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Is it normal to be embarrassing when sedated?

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SaveTheSharks1 · 04/12/2025 13:24

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😩

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Growlybear83 · 06/12/2025 10:46

I’ve had a number of experiences where I’ve behaved somewhat inappropriately during sedation and coming round afterwards. The first operation I had when i was diagnosed with breast cancer was carried out by a drop dead gorgeous surgeon and apparently I propositioned him when I started to come round. During another procedure I punched one of the theatre assistants in the recovery room . I had back surgery last year with conscious sedation and my blood pressure went really high as they were about to start. One of the surgeons, who remembered me from a previous procedure, started playing Black Sabbath and other heavy metal songs to relax me, and I can clearly remember being told off for trying to headbang a couple of times during the procedure and the anaesthetist sedating me a bit more. My mum had several operations in her final years and every time she started singing at the top of her voice as she was coming to in the recovery room - it was always the same aria from Madam Butterfly 😆

MissDoubleU · 06/12/2025 22:14

BluntAzureDreamer · 06/12/2025 09:47

I spent a good proportion of the 90s telling strangers at parties my darkest secrets 🤣

What a time to be alive 😂

youalright · 06/12/2025 22:23

I have no idea what I have done in the past I'd rather not know but its a conversation I had with an anesthetist once and he said they don't pay much attention as people are often mumble alot and don't make much sense. But he might of been lying to be kind. I'm more embarrassed that people fart during surgery.

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