clarity83
11-08-13, 07:30
Hello everyone,
Just a little bit of background. Around mid May of this year I went in to have dental work done. My wisdom tooth was pretty rotted away and chipped down to size with a hole in the middle. ( sorry for the grossness of this). On top of that I had bridge work done 6 years ago that is now damaged and had to be partially removed ( right next to bad wisdom tooth). Half the bridge was removed with a drill and no drugs involved. My appointment was set for following week for full work but we stopped when we had just started due to a bad reaction to the anaesthesia that was used. It caused my vision to go blurry and distant for 4 minutes. We assumed the dentist simply poked the wrong area. Well ever since this I have not been back to dentist and my wisdom tooth is worse than ever. It feels like gum flesh is rising from the inside and poking out and it is discomfort when I touch it. It is tender and bleeds when mesed around with.
This is my question... On June 23rd ( weeks after dental situation) I had what appears to be an anxiety attack upon falling asleep. I had to catch my breathing and calm myself down. My left arm got prickly and my skin turned pale. It was horrible I felt I would never feel ok again. The following day my eye was bloodshot. The day after my left arm was swollen upon waking. Then I got vertigo. Then it all went downhill from there. I could go on but I won't. My GP told me I had GAD and suggested therapy and meds. Both of which I started. But now I am wondering whether dental problems cause anxiety to develop? I heard that tooth problems cause a plethora of conditons including heart conditions and god knows what else. Im just wondering maybe I do not need Zoloft afterall and just need to get dental hygiene in order?? It got to the point where I have severe anxiety symptoms. ( Maybe life problems contributor) and I cant help but wonder if there is correlation between my attack and needing dental work.
Just a little bit of background. Around mid May of this year I went in to have dental work done. My wisdom tooth was pretty rotted away and chipped down to size with a hole in the middle. ( sorry for the grossness of this). On top of that I had bridge work done 6 years ago that is now damaged and had to be partially removed ( right next to bad wisdom tooth). Half the bridge was removed with a drill and no drugs involved. My appointment was set for following week for full work but we stopped when we had just started due to a bad reaction to the anaesthesia that was used. It caused my vision to go blurry and distant for 4 minutes. We assumed the dentist simply poked the wrong area. Well ever since this I have not been back to dentist and my wisdom tooth is worse than ever. It feels like gum flesh is rising from the inside and poking out and it is discomfort when I touch it. It is tender and bleeds when mesed around with.
This is my question... On June 23rd ( weeks after dental situation) I had what appears to be an anxiety attack upon falling asleep. I had to catch my breathing and calm myself down. My left arm got prickly and my skin turned pale. It was horrible I felt I would never feel ok again. The following day my eye was bloodshot. The day after my left arm was swollen upon waking. Then I got vertigo. Then it all went downhill from there. I could go on but I won't. My GP told me I had GAD and suggested therapy and meds. Both of which I started. But now I am wondering whether dental problems cause anxiety to develop? I heard that tooth problems cause a plethora of conditons including heart conditions and god knows what else. Im just wondering maybe I do not need Zoloft afterall and just need to get dental hygiene in order?? It got to the point where I have severe anxiety symptoms. ( Maybe life problems contributor) and I cant help but wonder if there is correlation between my attack and needing dental work.