I am disabled with PTSD for 12 years. I just had two angioplasty in my legs. My PTSD revolves around me being sexually assaulted, tortured and held against my will for 2 hours. So in the surgery room, they shoved my gown up to my waist exposing my penis before I was knocked out. The next angioplasty two weeks later, I had called the nurse and informed her how traumatizing it was and asked they do it after I was out. NOPE. The nurse followed through and gave me Versed this time before I even entered the surgery room, but they still shoved my gown up to my waist, exposing my penis to 4 people in front of me. I said, "You're not supposed to do that until I'm asleep" One responded, "We have to have everything ready for the doctor." That is the real world -- most medical professionals have NO idea what to do with patients with PTSD -- and frankly don't care. I was given FOUR doses total of Versed because it triggered the PTSD so badly. Eventually, they had to administer the fentanyl just to knock me out. Most times, doctors, nurses and MA's simply "uh-huh" me when I tell them I am disabled with PTSD. This is the real world, Dr. Kaveh.
You think he cares about you, dude. He just want clicks like every self promoting charlatan on social media. This guy did a sit down interview with the Epoch times. A CIA funded extreme right media outlet dedicated to agitating for regime change in China.
I also have PTSD from an abusive husband, who almost ended my life mother, who was nasty grown up.. found out my mother was with my husband.. I had to go in for surgery major surgery. I had a cyst on my ovary and I had to get hysterectomy. This is when it was the pandemic it was like life or death for me. I swear I felt like I was dying. I came out of surgery. They tied my arm off because we were shortstaffed. They tie my arms up and hand with black straps for seven hours when I woke up it felt like my arm was run over by a truck. I couldn’t feel my fingers and the pain was so awful. I still have nerve damage in my right hand. Because of it and that 3 1/2 years ago.. they absolutely do not care I told them I had PTSD as well.. it felt like my pain was never gonna go away.. and of course they didn’t prescribe me any heavy duty medicine to go home with because the opiate epidemic…. So it was like I had to suffer and had to keep going into the hospital to the ER to get some relief. I felt like Mrs. Marshmello my legs were so swollen my face everything was so swollen. They were kind to me at all.. I was suffering with so much pain for a good month and a half.. and my doctor said you’re a young 41 year old woman u should feel fine by now.. And one thing I hate is to ever feel weak .. like I stand on my ground, I’m strong woman, and for her to say that to me, was blowing my mind.. I am so sorry you suffered that abuse and my heart goes out to you.. ((hugs))
I have a history of being combative & I thought it was a versed sensitivity. Last time I had surgery I informed the anesthesia folks about my issue & they dismissed me. When I woke up the recovery room nurse was acting snotty because I had jerked my IV out, etc. I had no memory of that. My family member explained to her that I had informed them. She clearly didn't understand & continued acting snarky. Her behavior was out of line. This video should be a requirement for every person working in surgery!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
It's horrifying how many medical professionals ignore the effects of trauma. Even when you've explained the reaction you may experience, why, and what steps can be taken to help reduce this. In my case (female, disabled wheelchair user), I explained I had been graped, with a knife at my throat, when I was 12; I requested to wake from anaesthesia with pants on and a conscious female present (any female, cleaner, patient, as long as they're conscious). I discussed this on multiple occasions, with the surgeon, in the months before the surgery. The surgery was to remove the left submandibular gland, this was described as an incision under my tongue (no visible scars), and go home the same day. I woke with no pants, no female in sight, and 2 men (in scrubs) looming over me stood next to the bed. Oh, and just for good measure, he didn't do the operation as described, the incision was at side of neck, and a large dressing over my throat, which, to me, felt like the knife. Who could have guessed I might panic in this situation? Apparently, not him, and he proceeded to lean over me, his hand on my shoulder, to tell me I'm being silly and overreacting! I have no idea what might have been said after that, because I'm in fight/flight, but being disabled, I can't fight, I haven't got my wheelchair, so flight not an option. Yep, I'm the deer in the headlights! Freeze. I'm pretty sure I dissacotiated, I don't really remember anything until I was on the ward, more than 2 hours later, where I was finally given pants, and females were present. As a result of this experience, when I got to the safety of my home, I had a nervous breakdown, chopped all my hair off, couldn't cope with any noises or being touched and it was about 4 weeks until I could manage to open my front door again. More than 10 years later, I still can't even see a photo of that hospital without having a panic attack. Oh, and the surgery didn't help the problem, I had to move from Birmingham to Bristol for continued treatment, and have that same gland removed again?! Only now, I have the added fear of having that reaction at another hospital and having 2 hospitals I can't cope with being near.
