Learned today why dental visits are so traumatic from me anxiety wise.

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I had some teeth pulled today and the anxiety wasn't bad this time because they gave me nitrous but I learned they put epinephrine in the local anesthetic shots (it has something to do with helping the anesthetic last longer) So I'm thinking the epinephrine sends my anxiety level from like a six to a ten. Last November I had a tooth pulled and while the dentist was injecting the shot my heart rate got so high I almost passed out. They put a monitor on my finger and it was about 150! That is just crazy.

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But that's what I meant -- I don't use those types of things either, but I've had a lot of novocaine shots and never had an anxious reaction to it.  Never had nitrous, though.

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I have to make sure when I take cold medicine it doesn't contain pseudoephedrine because it will raise my heart rate and make me all jittery and anxious.

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Yeah I'm sure it's not something that would happen to everyone. My body is very sensitive to stimulants like caffeine, ephedra, and epinephrine so I'm sure that has a lot to do with it.

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Don't know anything about this, but I've got the worst darned teeth in creation and never had anything like this happen despite my anxiety problem.  I just don't want people reading this and getting anxious that this is a common experience, as I really would notice if it were.