Anyone here who's experienced wisdom tooth removal? I might have to take two out in the next 2-4 months, so I'd really appreaciate to hear some experiences/tips.
Pain. Lots and lots of pain.
I was out of action for almost a week afterwards. Mine - I only had 3 - were very badly impacted, and I got dry sockets afterward, just to add to the fun. I have a high tolerance for vicodin, unfortunately: to take enough of the edge off the pain required 3 vicodin, 4 times a day. This left me pain-free enough to function, but so stoned and nauseous that I couldn't even stand up.
For extra comedy value, I apparently also have a serious addictive weakness for narcotics: after two weeks when I ran out of pills I had allllll sorts of fun withdrawal effects. Hallucinations, nightmares, all sorts of stuff. I'm just lucky I didn't know what was going on at the time ... I'd never even had a drink or a smoke yet, didn't know that I'd been addicted.