@@reachandler3655 so very sorry about your experiences. We share many similarities and the constant sense of vulnerability and helplessness has ripped open old wounds I worked decades to heal. I'm the middle of physical rehab again right now and no one is hearing me when I say I can't endure anymore. Worked for years in Victim Services but feels like a distant memory. Wish you the very best in your healing. 🙏🕊️
I told anesthesiologists not to allow me to wake up intubated because I would think I was being orally SA'd. She laughed then I bit the ET in half and threw it across the room leaving a bunch of people trying to get the other end out of my trachea after having a Lumbar Laminectomy with pedicle screws. Neurosurgeon thought I was paralyzed All because anesthesia that it was a big joke seeing what would happen if I came awake intubated. Child SA doesn't ever go away. It stays in your brain.
@@sharonchristian8508 I am so sad for you and I care about your pain. No one should have to go through something like that. What would you say has kept you going all these years?
@@RE-yj9ts As very small child, my father began using me for his pleasure. When I would scream, he would beat me into silence. Finally I was in a Coma with skull, hip, femer, pelvic fractures and a flail chest. I was placed in my crib and family was waiting for me to die. A beautiful being whose appearance was stark white standing in what looked like molten metal came and took care of me. Over the course of three days the pain was healed and the fractures were also to some extent though the misalignment of bones is still visible on Xray. When I birthed my first child my uterus partially ruptured from the degree of scarring. I recently had a 4 chamber pacemaker implanted because the electrical pathway of my heart stopped working due to scarring. The being that cared for me looks like the image from the shroud of Turin. He had scars on His forehead, his nose was smashed flat and He had mostly scars where his beard had grown. His hair was sort of golden honey brown. His expression was the most tender and loving that I have ever seen. I would also like you to consider that this memory is from before I was 20 months old. He has been with me my entire life. You know I did not know these things from reading or watching TV. I knew and remembered because He is real and loves me. You know who has been with me from the beginning. I am 77 years old. His name is Jesus.
I was severely traumatized years ago as a teenage, got diagnosed with cptsd. Spent my whole life fighting cptsd. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder, not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean, never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
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For ANY human body, the surgery experience is a trauma in itself. It's an unnatural thing, so the body records the process as being poisoned and overwhelmed (anesthesia), then grievously injured (the surgeon's incision). It's recorded as a physical catastrophe by the caveman bit (amygdala) of the brain, whose only instinct is survival! No surprise to learn it can be a triggering somatic experience for those with body memories of assault. This is a very interesting channel.
It’s true. I tried to punch my surgeon when I woke up (I don’t remember). Then I had a scary nightmare when I was healing and I knew it was from the surgery.
Yes. What’s particularly interesting is how DID can benefit the matter; once during a surgery I was briefly semi-aware, but had the good fortune of a very levelheaded alter being present, so the end result was that I gave a brief low chuckle and in German told the surgeon they had done quite well indeed with the suturing, albeit partly through a gauze pad, as the matter was of a tumor tooth that had just been removed, but the point was communicated. Having been prescribed an anti-anxiety medication for the time beforehand helped greatly as well, as it kept the paranoia from surfacing, effectively silencing the amygdala it seemed, as I recalled being the most at peace I have ever felt, and remarking that I could stand make on a seaside cliff and greet the first official contact of extraterrestrials with humanity thinking merely “my, what a pleasant surprise.”
