Im a 20 year old guy and i went to the dentist for a filling. He injected novacaine right above my two front teeth (hurt like a mother) and he mentioned it hurts more because the gums have about 10x more nerve cells in the front. The whole time im thinking (wow, thanks doc). So anyway, i felt pretty confused afterward and i thought i may have just been groggy minded from smoking pot earlier that day. So i wake up the next morning, jump out of bed. And my feet dont feel like they are properly placed on the floor. A feeling like one of my legs were longer than the other and i was Tilted. I sat down on my computer and i quite simply did not feel still or leveled-out. Im used to feeling flat and perfectly balanced. Now i feel like a cowboy in my brain has tossed a lasso around my equilibrium-stick and is pulling it to one side. it has also comes coupled with brain fog and reading/spelling mistakes. I almost feel like i got 30% stupider overnight. Its been about a year now and it makes me sad that im not the person i used to be. I cant prove that it was the dentist's fault. But something in my head is messed up. I phsyically feel the dumbness too. Its almost like there is a large ball of lint in my brain.
I would be very interested in hearing an update on this condition. I had to unexpectedly pick up my wife from the dentist's office yesterday. The dentist applied benzocaine topically, then gave her a novacaine shot prior to performing work on her upper molars on one side. She has been suffering from severe vertigo since then. Antivert and an anti-nausea medication seem to help a little, but the underlying condition is still pretty bad. She's alert and able to move everything, but because of the vertigo, she can't drive (or work). How long can we expect this to last? Thanks for any and all info.