me down, i have 4 fillings up top, 4 down below 2 root canals & a crown. I am obsessive but cleaning them, i brush 3 times a day, floss at least twice & mouth wash alll the time. The problem is not now its my childhood & being allowed to eat & drink anything i wanted ( mostly sweets & coke) not being made to brush or go to the dentist. I had to have a root canal on a side tooth after the birth of my son which was awful dentist did the root canal in 10 mins without xrays, i left & about an hour late the pain ( much worse than childbirth) started it was an abcess. That was treated & after a complaint about the dentist i was given a crown & second root canal. I developed a hard lump on my gum after & nearly 3 years now its still there, not painful but when i press on it i can feel the tooth ( i know that sounds crazy) maybe a root?! any hoo had my daughter last year & a tooth snapped in half. I always go to the dentist every 6 month & they fix me up & send me on my way.
Any way my health anxiety has been really good like 99% cured & i have been really really happy :) getting married in 9 weeks too :) BUT then i have been having a awful few weeks & my anxiety levels have sky rocketed i decided to go & see a new dentist about preventative measures & that was last Thursday. Since then i have been a mess :( The new dentist was awesome & checked all my teeth & he said my gums were pristine & that he can tell i take care of my teeth, next he does Xrays & then he says 'o' turns out 2 root canals i had done as a teen havent been crowned & i will need that doing soon & he said i might as well crown the broken tooth too. So at 24 i will have 4 crowns that might not even last 10 years, then what? I cannot handle the thought of loosing my teeth, since then i have been obsessed, flossing, checking every 10 mins, pressing on this lump on my gum ( would i know in 3 years if it was a abcess?) cant think about anything other than my teeth, waiting for them to break, barely eating in case they break, :weep::weep:
Im so upset :(