How much Ativan before dentist?

[Anonymous]

Tomorrow I am going in to get a wisdom tooth removed, Prep work for a bridge, and a temporary bridge installed. I have terrible anxiety/panic attacks at dentist. Where I have to sometimes get up in the middle of the procedure because I get so nervous and feel like ill pass out. I usually take.5mg up to 1mg a day for anxiety / to help sleep. I'm thinking about taking 2mg an hour before my appointment, then driving myself 30 minutes to the appointment. The whole appointment should take about 3 1/2 hours they said. Does that seem like a good dose or should I take more?

[musicbrain5]

That's a huge increase in dosage and should not be done without the prescribing doctor's approval. Taking 2 mg an hour is risky and will make it more likely that you will exceed the maximum daily dosage, which is 8 or 10 mg per day. Take your medication as prescribed, don't fuck with it. Especially if you're going to be driving as it causes drowsiness.

You're getting a tooth out so I'm assuming your dentist is going to give you nitrous or valium at the very least. Make sure you have someone with you who can take you home because you can't drive after that.

Take the 1 mg pill right before you leave the house.

[Sarahprincess]

Can they not sedate you so that you dont need to take anything beforehand?

[Asker]

They wanted to give me valium + gas.. I just took 2mg of my Ativan so I should be good lol.

[Anonymous]

You should have discussed this with your doc and you should not be driving yourself to and from the appointment...