I've had C-PTSD since childhood. In my early 30's (I'm now in my late 50's) I had to undergo ACL Allograph replacement surgery. Also because I have a lower spine scoliosis, I could not have the typical epidural. Instead I was given a spinal block (unbeknownst to my surgeon) and ended up walking up during my surgery, three times! The first time I woke up complaining of a migraine headache. My surgeon told me to turn my head to the other side and go back to sleep. The second time was about twenty minutes later, again complaining of a migraine headache. Once again, my surgeon told me to turn my head to the original side and go back to sleep. The third time I woke up, didn't say anything for a few minutes but later asked if I could watch! My surgeon turned to me and said: "NO! You cannot watch, that wouldn't be good for you. Try to go back to sleep." I finally did but woke up still with that massive migraine headache, which I later found out was because of the spinal block they gave me, not the correct amount. I ended up having a migraine headache for a week afterwards. Immediately after the surgery when they took me into recovery, the nurses sat me upright right away. The Anesthesiologist hadn't told any of my surgery team I'd been given a spinal block instead of an epidural. In recovery, I ended up urinating on myself and started to cry uncontrollably. I was so embarrassed and my head hurt so badly. Only after I talked to a nurse about a week later did I find out that 1) my surgery team didn't know of the anesthesia change 2) I never should have been sat upright that soon after the surgery. My surgeon was completely dumbfounded when he found out.
I’m a total nightmare for surgery and anesthesia! I have panic disorder and take multiple medications to manage it. I have a very high tolerance for opioids, benzodiazepines, antipsychotics. I’ve had 2 general anesthesia surgeries and 2 spinal blocks for c-sections. Waking up has never gone well! Me: frantic, writhing in pain, thrashing, crying, etc! The nurses and doctors exasperated, telling me to open my eyes(which I can’t and don’t know why), saying they can’t give me anymore dilaudid, demerel or whatever they use these days! I had several years of childhood trauma abandonment and neglect so when anything started to go wrong for me I would go into hyperdrive supersonic nervous system defense! My ears would ring, my vision would go black and I my throat would tighten up so I couldn’t swallow. I know this is why I was unable to deliver vaginally because I was full term both pregnancies and never dilated, never had contractions did not respond to inducing and the OBGYN said from internal exam I didn’t look pregnant at all and I was full term. I’m proud to say that I have 2 amazing children who are young adults and I broke the cycle! They had a stable happy childhood and home and we are a close family! But I want to stay away from hospitals forever!
Oh ... yeah. My 1st surgery, my surgeon didn't know I had PTSD. It was supposed to be a quick procedure and I'd be home by noon (& back in college by 2 for a test.) I didn't fully come to until after 2 pm. Apparently, every time they tried to bring me out of anesthesia, my BP and HR would skyrocket. They then thought it was a pain crisis and drugged the daylights out of me but I guess I started screaming and pleading with them tonstop hurting me (I have no memory. ) The doctor came in to talk to me and she started crying as she told me I was sexually abused and had a list of therapists as she felt I needed to get help with dealing with it. I was confused because I thought the scar tissue they had removed was due to being assulted as a little kid. Being s.a.'d wasn't news to me. But it would make complete sense that, adding to the pain down there my brain thought it was happening again. Later, I found out that ALL anesthesia messes with my brain. I have to warn them that I do have PTSD, and educate them on talking to me, telling me where I am, making me open my eyes ... and not drugging me extra thinking it's a reaction to pain. Also learned that Morphine PCA makes me feel very anxious and jumpy and I don't feel safe. I begged them to take me off the PCA and start me on pills the day after my lumbar fusion.
I am so sorry you went through all this 😢 I‘m an anaesthetist, and I always feel bad for patients with PTSD or other mental health issues. Even for a „healthy“ person without any problems surgery and anaesthesia can be very stressful.
