this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2026
744 points (98.8% liked)
Greentext
8791 readers
1107 users here now
This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.
Be warned:
- Anon is often crazy.
- Anon is often depressed.
- Anon frequently shares thoughts that are immature, offensive, or incomprehensible.
If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I had that happen with morphine once. Watched the needle for the drip go in, looked away for a second, looked back and it was already being removed because my procedure was done.
Reminds me of when I got my gallbladder removed. The nurse got me talking about cooking because I was freaking out and tensing up over the needle. One second I was just laying there happily talking about the lentil taco salad I made recently, and the next, I was hazily looking around the room in a state of utter confusion while a nurse stood over me and asked if I want a graham cracker.
Anesthetics are super trippy like that. Wish falling asleep was like that...
So did Michael Jackson. It didn't go so well for him.
Your description makes me think it was propofol
It kinda does, doesn't it? It was a military dentist though, and I wasn't going to be able to refuse whatever they were going to give me, so I believe they told me the truth.
I did threaten to bite them if I was awake enough to remember to do so though, so maybe the IV bag got an extra squeeze!
Propofol is usually used with something like fentanyl and midazolam
That doesn't match my personal experience with propofol. The "going out" was pretty quick or the memory of it cut short, but the "coming back" was not quick at all.
When I woke up in the recovery room I had awareness first, but couldn't control my body at all, not even able to open my eyes, but I could hear things in the room. Then I remember having coherent thoughts, but everything was in slow motion like my cognition was swimming in molasses. As I tried to see what I had motor control off, learned later I was verbalizing all of these thoughts and was semi audible as I tried to talk. It took probably 15 minutes before I had motor control and could speak clearly enough to be understood. It wasn't a horrible or fearful experience, but wouldn't call it pleasant either.
That might have been a cocktail depending on what you had done, or they didn't give you oxygen during recovery while your respiration was still depressed
I was given oxygen during the procedure as well as in recovery, but to your other point they could have given me something else too when I was under.
Probably some paralyzing agent, to stop you from twitching and moving while they worked. And probably a tiny miscalculation, or maybe even intentionally to avoid you doing something stupid before your rational brain was done rebooting.
i've had way too many surgeries. my favorite waking up apparently i was trying to lead the recovery room in a singalong
the song's chorus goes "I hope you die, I hope we both die" so i'm really curious how far into it i got
Interesting. I've had propofol twice and both times it was basically instantaneous. Get injected, close my eyes, next thing I know I'm opening them and saying wtf to the nurse.
or versed. a 1 hour versed nap is like 9 hours of sleep
Usually they'd mix versed and propofol, and maybe fent
Mine have been either/or, not both, and I always woke up feeling rested after versed. Not so with propofol.
Damn they give me all three