I feel like my world is slowly falling apart-one bad thing after another, and I don’t know how to deal with it?

June 4th, 2010

8 Ball asked:


Thank for trying to help me.

Here’s my background info: I’m 34, I live with my parents, no wife or kids, have a part-time job, and have 2,000 in credit card debt that I’m trying to pay off within the next two months.

O.K., here’s what’s been going on in my life:
Everything was going fine until about two months ago. Some unexpected expenses had to be paid, and the only money I had to pay with were my credit cards. The debt has been slowly increasing. Then, just as I started a new job that I got last month, some moderate anxiety/depression/quasi-panic attack symptoms began appearing. Since then, I’ve become increasingly paranoid about most everything. My sleep is awful now, which intensifies my anxiety during the day.

Then, I went to my dentist to have a simple chipped molar bonded. She insisted upon filling the tooth, and during the procedure she ground too much off of my lower-left molars, which has caused my teeth to not fit correctly. As a result, I have been having severe TMJ (TMD) jaw and ****** pain, and I cannot eat many of the things I did a mere few weeks ago. I recently went back to the dentist because the pain was so bad, and told her that I needed to have an adjustment made on the teeth, and that I suspected that the misalignment was causing the symptoms of TMJ and the ****** pain. This dentist said that there was nothing that could be done, and that she didn’t see anything wrong. However, when the dentist had me bite down on the colored paper in order to see where the teeth were hitting one another, the upper and lower teeth were not touching where I suspect she ground too much during the procedure. I was given a prescription for Soma and Vicoden, and told
that I could be referred to one of the dentist’s colleagues for a second evaluation.

Distraught, I took the advice of my former orthodontist, went back to the dentist to request an adjustment on my teeth, and after getting nowhere with the dentist who botched the work, I went to a lawyer who represented me several years ago. After telling him about the pain that I have been in and how the dentist screwed up, he then casually mentions that one of his best friends is the spouse of this dentist, and that my chances of winning such a lawsuit were not very good simply because the burden of proof would be too high, and that the legal fees for such a case would be too expensive.

So now my damn teeth no longer feel right and my jaw hurts, and it appears that i have screwed up by going to the wrong lawyer!

I feel anxious and uncomfortable all of the time. I can’t see how I can continue feeling like this anymore. Could you please offer me some advice. I don’t know how to deal with it, and have prayed about it so many times. I do not know what else to do, and feel like I am losing my sanity.

I know that numerous people, especially strangers, have been looking at me like I am crazy lately. They look at me like I’m a freak. All of this is driving me crazy. I wish that none of this crap was happening to me right now – - that I could simply turn back the clock four months ago, and start over again.

All the best.

Crystal

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Whats going on with my tooth?

October 27th, 2009

??ChiBulls09?? asked:


I had a filling in my back bottom tooth like 2 yrs ago. For the past 3 days that tooth has been aching severely, but today it is just sensitive and I can’t eat with it, and when I open and close my teeth it feels weird . What is this and how to fix it?

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persistent tooth aches = dentist appointment?

October 22nd, 2009

spcolosus asked:


This is kinda ridiculous that im even asking, cause i know the answer… my filling busted off of my back molar-esk (i dunno what its called) tooth a while ago and recently ive been having off and on tooth aches that make my head spin
I don’t have dental insurance, and will have to foot the bill cash, which blows, now, do i absolutely have to get my tooth drilled/removed at the dentist or would it cost less to live off pain killers? Is there some other way to handle this myself, like going back in time and taking care of my teeth, or maybe a hammer to the jaw?
Also, when you say yes to going to the dentist, could you include how much such a trip like this would cost, i have no family dentist or even know a dentist to go to, so im guessing itl be steep.

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can you get cavities from pop. I stopped eating candy after i needed fillings, but my tooth aches a little?

October 2nd, 2009

Allen asked:


I just feels that Pop, especially cherry coke, just stays on your teeth and and ccauses problems
my teeth were filled
Oh these is great, pop causes cavities too, dentist don’t tell you anything, they just take your money

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my teeth start aching when i exercise?

October 1st, 2009

Jessica W asked:


like. id be running or walking and hen my teeth would ache really bad. like a tooth ach all over my teech and gums and like ive made sure not the bite down on them . liek ive tested myself. ive had braces before and got the permanent plaint thing on the bottom and top teeth. but its never affected it before. until like. last year and this year.

any ideas? and sometimesi get headaches aswell…its weird. but that might be connected with my teeth.

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Whats going on with my tooth?

September 30th, 2009

??ChiBulls09?? asked:


I had a filling in my back bottom tooth like 2 yrs ago. For the past 3 days that tooth has been aching severely, but today it is just sensitive and I can’t eat with it, and when I open and close my teeth it feels weird . What is this and how to fix it?

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Home remedies for tooth aches?

September 25th, 2009

Ashwee asked:


My husband is having really bad problems with his teeth, don’t have money quite yet to see if it’s a cavity or needs to pulled from a dentist.
Was hoping there is other things besides orajel and advil that we could use to help him with the aches and pain in his mouth

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Tooth Aching From Cavity?

September 9th, 2009

Anonymous asked:


I got my teeth checked out Thursday of this week and I have a cavity in one of my teeth. I’m scheduled to get it filled in on June 3rd, but it’s almost always aching. Do you think I should try getting it scheduled earlier?

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