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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali
Son of a f*cking f*ck. While I was eating dinner, I broke a top wisdom tooth (which had admittedly been in a state of disrepair seeing as how I both can't reach it well with floss, nor can I afford to get teeth pulled at a dentist) and, now when it's time to go to bed, and the alcohol wore off, it's excruciatingly painful. Apparently there's just a sh*tload of nerve endings dangling about, because as I'm laying there, it's getting more and more painful.
Since I'm allergic to NSAIDs, and naturally, that's the only thing I have in the house, I down 2 of them along with some Benadryl to keep the allergic reaction at bay. 45 minutes later, there's only minor relief. Not to mention that when I take Benadryl, I get restless-legs and feel like I need to kick something or run around constantly, so sleep is out of the question either way.
Thankfully, I had 2 pints of beer left, so now I'm sitting here just enjoying the minor relief that comes with sitting upright, and the almost morphine-like effect the alcohol has on the pain, knowing full well I'll regret the loss of sleep tomorrow when I'm at school, plus the lack of alcohol's dulling of the edges of this ridiculous tooth pain.
If there is one pain I absolutely can't stand, it's tooth pain. Because the nerve endings are never just painfully localized in the root area of one specific tooth, but decide to be ass holes and affect the entire neighborhood by yelling "hey everyone, wake up, I hurt!!! Join me in my misery, fellow nerves!!".
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I was definitely in your boat before...I no longer have health insurance, and a filling fell out last year. Nerve endings were sent into a state of panic and furious pain, the likes of which I had never fathomed.
I found that the best thing was swishing cold saltwater - hurts at first, then calms it down; swishing mouthwash - again, hurts at first, but numbs it somewhat; stuffing kleenex in my jaw - doesn't really hurt, but is just unpleasant; or laying the afflicted side of my mouth against my acoustic guitar's body while playing the open E string over and over again.