@@mathildewesendonck7225my most recent anesthesiologist decided he was gonna throw a fit, and pretend like he thought it was directly at him. This was prior to surgery. He then pranced off and cancelled my life saving surgery. I had had a collapsed lung from July to the end of September
He knew exactly what was happening too. You could see it in his face and hear it in his tone. Without the ability to control what I was saying I was swearing.hvv I gutjd doed
@@mathildewesendonck7225I did spoke about I felt really bad after surgerys in the past, that there had been troubles with anestaesia, waking up, beeing a complete day "out of order", having C-PTBS and then woke up in a room with a second male patient screaming aggressive things. Didn't know about my autism that time, just the ADHD. I needed about 9 months to recover, wounds healed bad and scars still hurt, also got this "after gallbladder-removed-disorder"(don't know the english name for it) so now can decide either to eat or leave the house...two years after this "emergency surgery". I regret not have had help to leave hospital with meds and no spontanous surgery. It was hell to me. Like when I (literaly!!!) nearly died on childbirth 25 years before and never recovered from that trauma nobody took serious. I prefer not to go to any docs. Some months before that surgery I had a planned surgery at one of my fingers(!) and they wanted me to put under total anaestaesia!!! I said no, just local! He was angry! What the hell! Why? I had it local, no problem.
My PTSD was caused by medical mishaps that nearly killed me. I had such a bad PTSD attack after a surgery that my body shut down and I was paralyzed. Instead of being released after surgery, I had to be admitted. I had no idea whether I would be paralyzed permanently. It lasted for about 12 hours.
This is interesting because I have trauma from childhood and I always end up crying a lot after surgery. It’s like some kind of huge release of emotion.
Hey Doc I’ve worked as a therapist in this field for more than 30 yrs. All you’ve said is true. I would add that many of my patients have been abused while under the influence of mind altering substances at a very early age which of course would be triggered by anesthsia.
Very well said, even though very unfortunate simultaneously... This can make the whole situation so much more challenging to diagnose and treat, as you've pointed out
Thank you for bri gi g up that many CSA incidents occur by the perpetrator using mind altering drugs on victims. I font think society is aware hoe often that is the case and how it also contributes to the victim havi gvto fight through it to recall and process what happened to them afterward and how thry hsve extra burden to cope with in their recovery.
Also, I was injured in my own OR, and got surgery done by my colleagues the next day. Made sure my anesthesiologist knew I had CPTSD, and I'd known him since his residency. I knew all the sounds and smells, and I'm told I offered to help mop when I emerged. My first memory in PACU was of comfort, even bliss. My broken arm felt secure, I felt safe. This is the other side of what most patients experience.
I hope they treat all of their patients the same and listen to them just as much as they listened to you, their colleague. Thank you for doing what you do for our veterans.🙏💖🙏
I had such good fortune myself the last time I had surgery, and one thing that definitely helped was that I was prescribed anti-anxiety medication I believe it was to take a few hours prior, which resulted in a very peaceful and calm state of mind like nothing I had ever felt before. I remember briefly being aware after the stitches had been done and complimenting the surgeon on having done a “very neat job indeed”. Holistic medical practice makes all the difference.
