ariel88
12-06-14, 12:50
Hi,
Basically I have an extreme phobia of the dentist, I went recently and was told I need to have a tooth removed one of my first molars on the top. I booked the appointment and on the day I had to cancel because I felt like I was having a continual panic attack for the whole morning. They are now referring me to be sedated to have the tooth removed.
So recently I have been suffering with the worst anxiety I have ever had used to be once every couple of weeks but now its everyday and on top of that I now have this really achy pain in the corner of my bottom jaw, ear and one side of my neck. This is the same side as the tooth but about 2 inches away.
Im freaking out because I'm worried the pain is caused by the tooth even tho the tooth is not hurting. I have to wait to be sedated as I can't even get in the dentist chair if I think he's going to do work on my mouth. I'm panicking that I'm going to end up with blood poisoning or a brain abscess or something worse/
Could the jaw pain be to do with anxiety? or the tooth? What symptoms should I look out for to tell whether I'm in danger? I have stupidly googled this even though I know this is the worst thing to do and now I'm stressing out.
I have no fever and no other symptoms just constant anxiety and this awful pain.
Basically I have an extreme phobia of the dentist, I went recently and was told I need to have a tooth removed one of my first molars on the top. I booked the appointment and on the day I had to cancel because I felt like I was having a continual panic attack for the whole morning. They are now referring me to be sedated to have the tooth removed.
So recently I have been suffering with the worst anxiety I have ever had used to be once every couple of weeks but now its everyday and on top of that I now have this really achy pain in the corner of my bottom jaw, ear and one side of my neck. This is the same side as the tooth but about 2 inches away.
Im freaking out because I'm worried the pain is caused by the tooth even tho the tooth is not hurting. I have to wait to be sedated as I can't even get in the dentist chair if I think he's going to do work on my mouth. I'm panicking that I'm going to end up with blood poisoning or a brain abscess or something worse/
Could the jaw pain be to do with anxiety? or the tooth? What symptoms should I look out for to tell whether I'm in danger? I have stupidly googled this even though I know this is the worst thing to do and now I'm stressing out.
I have no fever and no other symptoms just constant anxiety and this awful pain.