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Dentistry

OAP - Older Autistic Person

Had a scale and polish at my dental appointment today and nearly went into meltdown.

Noise, moisture, vibration, lights in my eyes, and feeling like I could not breathe.

My whole body went rigid. I had to ask them to pause, and felt like I was going to have a panic attack.

It is the first time in ages I've had a scale and polish, so I guess it needed more work than I'd experienced previously.

Not a fun start to the day.

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  • ...that experience and response was, unfortunately, pretty much me too (last week).

    I don't usually have quite so much difficulty with such appointments (I guess that is down to scoring - spiky profile (1) : me (nil) on this occasion).

    For some reason; my perception, this time, was: that the water they use was as though fresh from a fridge.  I don't generally have cold-sensitive teeth - so the whole thing caught me unawares.

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  • ...that experience and response was, unfortunately, pretty much me too (last week).

    I don't usually have quite so much difficulty with such appointments (I guess that is down to scoring - spiky profile (1) : me (nil) on this occasion).

    For some reason; my perception, this time, was: that the water they use was as though fresh from a fridge.  I don't generally have cold-sensitive teeth - so the whole thing caught me unawares.

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