I want to share my story too; I had surgery last month and I haven't been able to sleep well until now bc I remember everything that happened to me in the OR as if it happened yesterday. first, I was very lucky to have a nice anesthesiologist, a good person who helped me a lot, smiled at me and talked in a nice way. I have been through more than 12 surgeries and have taken chemo a lot, so I dont have good veins and it's always difficult to put the cannula in me. When I entered the OR with that nice anesthesiologist, everything was going well and I was excited bc he of him ^_^, even when he was having a hard time inserting the cannula I didnt complain bc he was really nice to me, I even smiled at him and told him "its okay I know the problem was mine and not his." But when it lasted more than half an hour and the surgeons came in, it became more nervous for me. Then a doctor came, Idk if he was an anesthesiologist or a surgeon or what. This doctor was very aggressive and he was hurting me while trying to insert the cannula and he kept slapping my hand a lot and he was talking in a not nice way and here my eyes started to tear up :( after a while he managed to insert the cannula but he did something very very very bad, maybe this was the worst thing I have ever experienced in my life. This was my first time to have a spinal anesthesia, so I didnt know what was going on or how things worked so everything was scary for me. This aggressive doctor quickly lifted my head and made me sit down, then he cut the straps of the OR gown I was wearing in a way that made me shiver. The whole situation was psychologically painful, Idk how to describe it, but it was very scary for me as a girl. I didnt know that a spinal anesthesia is an injection in the back, so I thought I was in the wrong operating room, especially since my doctor hadnt arrived yet and I didnt know anyone in that room so I started crying and said "What are you doing to my back? I have no problem with my back its my leg not my back." but He kept saying, "Don't move," and he was pressing his hand on my head. At that moment, I could not control myself and cried hysterically. That nice anesthesia was standing to my left so I asked him to put me to sleep quickly, and he nodded his head. It didn't take two seconds and I fell asleep. I was glad that that kind doctor was the one in my room when I woke up. Until now I can't forget how badly that doctor took off my clothes and how rough he was with me. I think I will never forget that. Sometimes I try to think that maybe he had a bad day since there were so many emergencies that day maybe he had problems in his personal life that made him so rough. Idk sometimes I try to make excuses for him because I was exposed to that bad thing for the first time in my 12 operations. Anesthesiologists really play a very big role before surgery please be kind to the patients. this patient may be just one of the thousands of cases that you only see for 2-6 hours but remember that this patient is a human being and will not forget those details that may seem small to you but every detail that is present and happens in the operating room affects their lives
As someone who suffers with extreme severe anxiety I can totally relate to her. I would stop eating for days at a time as a punishment. I worry a lot about my life, everyone around me and pleasing everyone. It's absolutely crippling, so glad she got the help she needed, lovely young lady it's so sad that society has 1 in 3 people suffering mental health issues. I hope everyone seeks help
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I had spinal surgery and my recovery was full of flashbacks I hadn’t remembered before. I was horrified and couldn’t understand that they were repressed memories. My pain was so severe that everything hurt, EVERYTHING. Thank you for this video! It’s validating that what I survived was not some delusion caused by pain medication. I’ve been gaslighted by providers who dismiss my experience as some kind of small thing I’m making up and not a symptom of surviving childhood trauma. I HAVE been told that it’s the opioids triggering the behavior, and they tried stopping the medications post operatively. I screamed in agony for 2 days. I’ve had an extremely difficult time recovering and getting my mobility back. It’s been a side effect I never imagined would happen to me. Moving forward and working through the issues with my past as well as my present takes diligence. The validity I received from this video is reassurance that brings peace to my heart and a need to share the science behind my experience with others in the medical community. Thank you!
@@suetrublu Yeah, I know a bit about this. And it's about reducing narcotic addiction, not denying pain relief. No doubt some VAs do it better than others.
@@EK-wi2me Yeah, like me. War related PTSD is a specific sort, and the VA deals with it all the time, so they deal with those specific complex issues better than average.
@@EK-wi2meDrug War causes more PTSD than any other War thats ever happened. And there is no VA benefit or help for those War on Drug victims-survivor’s….NONE!
This is a perpetual concern of mine after a horrible incident in Asia 2 decades ago. The next surgical situation I had requiring emergency surgery was a pure hellish nightmare. Since then I’ve gone over it in advance with any anesthesiologist I’ve ever had to work with to give them fair warning. All but one of them have been incredibly attentive, knew what to look out for, and prevented any complications. The one who blew me off and wouldn’t pay attention brought about a very bad result. And my response afterwards led to his immediate dismissal and loss of privileges from that hospital. The other major hospital nearby got word and also summarily banned him.
Between CPTSD from childhood, and repeated medical trauma after brain surgeries including in physical rehab, i have chosen a DNR and will no longer choose surgery. Partner is a doctor and even they are stunned at how the medical system has retraumatized me at every turn. I used to be the ideal patient, but they broke me. Choose less invasive options for as long as you can, friends. 🙏🕊️
This is very important for patients (and healthcare professionals) to understand! However i want to make it known that not all people with PTSD know that they have the disorder. For years i downplayed my trauma when compared to everyone else's, and i just thought my anxiety had gotten worse. It wasnt until years later when i saw a neuropsychologist for an autism screening, that i was formally diagnosed with PTSD. My diagnosis changed and saved my life. I think it would be best to approach this topic with certain patients by asking if they have experienced any trauma or perhaps ask about specific PTSD symptoms, without mentioning PTSD.
