Dental work ... halcyon??? :running scared:

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10-02-2002, 11:14 PM
LanSite

Dental work ... ativan/halcyon??? :running scared:

Oy vey ... someone hide me! <looks at G's :smoov: smiley ... gawd, that hair's so big I could hide in there> ...

I'm about to have some dental work done ... Dentist says he usually prescribes a dose of Halcyon or Ativan to take 30 minutes prior to the appointment ...

Now - Although, I don't really *like* going to the dentist ~ I don't usually freak ... I told my Dentist - thanks, but no thanks to the halcyon - just give me some nitrous and all will be right in my world ... but now ... :scared: I'm a gettin' the shakes ...

I'm not a big pill taker - I take sinus and headaches stuffs no problem, but that's about it ... I don't like taking much else ... and I don't like the thought of not really having all my senses about me (no funny comments from the cheap seats, folks ;) ) ...

Anyone have any experience with this? Taken Halcyon, Ativan, Valium or somesuch prior to a dental appt? How'd it go?

Please people - I don't want the scary went on halcyon and went homicidal stories ... just give me the facts from your own experiences, please :)

:D
10-02-2002, 11:54 PM
TallGuyLittleCar

*hands lannie a .50 cal bullet*

just bite down when the pain starts
10-03-2002, 12:05 AM
LanSite

Where were you today when they were cleaning my teeth??? ;)

They put that topical numbing agent on my teeth and I 'bout shot straight outta the chair ...
10-03-2002, 12:40 AM
gerbick

so... you've already done the deed lannie?

:smoov: <--- hide here, if not...
10-03-2002, 12:49 AM
Visionray

Honestly, I would stick with the Nitrous.

Accept no substitutes!
10-03-2002, 12:50 AM
LanSite

Quote:

Originally posted by *******
:smoov: <--- hide here, if not...

can you see me???
10-03-2002, 07:26 AM
jonte myra

My teeths are fine, I have never had any holes or anything, so I don't really have any problem going to the dentist.

My dentist just have a look, and says 'your teeths are great', and it is all finished and I leave with a big smile on my face, laughing at everone else.
10-03-2002, 07:45 AM
LanSite

Yeah okay - great .... thanks, Jonte :rolleyes:
10-03-2002, 07:56 AM
jonte myra

Your welcome.
10-03-2002, 07:57 AM
Napalm

Remember, waht doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Good luck :D
10-03-2002, 08:09 AM
LanSite

Quote:

Originally posted by Napalm
Remember, waht doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Good luck :D

Great - so if I'm not posting this time next week ... send out the reserves, I've died at the dentist's office! :scared: Whew! I feel much better, now! <smashes your thumb> ;)

I can't believe with all the nutty people here, no one's had experience with these anti-anxiety drugs ... ;)
10-03-2002, 08:32 AM
jonte myra

Quote:

Originally posted by LanSite
I can't believe with all the nutty people here, no one's had experience with these anti-anxiety drugs ... ;)

No experience.

But if you are really stressed out by the fact of going to the dentist, I can't see anything bad about it.

Also you said you don't like not to have your senses about you, so if you are not really totally completely suicidal about going to the dentist, maybee you shouldn't take the drug.
10-03-2002, 08:42 AM
Napalm

Quote:

Originally posted by LanSite
Whew! I feel much better, now! <smashes your thumb> ;)

Glad to help :p :D
10-03-2002, 08:55 AM
CVO Chris

I used to go up and down to the dentists all the time with toothaches and stuff. About 4 years ago I stopped going and I've never had one problem since. I don't even go for check ups.

They seem to create the problems rather than deal with them (or I've just got a sadistic dentist!).

For the love of all that is good, don't go Lannie! They're butchers I tell ya!

J/k - Good luck. See you on the "Dentist's worst disasters" TV show ;)
10-03-2002, 10:32 AM
hurricaneone

Hey Lannie,

So what happened to that fabled Texas grit that we've heard so much of? A little dental work gets you all bugged out? What would happen if the Lone Star state was to try to break away from the Union today? Me think that would be a short battle, probably worthy as a 'did you see this' at the end of your local news show.

:D
10-03-2002, 10:37 AM
Napalm

*** Starts looking for my suit, to wear to Hurricaneone's funeral ***
10-03-2002, 10:43 AM
hurricaneone

Quote:

Originally posted by Napalm
*** Starts looking for my suit, to wear to Hurricaneone's funeral ***

No worries, Napalm - I can always blame my post content on the medication.

