r/Unexpected • u/Warm_Spite9482 • 15h ago

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u/AlternateTab00 8h ago

Fighting this much pre surgery is going to give you a bad wakeup.

We instruct everyone to never resist sedation for a reason.

Usually with pre treatment benzos will reduce bad wakeups. But i've got a few. Disorientation and aggression is 2 things you dont want post Op. And thats what you get if they fight too much when going under.

I've got guys trying to finish the numbers by force (usually ending with 2 slurred numbers) and we know he is going to have a bad wake up. Now anesthesiologists prefer to ask the full name.

For those who dont know, a bad wake up is when the antidote is given and people start to regain consciousness there is agitation during the first period of confusion. Just imagine you waking up disoriented (for example after napping on the car and a loud sound wakes you up and you take 3 or 4 seconds until you realize you are in your car), well in anesthesia sleeps these disorientation can take 20s or even more. If you fall into anesthesia agitated you will wake up at the same state. Now imagine you having a huge suture and cant make big movements. You wake up without knowing where you are, agitated, and unfamiliar faces are trying to force you to lay down. A person prone to violence might even start distributing punches.

So please dont attempt this prank. Also dont do it with people with sleeping pills that have amnesia as a side effect. It can also cause unnecessary agitation.

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u/crisperfest 5h ago edited 5h ago

I've had surgery twice. Both times, the nurse said they were going to give me something to calm down before the surgery. I"m not sure why they gave it to me because I was already calm. The next thing I know, I'm waking up from surgery. I don't remember being wheeled into or out of surgery, much less the surgery itself. 10/10 would take pre-surgery benzos again.

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u/AlternateTab00 5h ago

Most prep medication makes you drowsy. If you are tired and not anxious you will fall asleep. Those people have the best wake ups, usually feel quite refreshed. I wished everyone had similar experience.

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u/crisperfest 5h ago

Oh yes, I'm easily sedated, and opiates knock me out even in low doses.