MsMcDucket.. the reason novacaine makes you feel like your having a panic attack is that it's full of adrenalin. Or so I was told by my dentist. I was shaking from head to toe, shaking so hard I could hardly stay in the chair. I told the Doc that I didn't understand 'cause while I wasn't unafraid I wasn't terrified, either. He said some people react that way to novacaine. The next time I went in they couldn't get my tooth numb and gave me three shots.. it was rediculous! My feet were bouncing all over the foot rest and my teeth were chattering.. they couldn't get going again til the effect wore off some!
I was in the middle of having a cavity filled once... mouth all braced open, drool running all over.. you know how it is, when something crashed in the next room over and someone screamed and everyone ran to see what was going on.. everyone but me, of course.. I layed there for awhile wondering if I should try to get up, but about ten years later they came back. Apperently the patient next door had had an epileptic seizure. I decided that laying there alone for a little bit wasn't so bad after all. The dentist was so shaken up he was talking 90 miles an hour and his hands were shaking worse than mine!
Ach! I brush and floss and gargle and take my calcium, etc. and my teeth are a mess.
Misty