Has anyone had oral surgery that caused fatigue for an extended time?

I’ve had dental surgery several times in my lifetime and it definitely left me feeling off for quite some time. I believe it was the medication to put me to sleep for surgery combined with pain medication for the first week and probably stress from the work done in my mouth…you mentioned that the pain was subsiding and that’s good but it takes time to recover completely, if you’re still feeling this way after a few weeks you should consider talking with your doctor to be sure that everything’s going well, best wishes for your recovery.

Thank you for your remarks. I had another tooth removed May 7. It took almost three weeks to shake that fatigue. I believe that this extraction is more complex .

Oral surgery is not an easy thing to go through and it can be very challenging, very invasive to be sure, it will all be just a matter of time and you will be able to move forward.

For me, having dental procedures increases my pain and my stress. Any increased stressors throw me into deep fatigue for days to a week. I was on low dose naltrexone (LDN) to decrease my long covid pain and inflammation when I broke a tooth and they had to keep injecting anesthesia to keep me numb. Lesson learned that I need to stop the LDN any time I need anesthesia.

Thank you so much for your reply. Prior to the oral surgery, I was only suffering from mild fatigue with no other symptoms. It was tolerable and I was not housebound. Presently, my fatigue is more limiting. I can do things but I have to rest with more intension. I was surprised to see online that there is little reference on the impact of oral surgery on long covid sufferers. I know there must be others with similar experiences.

Can you explain why you will stop taking LDN prior to receiving anesthesia?

Because of the way that LDN works, LDN could potentially cause general anesthesia to be less effective...and if you need to take an opioid pain medication after anesthesia, it may not work properly because LDN binds to the same receptor that the opioid uses. Most docs advise stopping LDN 48 hours prior to surgery if possible.