Is it normal to be embarrassing when sedated?

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Is it normal to behave strangely or embarrassingly after being sedated??

about 6 months ago I had a procedure done in a&e which involved having to get sedated, I think I was given ketamine? I remember feeling REALLY drunk, sort of like I was falling back into a hole but I was aware of everything around me? It was actually terrifying and I vaguely remember bits where I was talking but I felt like I had no control over what I was saying😩 I remember sort of wailing out that ‘I want Chris!’ and to call Chris and I wanted Chris to be there, the nurses were lovely and were trying to reassure me and one of them was like ‘is Chris your boyfriend?’ Then I burst into tears and was like ‘no he’s my situationship 😭’ i sort of remember everyone laughing a bit after that then I don’t remember much else haha

just recently I had to go back to a&e and it was the same nurse and she recognised me and she was SO lovely, she was laughing and saying how are things with Chris?! Are you guys still a situationship or are you official now?! 😭😭

Christ knows what else I said when I was under but apparently I gave her ALL the details about how I can’t tell if wants us to be together or if he’s stringing me along and he’s messing me around and we’re on then off then on then off😭 she said I was babbling about it for about 30 mins and telling her everything ah

to be fair everything I told her was true (and Chris and I are absolutely not a thing anymore haha) but it got me wondering what else I said and in case I said anything else embarrassing 😭 Is this normal?! It was my first time getting ketamine and I never want it again bloody hell it was terrifying😩

I had pethidine during my first labour and it sent me scatty. I was having a really difficult birth and the obstetrician was called. When he came in I shouted “and here’s the birthday boy” and started encouraging everybody to sing to him while singing myself. I have absolutely no recollection of this. There were witnesses 😆

Properly laughing at this 😂

I had pethidine followed by gas and air during a very long labour, and thought it was some sort of comedian, and that the little light dangling above the bed was a microphone. The staff were very polite but clearly got fed up of me. I don’t remember the jokes I made but in retrospect were boring ‘dad’ type not rude… The midwives insisted to dh I needed the toilet and he had to take me. We were directed to a far away toilet down many corridors. I’m a nurse myself. I sincerely hope they had time for a quick coffee during their short break from me.

@TheFormidableMrsC haha we clearly have similar reactions to pethidine (although I vomit before I start talking rubbish)

Don’t worry. I said nothing daft and nodded off. Once I came around I felt super fresh.

I asked the anaesthetist if he 'had any more of the good stuff'

Thank you - hope that's me, rather than going crazy and puking which is what I'm having nightmares about at the moment!

Ketamine ? Bloody hell. I thought that was a horse tranquiliser. There was a very funny thread about daft things people said under sedation. Don't worry I'm guessing the medics have heard it all before lol.

After a colonoscopy where I was off my tits on gas and air, I saw them strapping a DVD of their findings to my notes. Still out of it, I said “oh you made a film of it? What’s it called, ‘My Bumhole the Movie?”.

Also upon coming round from a GA my eyes pinged open in the recovery room and I blurted “has anyone ever pissed or shat themselves under a GA?” I hadn’t but apparently people have.

Bloody hell.

That's my colonoscopy cancelled then.

I had GA recently. Apparently I was very rude to the loveliest nurse. She only told me when I was discharged two days later 🙈

My 81 yrar old, very proper mother apparantly swore like a trooper under sedation. The doctor at the follow up said she'd taught them some new swear words. Apparently she had them all in hysterics.

Ive always wondered if anyone ever says anything awful - admits to a murder or having disgusting thoughts about children or what have you??

If it makes you feel better... I was being put under anaesthetic for a major op... In a bed on another bay I was sure I could see Andy Peters (of Blue Peter fame).

When I came round, I asked the recovery nurse if it was him, he said no and I cried inconsolably. Mortifying.

I'm still convinced to this day it was.

I had gas and air in labour
I went from laughing hysterically to crying my eyes out after watching the news about a family who'd died on holiday.
I'd stop crying to laugh and then cry again

Once its happened I'm aware of. We just made the relevant people aware so they could investigate

Came round from a GA with the nurses whipping the sheets out from under me. I’d peed myself - ooops.

I cringe remembering how I was babbling on about hoping the tooth fairy would come when I had my wisdom teeth out....

I might also have banged on about the tooth fairy because when I had a wisdom tooth out the staff gave it to me in a tooth fairy packet they normally use for children.
Last time I had dental surgery I noticed the nurse was also wearing shoes and tried to bond with her over our shared love. Of shoes.

Do not worry OP. My mum came out with all sorts of crap while coming round from sedation. It was like being with a very friendly drunk person.

As far as I'm aware I've never particularly talked or had a bad reaction to GA or sedation and I've had quite a few. My brother however thought he was the devil and was laying curses upon every person he could see...he was eight years old!

I sang Strawberry Fields all the way back to the ward, I have a voice like a drain 🤦🏼‍♀️

Years ago I was sedated for a procedure and I was laughing my head off because I thought the doctor was Mr. Bean. I thought everything he did was hilarious.

My DF when he was in his 80s fell out of bed, banged his head, and had a bleed between his brain and skull requiring an op to drain the leak. I visited with DM after the op, and he was like a 10 year old. Gestured for me to go closer to him and let out a ripping fart, then giggled sillily, got panicky when a West Indian nurse came in saying the Zulus were coming for him - it was one of his favourite films. Tried to get my 80s mum in bed making sexy sounds. All completely out if character. The next day, he was fine, back to normal. The bleed had obviously been going on for some time, but had been missed, as he was amazed he could write after two years of not being able to, and he could stand without wobbling. It was a bizarre experience.

Having thought I’d refuse all drugs , I had a 24hr induction and bloody LOVED the pethidine when in labour! Think I mainly napped though. Don’t remember saying anything I was fucking in pain and exhausted.