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I'm in so much pain and i cant......

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wurlywurly · 17/02/2007 20:03

get it to go away. Do you think your body gets to stage where painkillers just stop working???

I'm in agony, have a broken tooth that im waiting to have fixed, but now the pain has gone into my jaw and i'm sobbing in pain, i have never know pain like it. I just keep walking the floor cos i cant sit still.

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NorksBrideOHara · 17/02/2007 20:21

Try sleeping with your painful jaw on a hot water bottle. I know there is nothing else like this pain, I had abcesses about 15yrs ago and none of my shop-bought painkillers had any effect.

If you can't face going to hospital this evening then make an emergency dental appointment first thing in the morning. A good surgery will give you an appointment even if you are not registered with them.

I hope you manage to get some sleep

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wurlywurly · 17/02/2007 20:22

i'm fine once i'm asleep, its just getting to sleep that i have problems with ATM.

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Scootergirl · 17/02/2007 20:23

Try slarting it in Anbesol or something similiar - although I don't think Bonjela will cut it. I had an infected tooth a while ago and can sympathise with you. It's bloody agony!
And second the whiskey...

Mercy · 17/02/2007 20:24

wurly, ok I've just read that you have panic attacks. Is that related to seeing a dentist or in general?

NorksBrideOHara · 17/02/2007 20:25

Sorry - took me so long to send my post that in the meantime you'd said you need to be sedated before treatment. Ring that clinic tomorrow, don't panic and all the pain will go away.

quietmouse · 17/02/2007 20:26

toothache really is agony. Could you go to A & E this evening? I remember the pain being so bad, if I had had pliars in the house, I would have pulled the tooth myself

try, as others have said, alternating painkillers, so you are taking something every 2 hours. I alternated co-codamol, paracetamol and nurofen iirc.

quietmouse · 17/02/2007 20:27

does sound like an abcess btw so you will need antibiotics

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wurlywurly · 17/02/2007 20:28

scooter girl, i read Anbesol as absinthe for some reason

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wurlywurly · 17/02/2007 20:31

i get panic attacks for everything, have suffered with them for about 13 years, they come and go. Have never had a bad experience at the dentist but am terrified of going also the dentist that i saw want very nice, was vrey critical about my teeth and told me off for not going for 10 years. I sat in the chair shaking and walked home hyperventilating, got home and phoned my mum in tears.

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fredip71 · 17/02/2007 20:48

Poor you . The sooner you see someone the better. I can empathise with you, had 4 teeth out in January and have to have my last wisdom tooth out in 10 days. Because, there was an abcess, the dentist gave me some antibiotics and it seems th epainkillers are doing a better job. Maybe, you could ask to see for another dentist, I saw a different one a few days ago, as mine was off ill. Honestly, I felt a more at ease with dentist 2, he was gentle and took time to explain what was what. The last thing you need is someone to have a go at you . Hope you can get it sorted quick.

Scootergirl · 17/02/2007 21:00

Absinthe would probably work... I would go with that

lulabelle · 17/02/2007 21:32

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Polgara2 · 17/02/2007 21:37

I've just had this . Only thing made it bearable was maximum doses of paracetamol and ibuprofen throughout the day ie kept it topped up as soon as the next dose was due. Mine seemed to migrate up to my ear as well which was unpleasant!

Kbear · 17/02/2007 21:44

Surely the dentist will start treatment and get you out of pain, let you pay something and let you pay at the end of the month?

Also, in case it helps, I was the world's worst dental patient. I used to hyperventilate, sob like a baby etc etc, didn't go for years and then only in extreme pain. I finally found a dentist who built up my trust, she was so understanding, never made me feel like a wally, and eventually when I had a crown and root canal she said I was the calmest patient she'd had as it was particularly long and difficult.

I looked into breathing techniques, how to calm myself, transport myself elsewhere while it was going on. I have issues with someone being an inch away from my face (!), it makes me claustrophobic and panicky but I shut my eyes and dream about stuff, holidays, mountains, oceans whatever, I am just not in that room, it is not happening to me. Kind of hynotise myself if you see what I mean. Sounds a bit mental but I didn't want my teeth in a jar by my bedside by age 40 and I had to get over it for my children too, didn't want them to take on my fears.

ANYWAY, back to you....!!! Don't suffer this, get some help from somewhere, beg to defer payment and deep breaths.

mummylin2495 · 17/02/2007 22:01

if you have any whiskey in the house swill it around your mouth ,this will help to deaden the pain ,you just spit it out after, so your not mixing alchohol with any painkillers.poor thing

sazjaz · 17/02/2007 22:13

i so know what ur going through iv been living off painkillers since last october . iv become imune to most of them now . im petrified of the dentist . as i speak i have a abbcess the size of a brussel on my jaw . i look like im perminantly chewing on a gobstopper . the only painkillers that work now are called diclofenac . u can get them from ur doctor

bandstand · 17/02/2007 22:15

how aobut a whiskey? knock you out.

Kbear · 17/02/2007 22:15

sazjaz - go to the dentist, get some sedation and get it treated. I can't tell you how scared I used to be. I literally held my breath and then got all panic-attacky and hysterical. Find a dentist that specialises in working with nervous patients, they are out there. Don't suffer anymore. sounds dreadful.

sazjaz · 17/02/2007 22:18

i went dentist a month ago cos i couldnt take it any more . and when he said i needed root canal in my front teeth .i was outta there in a flash

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Kbear · 17/02/2007 22:23

But you can't stay on painkillers forever.

I have a nervy tooth at the moment and I know I have to go and get it sorted before it becomes painful. Previously I would have left it until it got to the point you two are at now but now I have learnt to control my fear to an extent.

I still dread it, I still feel sick in the waiting room and need a glass of water because my mouth is so dry. I still feel like sobbing and running out of the door. BUT now I train myself somehow to calm down, to breathe slowly, to get through it, it's only half an hour of my life, I've had worse things (2 c/s and thyroid surgery) and talk myself into getting it over with.

Please try and find a dentist that can help you. The freedom from fear it brings knowing you can deal with dental treatment is unbelievable.

I'd take you to my dentist if I could!

sazjaz · 17/02/2007 22:23

kbear did root canal hurt makes me sick thinkin about it

Mercy · 17/02/2007 22:26

sajz, my dh had root canal treatment a couple of years ago. Was totally petrified because so many people had told him their 'horror' stories.

He said it was absolutely fine .

lockets · 17/02/2007 22:28

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sazjaz · 17/02/2007 22:29

iv heard the horror stories too . i just dont wanna faint and start crying cos i know i will . ill make a right prat of myself

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