Anaesthesia truth telling.....

Ive had 100s never remembered a thing but obviously every person is different. I asked the anesthetist once about saying stuff as I was worried what I might say and he said people don't usually make a lot off sense and mumble quite a lot so it often can't be made out. Admittedly he might off just told me that so I don't worry but I can't imagine many people are telling their secrets

Its general anaesthetic not truth serum.

I imagined whole conversations,
one of which was that my husband wanted to adopt a sheep and keep it in the garden. I kept saying that I didn’t want a sheep. Honestly, you’re more likely to get utter nonsense than anything else.

No, its a load of rubbish.

When I had my tonsils out years ago it was the same day that heath Ledger died and I remember crying to the doctor/nurses that I was utterly devastated about it.

I am not remotely devastated about it.

I have no idea why the fuck I said that. I am not even a particular fan of his.

That wouldn’t be ethical, and he will be confused so may make up nonsense.
I used to cry and cry when I came round from anasthesia, I wasn’t upset but it just can have a weird effect on the brain.

So you couldn’t trust anything he said in that state. You won’t be anywhere nearer the truth, just getting the product of a confused mind.

Well, my early 20’s DS told me all the juicy details of what him and his mates had got up to at a recent festival when he was coming round from an op. I’m normally on strictly ‘need to know’ information!

I also find snooping through someone’s phone to be unacceptable behaviour too if that helps.

Fuck! the lizardmen conspiracies might be real!

l keep getting an image in my head of Bertie Wooster chatting with a very sophisticated reptile. It’s kept me happy all morning.

I’ve had GA three times. In the most intense of the ops, I fully believed I had been taken to the hospital kitchen and left there to recover. I was not in an NHS kitchen.

In actual fact, the medication that the doctors and nurses on my ward called an actual truth serum was the anti emetic injection (stops you throwing up). It makes you feel high and then you feel very open and honest. I told the nurse a few things I hope she immediately disregarded.

No from seeing videos of people online. It was a bit of a thing online where people would video loved ones after surgery etc when they were high as a kite and spouting absolute nonsense

By the time you see him, the anaesthetic will be wearing off. It’s the hospital staff that hear the nonsensical stuff. I announced very loudly that I’d been kicked in the head by a horse (I hadn’t.)

I agree with a previous poster that you might have been watching videos of (largely) Americans under sedation for dental stuff.

I think planning to use a vulnerable situation to your advantage is a really awful

Is it just me or is this a funny way to go about marriage?

I’ve had GA and don’t remember anything strange. And emergency GA where I was sobbing saying I was cold so freezing so cold in so much pain so cold, I was dying I needed morphine. Then had morphine and scratched my face off like a druggy because it didn’t agree with me

Agree. Plus people say things that aren't true (you are a duck, is one I remember).
And by the time you're back from recovery, in my experience at least, you're normal again. They are very unlikely to let an adult have a partner in the theatre, and would probably have a lot of concerns if you tell them why you want to be there!

This is an awful plan.

I went nasty, I remember having a go at the poor nurse who wanted to take me to the toilet and I accused her of being a pervert. I felt awful when I came around properly and couldn’t apologise enough.

I was deliriously happy like I was high. I wanted to ride a bike.and tell everyone I had paper underwear. All with my face half bandaged up after quite full on facial surgery.

I’ve had many GAs and I’ve always come around very quickly and just been concerned with whatever pain or sickness I’ve woken with.

A lizard wearing a monocle 🤣

There used to be a truth to it as an old anaesthetic agent called thiopentone was used as a truth serum. Very rarely used nowadays though (mainly in obstetrics so unlikely he will have it). Modern anaesthetic drugs don't have that effect.

Any use of thio as a truth serum was iirc just demonstrated to be that it made the patient more responsive to suggestion - doesn't mean they told the truth. It's not widely used in many areas outside obs/propofol allergy these days. The majority of commonly used anaesthetic drugs wear off quickly however people are still advised not to make important decisions/sign important docs for at least 24 hours post-op because they could be making an unreliable decision/talking nonsense. It sounds like a pretty unpleasant thing to even be thinking about doing.

where in the UK is using pentobarb routinely for anaesthesia?! Pretty sure it's only used for animal euthanasia here.

@Greybeardy you're right i meant propofol!