@evruzzie98 I found out 2 years ago that I was SAd as a child. I don’t remember it but my traumatised body and mind do. I was 24 when I found out and, sadly, my life finally started to make sense. I used to hate myself for thinking certain thoughts and thought I was vile, but turns out it’s normal within children who were abused. Your brain is trying to tell you, but because you don’t remember, you can’t piece this information together. Started going to therapy, finally got my adhd diagnosis and started to take antidepressants. I’m now 26 and slowly starting to heal. I’m sure I have more diagnoses so I’m working on getting them. I hope to get disability benefits, because I’m 26 and my body doesn’t work, I’m physically capable of working max 2 days a week, then I spend the rest of the week recovering.
My son's arm was broken at 8 yrs old by another child running over him on purpose with a bicycle. I took him to the ER and they tried to fix it, But they couldn't due to the break angle. They kept trying several times and about 45 minutes later they finally were made by me to stop. He woke up about four times in between and they would give him more medication to knock him out, trying again and again. He got sent home until he could have surgery in just a sling, because of the swelling. After he had surgery the following week, he was angry all the time and you could tell that something was different with him. I was very unhappy about the whole situation but there was not much that could be done. The doctors shouldn't have tried so many times to fix his arm, when they clearly did not consider him waking up constantly and the amount of pain. I'm pretty sure that was the underlying root of a lot of issues that he has today. I mean I noticed that change in him immediately.
I pray he is doing better. Understanding what happened (the trauma of them trying g to fix his arm) can sometimes help heal issues you had afterwards. He already had the trauma of that other kid running over him on purpose. That was enough. They never should have done him that way.
Yes. Our bodies and brains 'keep score' even when we aren't consciously aware of it!! So sorry your son went thru all that. Perhaps you could try and discuss it with him sometime?
If he is willing, he could do some sessions with EMDR to help process the attack by the kid on the bike and the experiences around having his arm fixed. He doesn’t have to remember a lot-details often come back during the processing but it is not essential. The main benefit is reducing or eliminating the distress associated with the trauma.
Could also be the fact that he got ran over. That is pretty traumatizing. Did he say that he remembered them trying to reset it? He might not have any memories of it. A lot of people will be moving and talking but have no memories. When I come out of surgery it takes 3+ hours for my memories to come back. I remember bit and pieces of my EGD and colonoscopy but the pieces I do remember are traumatic. You never know.
👍🏻Like #336. I've had several spinal sugeries and have another one coming up. I've come out of surgery kicking and swinging as if in a fight with multiple opponents while threatening to kill everyone in the recovery room. Scary for all of us indeed. Now that my care team knows they bring me out of anesthesia more gradually and make the necessary adjustments to ensure everyone's safety. I felt absolutely terrible when I found out what happened when I woke up suddenly (the first surgery) and the guilt about attacking the people who were saving my life was horrendous. Thanks for all that you do and share, Dr. Kaveh. Means a lot. Peace.
I have suffered PTSD for a long time Due to domestic violence and SA, when I was being brought back round from a benign tumor removal I was partially awake but I thought that I was pinned down by bad people again, my body took a seizure response to the PTSD when they where removing the tubes , it took nearly a day to remember what happened, I was oblivious other than what I thought was a mild flashback, thank you dear nurses and OR staff and surgeons that had to see me fighting for my life in what I thought was an attack on my body, when I was full with it again my surgical team came by to see me and everyone of them was so respectful and understanding of my situation and I'm so glad they are trained for bodily responses suck as this ❤ thank you deeply from a trauma patient who never knew this could be a BIG trigger
I have PTSD and have literally been screamed at and laughed at by medical staff because they didn't understand trauma. Even when I explain about the PTSD they don't seem to care or get it. I stay away from the medical community as much as humanly possible. They have added trauma to trauma.
