Well it's really all about how good the surgeon is. Mine was excellent and the extraction was really easy. No unnecessary cutting or anything. So my bleeding was over quickly and I really didn't have any pain except for maybe the first day. Just some discomfort after that.
Maybe it's normal to get antibiotics--I'm allergic to most of them so maybe they just decided not to both with me. Anyways it's a really simple surgery and if you avoid the dry socket it's really not that bad. Mine was cool, used a week of PTO and played video games all day.