Sedation

Hi Lovelys, due to have a tooth removed Tuesday with conscious sedation. But I currently have an abscess which they have me antibiotics for today. Will that make any difference? I'm absolutely bricking it xx

Arseinthecoopwindow there’s a reason they’re quite restrictive about prescribing the tablet forms of these drugs! I had Diazepam for a bit, it was lovely! Like floating on a cloud

Is it similar to the sedation they give you for a colonoscopy?

Desperately hoping I didn't say anything ridiculous after that 😑

I love sedation! I’ve never taken hard drugs but I get the sense that’s how they would feel! You feel so rested afterwards. There is some kind of amnesia drug in the mix though so make sure someone else gets all the info you need and let them know you likely won’t remember any conversations you have with them for a few hours after.

One time I was sedated at the dentist, woke up in recovery and there were kids drawings on the walls and I got it into my head I wanted to do one. They brought me paper and a pen and I drew stick figures and wrote thank you to the lovely dentist

Oooh that floaty feeling

2 endoscopies and twilight sleep for a tooth. Wish l could have it every day. Life would be so great if l floated round like that all the time.

Last year I had 5 sessions of 4 - 5 hours each and had sedation for all of them.
For 4 of the 5 I had an anaesthetist and he was brilliant. However he wasn’t available for one of them and I had a ‘sedator’. For some reason she had far less choice of drugs to use and I wouldn’t want to repeat that experience. Afterwards I showed disinhibitory behaviour, and I was rude to my daughter who had given up her evening to collect me from the dentist and drive me home. I also felt weirdly depressed which I hadn’t done with the anaesthetist’s sedation.
I’m sure you'll be fine op, but if I did it again I’d make sure I had an anaesthetist and not a sedator.

It's great. Had it several times.
I feel nothing, remember nothing, then go home and have a little snooze

Don't worry, it is lovely and I would never go back to no sedation at the dentist and wonder why I had to wait until I was in my 60s.

I've had it a few times, all been great but I have definitely been aware for at least some of the procedure and can remember parts of it. I didn't care at all though and it was lovely! Had it for longer procedures, some dental, one surgical.

All went well btw.

My dad had this, he came round and asked the dentist if his assistant was his girlfriend 😂

I had it in October for a Molar removing. I was definitely awake but so woozy I couldn't have cared less. (I was convinced I would never be like that as I was frightened to death!) Mine took 40 minutes in the end as the roots were curled so the tooth was broken into parts to remove it. I never noticed a thing.

i have this every time. The worst thing about it is the needle in your arm/hand ! You are not completely out its usually called twilight sleep but you wont know anything about it. Best thing that ever happened in dentistry !

I fell asleep through my first one....woke up in a fit of goggles that lasted ages. Was awake the second time but felt drunk/spaced out. Didn't feel a thing!

I have had conscious sedation several times and have never remembered anything I must be extremely suggestible!

Conscious sedation shouldn’t put you to sleep..by definition you should be conscious! It makes you feel more relaxed, maybe things get a bit hazy. Noise wise you could ask if you could wear headphones to distract you maybe?

My mum did similar, apparently she basically gave an Oscars speech thanking the dentist/assistants for their hard work

I had conscious sedation for dental implant work and I was aware of everything that was going on, but not in a scary way. I was extremely relaxed and the procedure passed in a pleasant haze. No after effects at all. The alternative was a general which I preferred not to have due to cost mainly.

I had exactly this procedure done under sedation. I would actually have been more than happy to stay fully conscious, as I'm not squeamish about teeth or anything, but the dentist said it would be too tricky a job for that.

All I remember from the sedation is them telling me that I was about to start feeling 'very sleepy, a bit like you're very drunk' and then waking up and being told it was all done. I had a very, very vague notion that I could feel something pushing at my face for a second, but it was only after I'd woken up that I really even registered that - a bit like remembering a fragment of a dream. And it wasn't remotely distressing or uncomfortable - I don't even think I thought to wonder what it even was!

I was only under sedation for about 10 minutes, although I had to ask them how long I'd been asleep because I honestly couldn't have guessed if I'd been out for two seconds or 12 hours!

I was very woozy afterwards and slept for most of the afternoon at home, but I didn't feel sick or 'hungover' like you would from a general anaesthetic.

I had a tooth removed under conscious sedation and they said I was only ‘under’ for about 10 mins. They had me hang around afterwards for a while (an hour) and obviously couldn’t drive myself home and had to have someone with me when I left.

I had midazolam as sedation to remove my back tooth…bloody marvellous!

It was lovely!! Nothing to worry about at all you won’t really be aware of anything.