So I've had GAD since I was 16. I'm now 22 and have to get all 4 of my wisdom teeth (3 of which are still below the surface) on the 5th of March. 

I booked at a place that does IV sedation because I'm so terrified of it (I get panicky about getting a simple filling so there was no way I was getting 4 teeth dug out of my jaw sober) but unfortunately I have to fast for at least 4 hours before my appointment which is at 11:30am to prepare for the sedation. 

This really scares me because going too long without food usually makes me have really bad panic attacks even when I'm not worrying about a dental procedure so I'm really freaking out about how I'm gonna be able to do it. 

I was thinking of maybe just taking a sleeping pill late at night and trying to sleep through till like half an hour before I have to go because if I'm unconscious it's much harder to have a panic attack. 

Either that or wake up early, have some breakfast before the cut off time and then try to distract myself with Skyrim or tiktok but I don't know how effective that would be. 

I don't know if I'm looking for advice or reassurance, I just really needed to get this out to someone coz it's been fizzing away inside me for the past month. 

I'm thinking of practicing fasting for 4 hours in the morning this weekend to try and prove to myself it won't be that bad. Of course if it does end up causing me to have a panic attack that reassurance method will have backfired a bit.