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how much pain can you bear? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/greentext@lemmy.ml
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I'm about to give myself a root canal/filling. I have no dental training. But the pain is more than I can bare.

Ask me anything.

I'm scared guys.

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[–] 66 points 2 years ago (26 children)

Last year I had to do a root canal. The anesthesia did not took effect in my tooth and the dentist said that she could not apply more anesthesia cause I already had took an amount equivalent to 5 persons. It was agonizing.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Wow that sounds brutal. I've had two and a few teeth removed, but the anesthesia has always completely numbed the area. I can't imagine being able to feel that.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Oh, man... It was... Don't try a root canal without anesthesia...

    I guess that happened because my tooth had an inflammation that prevented the anesthesia to take effect

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Happened to me as well. Tooth got infected so bad that OTC painkillers did not work anymore. The anesthesia made the painful area smaller, but could not eliminate it entirely due to the acidity of the infection. Still, it was much better than the pain from the infected tooth.

    Go to the dentist folks. And if you are afraid of them, like I was, find a very kind one and get help before the pain forces you to get over the fear.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Do you smoke weed by any chance? There's a cross-tolerance between cannabinoids and local anesthetics.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh shit, thank you for telling me! Need to make sure I mention that whenever I need a filling next. I already get really anxious going to the dentist, extra pain would not be a good time

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I got a pretty bad infection on my thumb years ago from biting my nails. Doctor had to remove a chunk of infected tissue/pus or whatever it was using a scalpel. He tried 3 times to do local anesthesia, didn't work, so finally he said he just needed to get it done. It was the most agonizing thing I've ever experienced.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Do you still bite your nails after that? Not judging, genuinely curious.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I still did for a while after that, though I think I tried to be a lot more careful. A couple years ago I started to wear clear teeth aligners to straighten my teeth, and I couldn't really bite my nails while wearing them. Since I had to wear them 24/7 for 6 months I ended up losing my nail biting habit entirely.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I'm glad you got to a point where you stopped (and good for you for looking after yourself and straightening your teeth). It's wild that the habit pathways we build in our brain are so ingrained that even after such an unpleasant consequence we keep going, even without a chemical dependency.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    From biting your nails??? No judgement, just curious if you mean the skins around and under your nails, or just literally biting them short... for reasons

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Had the exact same experience several years back. Was in there for an hour or two. They kept breaking the tooth and had to peel the gum back and drill some jaw bone from what I recall.

    Things only ended up getting worse with the flu going around and I ended up bed ridden.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Then you walk out and she was bullshitting you.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nope, there absolutely is a limit to how much lidocaine they can give. It can put you in a coma or depress your CNS to the point you stop breathing or even stop your heart.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Sorry, I should have made myself clearer. What I am calling bs on is that she actually gave him the amount she claims. While I'm not sure of the risks of this exact drug, I would always assume there is an unsafe amount of any drug to give to someone.

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