I have always had an odd reaction to novocaine. I think the problem is it takes a ton of it to do the job, and then my body crashes and burns. I get all loopy- kinda like I'm drunk. Whenever I have a procedure done I always have to make plans for a ride home. Odd I know, but then again I .... am....

Tho I've never had a reaction as severe as yours. Eeeeks!
The worst thing that ever happened to me was my jaw did some odd locking thing right in the middle of a touchy root canal. The doc had to close it up real quick and get me to a TMJ specialist. I looked like one of those paintings where the guys head is "melting" (Muench I think???). My jaw was all out of whack. The scariest thing was watching the oral surgeons reaction. He kind of freaked out. But in the end it cured itself. Personally I think one of the shots went into a muscle and it locked it up- or when into spasm or something. ???
Scary indeed...