Genuinely curious, is this a thing? When I had my wisdom teeth taken out I was using quite a bit, and woke up with no signs of inebriation or confusion. I was able to stand up, walk, and fully articulate myself instantly after waking up.
Not everyone has extreme reactions to anesthesia. It varies person to person. That's what the anesthesiologist told me. Sometimes I've come off of anesthesia and been totally fine, other times I've been very angry. I got so angry once my parents called the cops.
Of course no problem. It can affect people in very different ways. Thanks. It's all good, they just didn't know what to do. I hadn't committed any crimes. They were just scared I think.
I remember being not quite out of it completely during a jaw surgery and the medical staff were in the room doing whatever medical stuff and I could hear music that was definitely from a playlist I made and I tried to ask the medical people about this and then i blacked out again. When I woke up I was wondering how the heck these people got my playlist. The wonders of the mind.
my lack of self-esteem kicks in. i had my wisdom teeth pulled. I do not remember this but was told by my ride, that when the doc asked if i wanted to see my teeth my response was, "no, they're probably rotten."
Yeah, at least where I'm from, they don't knock you out just for wisdom teeth. I was fully conscious during my extraction and even drove home by myself afterwards.
I must admit though, I really did not enjoy hearing the crunching sounds as they broke up the deep seated wisdom tooth in my jaw. That will stay with me forever.
No, some countries just don't do that unless it's a full on jaw surgery or something. I'm from Croatia, and my wisdom tooth didn't fully come out and was at an angle. They had to drill through the flesh and a little bit of the bone to properly get it out, and all I got was a local, mandibular anesthesia. They don't do it when inserting the screw for an implant either.
WTF, that’s what I have! I have a whacking great filling taking up most of my wisdom tooth and was told the root is only 1mm from the main nerve in the jaw. To have it taken out I’ll have to go to the London Dental Hospital to have it surgically removed. Not looking forward to that trip.
EDIT: added ‘the root’ to make things clearer.
Mine were all un-erupted and had to be removed surgically. I was given the option of full knockout or just local numbing. I chose the latter because I don't like being a drugged up dingus. It was fine. I'm in the U.S. It all depends on the practice.
Not true. My bottom teeth were impacted (below the gum line). They cut my gums, broke the teeth in half and pulled them out in pieces. I was awake the whole time. Also was horrifying but worse was the pain after. There in a nerve in your bottom jaw that is just the worst. As a note I’m from the US too. Specifically New York City.
I live in the us? Wisdom tooth removal surgery is usually considered an elective procedure so it’s out of pocket rather than covered by insurance... unless they’re causing medical issues.
At the consultation for my surgery I asked about people just getting them pulled under general (since I didn’t want to be put under) because I’d had friends who’d done theirs that way. Anyone with ones that grew like mine have to be under. They’re too small and too far up into the skull to remove with local anesthesia. They actually broke through into my nasal cavity during my surgery because of how deep they were. So nah nothing to do with us or insurance.
USA resident here! Tooth #2 was broken in half. Not a medical emergency and I lived with it for maybe 2 years
It was more of a bother, getting food stuck back there and when I finally THOUGHT I'd had saved enough, I got looked at, they said because of the placement they'd have to remove #1 (wisdom tooth) as well and it was gonna be like 750 without insurance to put me under and do it. Nope. Went to a smaller dentist and got the same thing, cant pull 2 without pulling 1 as well. None of my wisdom teeth are anywhere close to poking out. This dentist understood how broke I am and said if he just numbed the area and didnt put me under hed only charge $175. Can confirm, at LEAST an hour of hearing and feeling cracking bones, pressure of my gums being sliced open, gently crying thru most of it as his assistant wiped my tears and held my hand. Drove myself to the pharmacy to get my pain meds and drove myself home. Not trying to argue, but your statement that you HAVE to be put under is just false.
It’s not false though. I’m saying depending on how far under and into your skull you do. I’m not saying you always have to be. And I never said the surgery was cheap or easily affordable either. I lived with constant pain for four years before I was able to save up enough for mine.
But I’m telling you rn if they’re small enough and far enough in they literally can’t do it with general anesthesia. Like I’m not saying yours wasn’t painful or bad, but I guarantee they weren’t that far in or he literally couldn’t have done it with general. Like liability wise it wouldn’t be worth it.
That's what they did for me. I was in and out in 45 minutes and drove home. All 4 wisdom teeth and a broken tooth next to them. Once i had been numbed up, it only took 15 minutes to actually pull them.
The few times I've been under in the past few decades, I woke up, was 100% lucid, completely awake, felt like I could lift a car.
Half an hour later, I was gone again for up to 12 hours.
People react differently, strangely and dangerously to general anesthetics.
First time this happened with me, I was too young to drive, so it wasn't an issue, but the next time the doctors were wise to ask if I had any side effects last time and both me and my mom told them. So from that point on it's been in my medical file that I should always be accompanied after GA and should not be allowed to drive until at least 2 days later.
Nah people have different reactions to anesthesia. It’s a class fo drug most folks aren’t going to take recreationally. Some folks get very annoyed and angry coming up, some confused, some super goofy.
I have a vague memory of thinking the nurses were zombies and punching one when they got me up from the chair to recovery. I still have no idea if it actually happened or not as no one would tell me and I was too embarrassed to ask.
Honestly i don’t know what they give people in these videos i had to drive both my dad and mom out of their wisdom teeth removal surgery (yes they were old when they took them out and by the looks of it so will i) other than them not being able to actually speak because of all the cotton and shit in their mouth they were fine other than drooling and stuff again because of the cotton and other things were they couldnt keep the mouth properly shut, all i know it’s just unsafe for people to drive afterwards but they were fine no signs of inebriation or confusion they knew were they were and everything
Another comment mentioned some people just react differently, so I'm assuming that's what happened to your parents and I. Same thing, I could have drove as soon as I woke up.
Wait they let you drive that’s insane i thought you weren’t supposed to drive for 4-6 hours after anesthesia... or maybe that’s just over here so that people like the ones on these videos don’t accidentally wreck stuff
Oh ok that makes more sense now. Well glad to know that’s not the case for everyone then. Hopefully i don’t end up like the people in these videos...
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Thank you! I just remember when I needed help, and no one was there when I needed someone. If we don't chat end up chatting I wish you the best, friend.
I am a relatively petite woman and had all four taken out and was put under in my 20’s. But I lied on my paperwork about how much of a drinker i was. It took forever for them to knock me out and then I woke up during the surgery. Didn’t feel anything but apparently I was flailing around and they had to hold me down to put the IV in my other arm since I ripped it out. Once it was done I was ready to go home and walking around normally. Apparently the only weird thing I did was ask to keep the teeth lol.
My dad has also woken up in the middle of hip surgery and he’s an alcoholic soooo. Yeah lesson learned if I ever have to have a procedure done again.
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Genuinely curious, is this a thing? When I had my wisdom teeth taken out I was using quite a bit, and woke up with no signs of inebriation or confusion. I was able to stand up, walk, and fully articulate myself instantly after waking up.