Man, they used a mix that included ketamine for mine, and it was amazing.
Not necessarily the being high part, though that was nice.
It was the other effects. The visual and auditory hallucinations when coming out of anaesthesia were phenomenal. I was talking to angels and I don’t even believe in such things (still don’t, I know it was the drugs). It was some profound shit too, some deep insights into myself, and how I interact with the world.
Which may or may not have had any relation to the biggest benefit. My depression and anxiety, and even most of my PTSD symptoms went into remission for nearly six months. I still don’t know if the nature of what was playing out nectar of the drugs did it, or if the drugs changed my brain chemistry temporarily, or some mix of those, but it was a huge thing.
While all of it came back, it wasn’t as severe; and having had the experience of remission makes the bad days a little easier to get through. I guess that actually makes it a permanent/long term change, now that I’m thinking about it, just not a total change. That’s been back to right after I got married, which was 12ish years ago.
Ngl though, the feeling of happiness during the time after I came out of it was pretty damn nice in its own way. I was in zero pain (chronic pain sufferer) for about an hour, and every step I took felt like walking on the moon. Just free and bouncy. I babbled non stop, with my mouth full of gauze, and was singing along to everything on the CD that was in the car.
That lasted until maybe a half hour after I got home, and then the nausea hit lol. Total buzz kill, that.
Woah, did you ever ask them what exactly they gave you?
Iirc, propofol and ketamine. Been a while, so I’m only certain of the ketamine
Ketamine can be used to treat depression. Looks like u got your moneys worth :)
I was about to say the same thing! My friend has been through two different ketamine treatments and one is even by mail!
A friend of mine said that the drugs the dentist gave him were so potent that overall having his wisdom teeth removed was a pleasant experience which he would repeat if he could.
When I had a couple of teeth pulled, I just got local anesthetic which I can’t complain about since it blocked all the pain (but not the sensation of having my teeth pried out). My bad teeth were two right next to each other; maybe you only get the good stuff when they’re pulling a tooth from each corner of your mouth and so they don’t want to give you local anesthetic four times?
With wisdom tooth extraction, they’re often impacted in tissue and bone that makes removal painful and time consuming. Normal tooth extraction is quick and easy, and can be achieved with only local anesthetic. (Wisdom tooth removal can be done with only local, but most people get anxious especially with the time it takes, so more sedation is used)
painful and time consuming
When I had one of mine removed it was the quickest dentist visit I had. They exposed the tooth, drilled into it, hit it with a wedge and collected the pieces. It probably took less than 10 minutes including the time for local anesthesia to take effect and didn’t really hurt
That was my experience too. At first I was kind of disappointed I didn’t get the funny drugs but a double extraction took literally ~10 min, and I drove myself home right after.
Everyone I know who went full sedation it would be like a 3-5 hour experience before you come to. Alot of hassle
Damn that’s fast. I saw an animation of that on YouTube once (a long time ago), it was strangely satisfying to watch
You can do a lot with local but, most people don’t like the idea of having a person fiddling with their flesh with sharp instruments for long periods of time.
Yeah I found somewhere that put me under completely to get my wisdom teeth removed. I have lasting trauma from the fuckery that happened during previous teeth removal no way was I going through that again even if I couldn’t feel it
In Iraq. On guard duty. Go to the med station when I get off. Extracts two teeth, here’s an aspirin, 24 hours bed rest. Back on guard duty.
I hope, you got Paracetamol, or Ibuprofen instead of Aspirin, as the latter is an anticoagulant, which prevents the blood from thickening itself. Other than that, that’s exactly the same medication I got in Germany when my wisdom teeth were extracted: Local anesthetics during the procedure, paracetamol for afterwards and a sick note for one day with the option to get it prolonged if necessary. Outside the US it’s not as common to throw a ton of opioids at minor/medium pains. Which is why the US has an opioid crisis and we don’t.
Oh wow everyone look at mr fancy pants over here with his healthcare and his lack of an opioid crisis /s
Motrin was the pill of choice when I was in the military. It was treated like a magic cure all for any ailment or injury, including dental work. No matter the issue, you got motrin.
It’s likely he got the same.
Fuck you for your service.
I mainly did it for the free college (which I later dropped out of).
WTF kind of drugs your dentist’s give you? When I had my wisdom teeth removed I just got local anesthesia which made my mouth area numb and insensitive to pain for a few hours. I could literally drive home immediately after the procedure if I wanted to. Europe, for reference. Does this differ between the countries so much?
General anaesthetic is pretty normal for a wisdom teeth removal. It’s potentially quite a big procedure, depending on how impacted the teeth are…and how many are impacted. @zach@lemmy.dbzer0.com’s comment below gives good explanation.
I got mine removed in Vietnam and was put fully under.
They used to put you under and then give you a prescription for as many opiates as you could ever want here in Canada, but it was abused so now they just rip em out and send you away with instructions to take some ibuprofen.
Europe probably had the right idea, by the end of the second day I was only taking pain meds before sleep.
I was under general for several hours for mine (UK), but mine were complicated. Still didn’t get any drugs that good though.
Same, but I had a bit stronger medication (I didn’t go under, but I was pretty out of it), but was pretty clear-headed by the time I got home.
I was high after a dental procedure, proceed to take a nap on the couch all day.
A few days later, a Japanese copy of Kirby Tilt n Tumble arrived on my doorstep.
Which is good that there isn’t much text in that game but odd because they then added it to Switch Online shortly after…
