Not sure where I belong

[tylercarm]

I am new hear. My problem is my teeth.  I know it sounds so stupid, but I just am having a horrible time with dealing with any feeling in my mouth at all.  Anytime I feel a slight change in a tooth, not an ache but just a twing and or just any feeling I just loose it.  It so unreal how much this has taken over my life.  I feel something I go get it checked out and its nuthing.  I go every 6mth for a cleaning, and if I need work, I get it asap( I am medicated when I have work done, but i always get it done).  I just think of all the "what if's" and its ruining my life. I think about my teeth 100 % of my day, not a minute goes by that I dont wonder if and when I am gonna have a problem.  I have had crowns, fillings, and 4 root canals and 1 extraction.  The strangest  thing is I worked for a dentist for 10yrs and I still go to the same dentist.  I have begged him to pull all my teeth so I can get dentures and he wont do it.  I dont have bad teeth, just a horrible mind!!! This past xmass I ate something and had a horrible sharp pain and I went in and I had a cracked tooth. Now, I dont know how or when that happend and that really freaked me out.  I never remember feeling pain when I ate something and now I am obsessing so bad about this I feel like I need help, but what do I do.  My husband says it's all in my head, but when I feel something, I know I am not crazy.  I cant grasp the idea, that my teeth my have aches and pains just like my body does sometimes and it means nothing.  I am not thinking logically.  I just feel so unhappy all the time and I am in such a bad mood all the time, all I focus on is my teeth.  I have had so many xrays and nuthing ever shows up, and I dont have pain, just like an achy feeling sometimes, maybe a 2 on a scale from 1-10, but in my mind I am waiting for things to get worse, I just sit there and think and think and i know its making it worse but I cant focus on anything else.  I have aches and pains all over my body(almost 40yrs old) and I can let it go and not think twice, but my teeth just  kills me.  I dont have bad teeth either, but in my mind, if I had dentures then I would never have a tooth issue again.   I just wonder if there is anyone out there like me.  My kids know how I am about my teeth and I dont want them to be like me, and so far they have perfect teeth but I worry about their teeth too.  I feel like such a looney bird.  So many people have "real" problems and me, worried about my freakin teeth. Thanks for listenin to my crazy feelings!!

[sixpack]

I have a teeth thing too.  Mine is brought on by the fact that my mom lost all of her teeth to periodontal disease. So now I'm afraid that could happen to me.

I get tooth pain as a result of anxiety all of the time.  Well, actually, that is if I'm not dying from a neuro nasty.  I hate to tell you but YES anxiety can and will cause discomfort/niggling aches/whatever to your teeth.  Especially since that is your primary worry.  I guarantee it to be true.  After I had my 6th babe, I felt a sharp pain in one of my teeth.  I went to the mirror and could move my tooth.  OMG my tooth was loose.  I saw it move. I was convinced.  Went to the dentist and lo and behold it was not loose, no cavity, safe in it's pocket, no inflammation.  It was a healthy tooth.  I felt fine for a while, but those thoughts..... the little buggers.....  I called my doctor and started taking zoloft for a time.  The thoughts went away. 

I still think about my teeth.  Recently I'd been clenching my jaws.  I made my teeth sore.  Went to the dentist.  Teeth/gums all healthy.  Yep weird thoughts.  You don't hear it about with teeth much. Especially from folks who go to the dentist regularly.  We are the ones with healthy teeth.   That's how you know it is anxiety, friend

And kudoes to your dentist for not pulling your healthy teeth.  That would be malpractice for the dentist to do so  AND it might solve the issue of you obsessing over your teeth but it would just move your fears to something else.  I can guarantee that     

[tylercarm]

Thanks so much for all your words of wisdom, I am glad I am not the only one.

[Paticake35]

My brother had a big problem with his teeth too. He didn't have HA, it was more of an obsession over straghtness. He obsessed so much, got braces, and eventually sought psychiatric help. The doctor put him on an antidepressant and within 3 months he was feeling great and the whole teeth thing went away. It was like a miracle.