So I get really bad anxiety about going to the dentist. I have had several panic attacks at dental visits in the past, and it’s extremely terrifying, so I have avoided going for about 5 years. Last time I went, they offered me nitrous oxide, but I got really bad anxiety just at the prospect of using it. It’s a catch 22, because the dentist said that it helps ease his patients with severe anxiety, but my anxiety kept me from being willing to try it. I don’t like feeling out of mind, I rarely drink, I don’t take medications often, and I don’t even smoke weed because although sometimes it lowers my anxiety, I have had some really bad times where it made my anxiety worse! Anyways, I’m just wondering if anyone in this group has dental anxiety and uses nitrous to get through it, and let me know does it really help? Am I worried for nothing?