how long after gen anaesthetic until you feel normal

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again?

bump, as I need to know this too!

I had a light general anaesthetic (under for about 20 mins) and it took 24 hours before I stopped feeling unco-ordinated.

I took 4 weeks

recently had GA - Was under for about an hour, and felt wobbly for a couple of hours but was resting. 5hours after i did a quick whizz round tesco and thought i was going to die! Felt fine as soon as i took it easy though and next morning (about 16 hrs after GA) i was absolutely fine.

4 weeks!

i had op yesterday at 3 under for an hour. felt ok this morning, quite buzzy, now feel awful and dizzy.

I've had one general anaesthetic - was under for about 30 mins and felt fine within an hour or so of coming round. Didn't risk driving for 48 hours afterwards as I don't think you're insured for a day or two after having a general, but didn't really feel any after-effects at all - of the anaesthetic, anyway.

It really depends on the individual. Sorry you're feeling shitty.

Hi, interestingly it depends more on the type of surgery rather than the time taken. A simple op such as looking in the bladder or knee only needs a light aneasthetic, even if it takes an hour. A keyhole operation on the tummy needs a far more complex series of drugs and muscle relaxants that will have far more effects. A painful operation such as a toe or hand will need a good dose of powerful analgesics which may last for hours. By and large the effects of the most complex anaesthetic will be over by 24 hours, hence the no driving/no machinery ban and any subsequent problems are more likely to be due to the surgery or the body's response to the surgery.

I've had a fair number of generals (6) and am bad with them - coming round my bp hits the floor and I start fitting. I'm also very susceptible to things like painkillers,sleeping tablets, cough/cold remedies (child's dose knocks me out. I once had pethidine for a kidney infection, they gave me a low dose because of how I reacted which should have lasted a couple of hours, lasted 12! Interestingly the last two I had were a year apart and each time it took me longer to recover. Most recent one I would say it was about a month before I felt ok (kept dropping off to sleep and feeling woozy all the time). I wasn't allowed to drive for 6 weeks after surgery, but not sure I would have done if I had been. Did get fed up of people saying how tired I looked too!

oh that's interesting alias, i had an edoscopic sinus op, maybe i had a stronger anaesthetic, just didn't think i'd feel so woozy now. only had two before and am sure i didn't feel this rotten.

still it's only just been 24 hours. i have no patience.

Depends on what they do to you, and how long you're out.

I had a relatively minor op in the spring, I was probably out for 20 minutes or something - not long at all, anyway. It went really well, but it was a fairly serious operation (eye-related, but they had to break my nose ). I wasn't happy to leave the hospital that night, and it was a week or two before I was back to normal. Granted, I got a small infection, but still ...

Have had three and remember feeling drowsy on the day of the GA but fine by the next day, I think. On one occasion I remember having a sore throat for a short time afterwards.

I think you would feel back to normal by the next day in terms of the anesthetic after effects.

ooh poor you nqc i can empathise with anything nose related atm.

i keep feeling hyper then knackered.

mu mum always says it takes 6 weeks for your body to fully recover and you should allow yourself this time

i had surgery in march and felt groggy and washed out for about 3 days afterwards - luckily my post-op instructions were to lie down for 5 days straight afterwards (it was a retinal detachment) so i had plenty of time to rest and get over it.

I had a 2-hr GA last week, and I didn't really notice it having much of an effect afterwards (to my surprise!) It was in the middle of the night so I was tired anyway - but I think I was so glad to be pain-free the following day that I didn't really register any GA effects!!

I think I've had four. When I've had long surgery and lots of anaesthetic it's been a long time before I've got over it. I recently had some simple day surgery and clearly had a simple lot of drugs to go with and was right as rain in a few days. I didn't drive for a while due to pain so can't say when I was safe to do so.

Think it took be about a week. I was under for about 4 hours, something like that.

Had horrid dreams and just felt tired and bit off for about a week.

I think it can depend on the individual as well - I was under quite a while, but if you discount the effects of the surgery itself, was fine the next day. My Mum on the other hand had a minor op, out for 1/2 hour or so but it took her a couple of weeks to feel herself, and she felt very rough the first week.

i still feel awful two days later

Are there different "qualities" of anaesthetic ?

Its just that I've had 4 GAs -the first 2 left me feeling awful afterwards (nausea, vomiting, dizziness).

I mentioned this to the anaesthetists before my last 2 ops and they said that they would take this into account (can't remember exactly what they said but I think it was implied they would use a different grade of anaesthetic??). Anyway I was fine after those ops.

still feel awful, 3 days later

Can you ring your GP? Do you fee nauseous? Headache? You can get drugs to ease these. I get given anti-emetics and headache things with my anaesthetics as I know these are a peoblm for me.