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Originally Posted by CRussel
If you're someone who gets "anesthetic hangover", it means you're most likely very sensitive to epinephrine ("epi" in dentist talk). Have a discussion with your dentist, and with the specialist you see for the root canal and tell them to use "No Epi" anesthetic. Some will be fine with that, others might grumble a bit. But if anyone tells you no, or tries to tell you that theirs only has "a very small amount", RUN, don't walk, to find a new dentist.
And yes, I am one of those. And no, losing an entire day to an Epi hangover is NOT the price you have to pay for going to the dentist.
FWIW, the epi is there because it causes the anesthetic to "stick" in the location longer, so they don't have to give you multiple shots when your procedure takes a while. So it's for THEIR convenience, not for any medically necessary reason.
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Normally it doesn't hit me this hard, I just feel a bit blah the rest of the day. But I think not having slept much in two nights made it worse. The painkillers worked, should have taken them sooner. They don't do anything for the sore injection area though. My mother gets really sick from anesthetics, I just feel lethargic and they wear off slower than normal. But I'll discuss it with the specialist when I go back.
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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
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He didn't say anything about the clenching. I have also made an appointment for a general check up, and I'll discuss it with him. I do it when I'm really stressed, so not too often and I've seem to have replaced that habit most of the time by bending my right wrist inward, hard. Leaving me with a sore wrist. I've gotten a brace for that.
On a positive note; my irritated ear isn't irritated anymore. Yay. It was annoyed with my new earplugs early last week, but it seems the recent irritation was due to the toothache. I knew it wasn't an infection, that feels different. When I was young I've had numerous ear infections and I injured that ear in my teens, since then it's easily annoyed, mostly nowadays when I get new earplugs. I think that after the pandemic is over I'm going to get custom made plugs, I've never been really satisfied with OTC earplugs.