:faded:
10-03-2002, 10:53 AM
gerbick

no, no, no... people.

she's more concerned about the drugs before the dental appointment, not the dentist.

in other words... it's all about the fact the she doesn't wanna take those drugs.

and I don't blame her...
10-03-2002, 11:04 AM
hurricaneone

I don't get it then - she's understandably against taking halcion (that makes sense, whoever heard of such a wacked-out thing??), but she's still up for taking multiple lungfuls of N2-Whoa, which'll surely mark the last moments of a coupla handfulls of braincells.

And I still don't understand why topical anesthetic would make you jump out of your chair - was it cold?
10-03-2002, 03:36 PM
LanSite

Quote:

Originally posted by hurricaneone
Hey Lannie,

So what happened to that fabled Texas grit that we've heard so much of? A little dental work gets you all bugged out?
:D

Lose my 'grit' ... no way ~ Just trying to be an informed consumer :D

Going to the dentist ~ although I don't like it ~ doesn't bother me too much ...

For reasons of convenience, when I go next week, I'm getting alot of work done at one time. My dentist said alot of patients will take a single dose of Ativan/Valium/Halcyon about 30 minutes prior to appt. time to reduce anxiety, etc. (asking around different dentists ~ this seems to be a very common practice).

I'm not fond of taking drugs at all ... Allergy meds and headache meds are just about all I take. What I was wondering about was the effects of a drug like this ... what does it make you feel like when you take it, etc. I'm reluctant, but ~ with re-doing an old root canal and having two more root canals done ... the possibility of a 'hurt me, but as long as I don't remember it, it's okay' esperience is looking sort of nice ;)

I've done some reading up and though the information is enlightening, what I was hoping for was someone who's done this before and could tell me first hand ... I've read that these drugs make you a little less inhibited, talkative, etc and am curious to know if that's true. Like I said earlier ~ I don't really like not having my senses about me ...

As for the topical anesthetic ~ my teeth are very sensitive ... When she put that stuff directly on my teeth ~ it was about the equivalent of drilling right into my teeth without the benefit of a pain killer.

As for the nitrous ~ pffft ... I've had it before - doesn't bother me. :D

Napalm you look great!!! ;)
10-03-2002, 03:50 PM
Gloomycus

When I had teeth removed, they just injected novacane into my gums, and they gave me nothing when I had the build up put on my one tooth (had my mouth open for a good 45 mins straight). So no, haven't taken anything.
10-03-2002, 04:05 PM
TallGuyLittleCar

Quote:

Originally posted by LanSite
I'm not fond of taking drugs at all ... Allergy meds and headache meds are just about all I take. What I was wondering about was the effects of a drug like this ... what does it make you feel like when you take it, etc. I'm reluctant, but ~ with re-doing an old root canal and having two more root canals done ... the possibility of a 'hurt me, but as long as I don't remember it, it's okay' esperience is looking sort of nice ;)

well the old root canal is essentially a dead tooth with no sensation. So that shouldn't be to bad.

I just had a root canal, just got novacane. it was done by a root canal specialists so it was fairly quick.

come on lannie no drugs, i mean it shouldn't be anything to a texan ;)
10-03-2002, 04:29 PM
LanSite

Quote:

Originally posted by TallGuyLittleCar
well the old root canal is essentially a dead tooth with no sensation. So that shouldn't be to bad.

I just had a root canal, just got novacane. it was done by a root canal specialists so it was fairly quick.

come on lannie no drugs, i mean it shouldn't be anything to a texan ;)

Well, apparently ~ when they did the old root canal to begin with - they didn't pull out all of the nerve and didn't 'pack it' properly, so I have trouble with it from time to time ... I think it's still a dead tooth, though - right?

Novacaine usually will do it for me - they have to give me *alot* of it, though ... And with having already had a root canal pain isn't really the issue here <hikes up pants and spits like a tough guy> ;)

I'm having some other work done while Im there - I'm slotted for a 4-5 hour appt. ~ Dentist told me taking Ativan, etc - I woulnd't remember a thing ... wondering if it's worth it to take it ... beginning to think it's not ... Beginning to think I'll just stay up all night the night before and then sleep my way through it :D
10-03-2002, 04:38 PM
TallGuyLittleCar

i think the tooth will still be dead. but if nerve tissue is there, well you will fill pain when they start playing around.

when I had my tooth with the root canal capped i felt nothing. when the tooth without a root canal was capped it was a little more entertaining.

they have a place around me that does "sedation dentistry" personally I like to be awake so i can try and say "why do you need a torch?"
10-03-2002, 05:12 PM
LanSite

Quote:

Originally posted by TallGuyLittleCar
"why do you need a torch?"

See ... this is where living in denial comes in handy ...