Hi there
Just had another dentist appointment - had horrible shakes and irregular heart beat after the injection. Actually I am never worried about the injection it's not being able to breathe while all that water is collecting in your mouth.

I went really hot and couldn't even hold the glass of water - then the dentist tells me the injection has adrenaline in it. Is it possible to over-react to these medicines?

I am home now and feel okay but that was a horrible half hour in the dentists chair - I have never had that problem before.

bead

I know this may seem freakish - but have you thought about NOT having the injection at all?!?

I developed a smashing phobia of the dentist only a year or two ago (during a period of really high anxiety) and the injection bit is the worst bit for me. It's not the atcual injection but the loss of sensation that frightens me. I HATE not being able to feel something - so I choose not to have an injection now -which is also scary, but I feel a bit more in control and the whole thing only takes a few minutes.