Double_Rainbow
26-07-21, 20:52
Hi all,
I've recently had a routine oral exam with the dentist and he said that everything looked good. A few days after the exam stupid me decided to take a look in my mouth, and I noticed a tiny white spot on my gum. It immediately sent me spiraling into the checking and obsessing frenzy. I took a picture of it and sent to my dentist who assured me it didn't look like anything serious. But I can't stop obsessing about it, I fear it is a beginning of oral cancer. After 10 days of this suffering I gave up and scheduled an exam with my dentist, I am going tomorrow to see him in person. In the meantime, I am obsessively browsing pictures of oral cancer instead of doing work :weep:
I have a significant history of obsessive going to the doctors regarding moles and spots on my skin, and asking for biopsies. I do NOT want to go that way with my mouth but i don't know how to stop it. Today only I have already checked it so much, my cheek hurts from raising it up. If I don't check it, my anxiety builds up so bad I cannot think of anything else. Every time I go to brush teeth anxiety spikes like crazy, it is torture. Please help. Anyone has any ideas how to stop it? Tomorrow if the dentist says [again] that it is nothing to worry about, how do I accept the diagnosis and not go "dentist shopping"? Thanks so much!
I've recently had a routine oral exam with the dentist and he said that everything looked good. A few days after the exam stupid me decided to take a look in my mouth, and I noticed a tiny white spot on my gum. It immediately sent me spiraling into the checking and obsessing frenzy. I took a picture of it and sent to my dentist who assured me it didn't look like anything serious. But I can't stop obsessing about it, I fear it is a beginning of oral cancer. After 10 days of this suffering I gave up and scheduled an exam with my dentist, I am going tomorrow to see him in person. In the meantime, I am obsessively browsing pictures of oral cancer instead of doing work :weep:
I have a significant history of obsessive going to the doctors regarding moles and spots on my skin, and asking for biopsies. I do NOT want to go that way with my mouth but i don't know how to stop it. Today only I have already checked it so much, my cheek hurts from raising it up. If I don't check it, my anxiety builds up so bad I cannot think of anything else. Every time I go to brush teeth anxiety spikes like crazy, it is torture. Please help. Anyone has any ideas how to stop it? Tomorrow if the dentist says [again] that it is nothing to worry about, how do I accept the diagnosis and not go "dentist shopping"? Thanks so much!