Hello,

I am still in the early stages where I am terrified about this condition. I had a root canal and never felt 'normal' on the lower left side. I had a dental implant and a large filling in the same area too. Then I had two crowns replaced and all heck broke loose. The worst pain in my life. I felt burning, squeezing, aching pain. My gums felt on fire even. All my teeth ached. The root canal feels like a volcano at times ands is still tap sensitive.

Anyway, I am struggling so much with all this. I feel like one day everything just changed. I have small children and feel awful that they watch me cry. To make matters worse I have suffered anxiety my whole life and I am off the deep end. I cannot imagine feeling normal.

My tongue now burns on the side of my neurapathy. Does anyone else have this. Just started having jabbing ear pains too on that side. Everyday I am afraid of what I will experience. Sometimes it is my teeth, especially the Root Canal that started everything. I am tempted to pull it, tempted to hope and pray it is cracked and that is it but I am too scared since this pain has been like nothing I have experienced. I tried neurotin but then my tongue symptoms started so I got scared and stopped. I am now on clonazapam and am wondering about some of the tricylics since I am beyond depressed as well. I have delt with anxiety mostly without benzos my whole life so it worries me to take this me everyday but I could not get out of bed without it right now.

Anyway, it is nice to know that other people have gone through this and find a way to deal. Do you ever get to a point where you aren't scared of what the day will bring? My problem is definately atypical since I don't have electric stabs usually but more continual burn and ache. I just cannot grasp that this is what has happened to me. Does anyone take a mix of anxiety or depressioin medication too. I still think I need to find the right med mix. I usually don't like taking any meds but am so beaten down I will take what will work at this point. Do any meds seem to work better for atypical brought on by dental work?

Oddly enough, I read that someone else had thier sense of smell effected and this happened to me too. When a dentist drilled down the crown of the awful RC tooth to make it out of occlusion more I had horrible pain. I actually even felt burning in my chest and the air smelled like burnt chemicals even when I was outside in fresh air. I was completely confused. I just with I knew what the best coarse of action is. I cannot get myself to believe that this pain is not dental related since it all started with dental work. I feel trapped because I would like to get anything done that would relieve pain but cannot go back to where I was, screaming in a ball on the floor with pain, when I had dental work done last time. I feel trapped, scared, depressed, and like no one understands. Right now my tongue burns and it is bothering me so.

Thanks for listening,
Becca

bec555,SO SORRY THIS IS HAPPENING TO YOU. WE'VE ALL BEEEN THERE AND KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH. I AM 8 MONTHS POST MVD. MINE IS NOT A COMPLETE SUCESS STORY. YOU SOUND ALOT LIKE ME BEFORE MY SURGERY. ONE OF MY DRS. SAID IT WAS NOT UNUSUAL FOR A PATIENT TO HAVE HAD ALL THEIR TEETH PULLED SEEKING RELIEF BEFORE THEY GET THE RIGHT DIAGNOSIS. DEALING WITH CHRONIC PAIN, NO MATTER WHAT THE SOURCE, IS VERY HARD AND OFTEN DEPRESSING. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. DON'T BE AFRAID TO REACH OUT TO A TRUSTED FRIEND OR PASTOR IN TALKING ABOUT YOUR PAIN. TAKE TIME TO LAUGH WITH A FUNNY MOVIE AND FIND SOMETHING TO DO EVERYDAY FOR RELAXATION THAT YOU LIKE. READ, GO FOR A WALK. WHATEVER BRINGS YOU JOY. I WILL PRAY FOR YOU