Before someone questions me, this is a phenomenon that has been documented. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/05/24/during-general-anaesthesia-1-in-10-people-may-be-conscious-follo.html
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190313-what-happens-when-anaesthesia-fails
Forgive me if this is the wrong place to post; c/mutualaid feels like it would draw attention away from people with more urgent issues, and c/mentalhealth is very inactive and rarely anyone ever sees it.
they layer some pretty potent opioids underneath the anesthesia. i had general for wisdom tooth extraction.
at the time i had a drug tolerance
i was very nervous about this happening. so i’ll explain my experience.
they started with an IV line which had an opioid (likely fentanyl) and propranolol in it. i felt a strong rush like injected opioids and then bam was instantly out. at some point during the procedure i started to wake up, as i remember my eyes fluttering and seeing everything around me but felt very little physically. the opioid was so potent i felt absolutely no pain but did feel pressure. i remember hearing “100 mg (?) ketamine something something”. they used ketamine to place me back into a deeper anesthesia. after that the experience of having my teeth removed was like playing legend of zelda and each tooth was a treasure chest.
i woke up still in a K hole. very numb. so there was no pain at all during the experience it was just very weird. they do monitor all your vitals and have a huge cocktail of different drugs they can use
only other time i just had twilight anesthesia which was more fun then knock out. best high i ever had because i felt so safe with so many professionals and was taken so close to the edge of unsafe
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