I'm probably going to have to get a wisdom tooth extracted

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One of my wisdom teeth is growing in crooked and it's been hurting my gums for the last few days. I have tomophobia (fear of surgery), trypanophobia (fear of needles), and traumatophobia (fear of injury). If I do get it extracted, I'm going to have them induce me with nitrogen gas while they insert the IV needle into my arm to deeply sedate me while they perform the surgery. If I do this, I'm probably going to get all of my wisdom teeth out so I don't have to go through this again. I'm still in a state of shock that I'm probably actually going to have to do this. I've never been through anything like this before. I'm also terrified of the possible complications that may result from this.

I've contemplated committing suicide before as an alternative to getting this surgery, if a situation like this were to come up, which I figured it would. I can't commit suicide though because I don't have the equipment to asphyxiate myself with nitrogen. I can't see myself committing suicide any other way because of the pain that would probably be involved. I don't have thanatophobia (fear of death), but I still dread and am saddened by the idea of committing suicide. The idea of being ripped out of my life without any closure for me, my family, or my friends is unpleasant to me. I figure I'll have to commit suicide eventually because of my phobias, but I want it to be when I'm older. I'm only 19 now, so I feel like it's too soon. I want to be at least 40 when I commit suicide, but I don't want to live to be too old because then I'll most likely have medical problems. I probably won't end up getting married, so I won't have a wife or kids to leave behind.

I have also looked into the possibility of self-inducing a coma that would last from before they begin surgery until after my gums have mostly or completely healed. The best way to do this seems like it would be to take a large overdose of some type of drug. The problem is that I don't know which drug to take and how much to overdose by to get the duration of coma that I want. The likelihood of getting permanent damage to my brain and body as a result is deterring me from doing this though.

I had my wisdom teeth out.....the IV is the worst part. After it is ok.

I'm afraid of needles too but I have to have an IV every single month. I hope you do ok and really once it's over it's over no need to kill yourself over it. Maybe you could ask for them to give you something for nerves for the day of? I generally take something to make me less afraid.

It's no big deal. The way people described it to me was so dramatic. I had all four taken out with just local anesthesia. The procedure itself was quick and painless, but I fainted because I lost too much blood.

They put me under for mine... they put this spray on my arm that was so cold I couldn't feel the needle. They then asked me to count backwards from 100... I got to 99... when I woke up though they took my arms out of the restraints too soon and I punched myself so hard in the face I snapped my own head back lol.. such an idiot at times lol... But that was just me confused coming out of it...

So all in all... the surgery was the easy part. It was when I woke up that was the hard bit. As in the mouth swelling and healing. I have had so many surgeries... and while the learning of them were quite scary.. I learned that if I met and trusted the surgery team.. and that I learned all there was to learn before the surgery.. it wasn't scary anymore to me. Would that help you? Studying the technical side?

Oh no, please don't commit suicide! I've had all four of my wisdom teeth taken out when I was only around 13 or 14 (I got them early) and it was just a few days before Christmas vacation to top it off, but I got through it with no unusual problems. I was healed up well enough to enjoy Christmas, maybe because I was still so young. They even gave me my wisdom teeth in a little jar, and I put it under my pillow and got some money from the "tooth fairy", lol. Although they did have to sedate me before putting me to sleep because I was so nervous. I have had other surgeries primarily on my ears many times in my childhood and I hated it not because of pain, needles, or even dying. It's because I'm emetophobic and the post-op nausea and throwing up literally terrified me. In my teens I managed to fight it off really well, however.

i had a 6-years-delayed wisdom-tooth extraction, and i won't lie to the OP, the shot they stick in the roof of the mouth hurts like wang, it felt like a fence post was being jammed up into my sinuses. that aside, the procedure [due to the fact that the tooth was mostly loose already and mostly numb even before the shot] was anticlimactic, the dentist just wiggled it a bit and used an elevator [a special pick with a sharp edge to dissect tissue] to cut the remaining ligaments and let the tooth fall out into his forceps. the extraction itself took all of a minute, while the numbing took about a half-hour to set before the extraction. the gas took the edge off of the shot. it wasn't fun but it wasn't really torture either.

i have no dental insurance so i had to get the "poor person's special." that meant minimal analgesia. i did spring $50 for the gas, thought, as it was worth every penny.

Mike, is part of the problem a fear of going through something (in this case, a minor operation) that you've never been through before? The worry before it happens is the worst part of the experience. Death is much worse, I'd think! And much more final. I can say you shouldn't worry about this, but you will. The best thing to do is get it over with. What I usually do is when something is set that I'm dreading, I try my best not to think about it until the day before. Up until it happens would be best, but I can only manage until the day before.

I'd recommend the gas before the needle. And definitely being unconscious while they're extracted. I had two impacted wisdom teeth out and I must have been about 19 also. I found it didn't hurt after I woke up anywhere near the pain I imagined I'd be in. The only thing was -- because I couldn't eat for the rest of the day -- I asked my dad to buy me a frappe. And when the cold hit the wound, THAT hurt! Drink room temperature.

Should I get all 3 of my wisdom teeth extracted at the same time, or would it be better to just get the one that's growing in crooked out? Luckily, my x-rays of my mouth showed that I only have 3 wisdom teeth instead of 4. I don't have a wisdom tooth on the top left. It's the wisdom tooth on the bottom right that's growing in crooked. The other 2 wisdom teeth have already grown in pretty straight.

I went under to have all four of mine removed. While I was under I dreamt of my favourite footy game. I woke up wanting to hug everyone.

God that was good. And now I am pain-free and have had ZERO worries since. I am SO glad the nuisances are GONESKI!

Get them all done. My life is so much nicer, no more teeth growing into my cheek, no more sinus infections, and no more pain!

had all 5 removed at the same time (yes I had one too much), with just local anewhateveryoucallit, wasn't painful at any point, a bit unpleasant but all in all it went really well for me,

20 years ago, I had 3 out in a single shot... it's better to get it done once so you don't have to go back!

I know how you feel about the needles... I always look away and just try to bear it. Nice thing about Novocaine is that once the initial sting of the needle is gone, the freezing takes over. So long as it's not infected, you won't feel pain of the tooth removal, only some pushing sensations.
(One of mine was infected and another needle was needed... I could handle it after that.)

Barely any pain at all after the first 1-2 days of dull ache! Heck, I played my tuba after 1-2 days!

I remember that if you put a certain type of tea bag on the empty sockets, it sped the healing process and eased the pain... can't remember the type of tea though! Chamomile??

I have phobias of everything and severe anxiety. Had to get 4 wisdom teeth removed, I told the dentist the only way that was going to happen was if they put me under in hospital.

Leading up to the day, I was so anxious it was awful. I spoke to the surgeon and anesthetist and discussed my fears - the biggest fear was that I'd wake up and have a panic attack. Was also worried about having a mouthful of cotton\bandage things and gagging.

Took a xanax on the morning of the surgery, had a numbing cream put on my arm so I couldn;t feel the needle. Was practically in tears as I went into the theatre. I was given extra medication while under to ensure that i would not panic when I woke up. It worked - I could hardly keep my eyes open and kept drifting off to sleep. Couldn't even feel the cotton wool things in my mouth. The nurses had made sure my OH was on hand to come in as soon as i woke up to help keep me calm.

I was looked after very well and I'm glad I got all 4 teeth out, I only needed one removed, but there was no way I;d go through the anxiety of that again.