Feeling so embarrassed after anaesthesia. Please tell me this has happened to others?

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A week ago, I had a surgery. I was extremely nervous before being put to sleep.

When I came round, I was in a lot of pain but my throat was so dry I couldn’t say “hey, I’m in pain” , so I just started whining “ouch “ “ouch “.

Then I kept taking off the oxygen mask because it was annoying me. I also asked multiple times where my car was and had to be reminded I was in hospital at least twice. I also kept waving to thin air. The nurse was nice enough but I could tell I wasn’t her favourite patient 😳.

Now I remember it, I’m so embarrassed and feel like I was probably a real pain in the arse. Coincidentally, I had to be kept in post op because I was groggier and woozier than expected.

Reassure me please!

You behaved beautifully compared to some of my own post-anaesthetic escapades. Don't give it another thought.

I had ivf for ds and had to be sedated for egg retrieval, legs in stirrups. Completely and utterly off my tits. I took my legs out of the stirrups and put them over the drs shoulders who was somewhere with her head in between my legs. No recollection until they told me after I came around, they said I would not keep my legs anywhere other than over her shoulders 😳🤣 and they had to hold my legs still.

The Ivf worked and when in labour with said egg lol. I had pethedine and made another total cunt of myself. I was in the birthing pool and was sick so the midwife was fishing sick out with a net and I was uncontrollably laughing at her with the fishing net. No idea why I thought it was so funny. She made me get out after that.

I wouldn't let the nurse take away my high flow oxygen, it was really nice and every time she tried I kept shouting that I couldn't breathe. I worked in the hospital too... embarrassing.

I’m a Paeds nurse and for some children anaesthetic makes them hysterical/screaming etc uncontrollably it’s really horrible to see but others are just drowsy and a bit teary. They usually get plenty pain relief in theatre So when they come out they are comfy but of course you don’t know that until they are awake. My own son had some day surgery and was hysterical on waking he ended up with diihydrocodeine and a big sleep and extra 4 hours observation fun times

Not quite the same, but after having dd2 and still high on gas and air I asked the midwife who was stitching me up to "make me bonny!" She said she'd do what she could..

I came round and gave a nurse a telling off doe waling me up as I was heaving a lovely sleep!

My mother came round and was confused, perhaps thinking she had died and was in a meeting room before going to heaven and started singing hymns!

If you go on YouTube there are lots of videos where people have come round after dental surgery and they say the strangest things!

Bloody hell op, I was expecting far worse than that. I’ve watched compilation videos of people reacting to the gas American dentists give you. I’ve seen one woman ask the dentist when it was safe for her to smoke a bong again, a teenage girl asking the nurse in front of her mum when she could suck her boyfriends dick again. And a woman who kept saying the surgeon looked like her ex who was the man she should have married, her actual husband was sat next to her. No one would bat an eyelid at you asking about your car 😂

It's very common, I thought you were going to say something far more outrageous.

Not a GA, but conscious sedation while in a dentist chair.

Kept reaching around me to turn off the alarm clock as I just wanted to sleep.

Spoiler… the ‘alarm clock’ was the machine monitoring my sats/heart rate etc. A nurse had to stay with me because I kept doing it and nearly falling off the chair.

I swear really really badly after any sort of anasthetics. I always warn people first and apologise in advance. No idea where it comes from but its every single time.

Gas and air - I called the consultant a stupid cunt.

I think this is pretty standard :) dont worry OP

I went through my entire family, telling the nurse who was an arsehole and who wasn't and why. I also kept pulling at my tubes. I must have pulled the oxygen tube going to under my nose out and two nurses were trying to get it back where it should have been. I remember being restrained too. I also say I'm going to fly off. Another time I was wailing and crying. Fun 🙄

My friend punched the nurse, ran off, locked herself in the bathroom and passed out again!

I've only had GA once as a teen, but I woke up crying hysterically and vomiting. I have no idea why.

It's very normal. Your brain is coming back from being fully, artificially offline and it tends to cycle through some weeeeeird legacy programmes before it catches up with reality. Don't worry OP.

Tried to climb out of a fifth floor window telling them I’d come back tomorrow when all this nonsense was over and done with.
When I was compos mentis I discovered heavy bruising over the tops of my arms. Apparently they’d used the bars either side of the bed to pin me down!

Did you post on here about robbing Sainsbury’s? I remember a thread from someone who accidentally shoplifted on the way home after anaesthesia and she was still off her head when posting, it was very funny 😁

I came round from a GA continually asking for a cigarette. They kept telling me I'd have to wait.

I don't smoke.

I had my tonsils out as an adult and was in agony- so was on very strong pain meds. When they wheeled me back into my room after the GA, the tv was on and the news had just announced that Heath Ledger had died. I rang the bell for the nurse at least 5 times to inform them of his death and was rambling about how we should arrange a memorial. Dont worry OP!

I told the nurse to get the washing in and then promptly puked up. I think they have heard it all!

I insisted they had to take the covers away so I could see the operation on my hand. I can normally not even watch getting a flu jab..

I'm still mortified that I wet myself after surgery last year! I didn't even feel it, they just lifted me up, removed my gown and the sheets and replaced them. I kept apologising and still feel so embarrassed.

My DH didn't get to the hospital in time before I went for emergency surgery, so as they put me to sleep I was wondering "where's DH?"
Clearly I was thinking the same as I woke up, so I grabbed the hand of the person who was sitting behind my head, tapping my cheek, and kissed it over and over again, wailing "DH, DH, where were you?"

"Ahem, Mrs WhereDoes, I'm Doctor Smith, your anaesthetist"

DD was sedated to have a sigmoidoscopy. DD gave a running commentary on everything she could see on the screen and was telling the staff how disgusting it all was. The dr moved the screen so DD couldn’t see anymore and the Norse gave DD her phone and said ‘here, this will keep you quiet’. DD then sent me selfies. She was mortified when she remembered 😂.

I became very agressive and tried to attack a nurse. I was mortified. Apparently it happens a lot.