They can be downright cruel about it. I tried telling my healthcare team what happened to me; they treated me like I deserved it. I was left with a perforated bowel for a day and a half. I had diffuse peritonitis and an abdomen full of pus by the time I was sent to surgery. I cannot explain the amount of pain I was in. I kept begging for help and got gaslit...some even laughed at me. It was torture. It felt like literal torture and I almost died. Yet my healthcare team think I deserve it.
I'm so sorry that you have had to have doctors and possibly other medical professionals. I really don't think the medical community is like it was years ago when doctors and nurses had concern and sympathy for the patients in their care. I'm not young anymore, but I remember it was different years ago. I'm afraid of doctors and I don't have much respect for the majority of the medical community anymore. It's sad.
When I was 18 I had my wisdom teeth removed and I was put under anesthesia. The first thing I remember was waking up to my mom frantically telling me I was ok and I had been swaddled in warm blankets so tightly I could not get my arms free. I had a tendon sheath release when I was 23 and my mom was reassuring me then too, but I do not remember if I had been restrained. It wasn't until I was 25 and had a laparoscopic surgery to confirm I had endometriosis that I was told that I'd had a "tussle" with the nurses. I was hurt pretty bad. Unexplained bruises and just sore head to toe, a lot more gynecological pain than I should have had, and I was told later that I had woken up and fought everyone in the room. I wound up in the ER after being discharged and sent home. I could not pee at all despite needing to badly, was running a fever, was dizzy, and I did not know why. They were not the most supportive, it was a simple outpatient surgery that shouldn't have had any issues, but I knew something was wrong. When I was 27 I had my appendix removed and I told the nurse who was prepping me for surgery that I might try to fight everyone in the room when I woke up. I do not remember any issues following that one. Piecing together what happened has been scary and confusing. No one has been up front about what exactly I did in the moments before awareness. I dread anesthesia, I don't want to have more surgeries and I have a gallbladder that has to come out very soon. Meds to shrink the stones aren't doing enough. I will have to warn staff again that I come out of anesthesia ready to fight god. I do not remember most of my childhood, but the parts that come back suddenly and ruin my day for the stupidest little triggers I absolutely remember. The part of what makes me "me" that gets told to move on by others is the only part holding back grief and rage and reacting to the physical reactions that ambush me out of nowhere like a person stepping on a rake in the grass. The little things that happen out of nowhere and derail my day for seemingly no reason. What do I want? I want to feel safe. I want to be able to rest.
So well said. Thank you for putting words to your experience. I have the same daily experience as you do, and hadn't yet been able to capture it in words as well as you have here. It can be paralyzing. Peace, safety. What a blessing that would be wouldn't it? I am wishing it for you.
Had surgery years ago, done by surgeons in the Veterans Association hospital. During surgery, I ripped one restrained arm free, and used the restraint bar to strike the main surgeon at least once before they subdued me. I have no memory of doing it, but a nurse told me that was why my arm was bruised up so badly when I woke up. They knew I had PTSD, and what meds I was on; yet this happened. Ever since, if a procedure requires I be sedated, I make a point to tell the anesthesiologist to make damn sure I am DEEPLY out of it, before they begin. I don't want to hurt the people trying to help me.
I had an open Heller Myotomy in 2014. Unfortunately, I had aspiration pneumonia at the time and they had to go back in a few hours later to clear out my lungs. I woke up in the ICU on a ventilator but the paralytic had not worn off. The nurse, unaware that I was conscious and could hear and feel pain, stated to her colleagues "this will be a full code by morning. " it was several hours before I could move, listening to her talk about me in the past tense and in agony due to no pain meds. I had PTSD before this, but I have never been the same since this incident
Last 2 surgeries i had i made a point of saying sorry before going under and thanking everyone in the OR before they put me under just in case. Both times i was told that it's not normal to thank the rest of the staff in the OR as the doctor usually gets all the credit and it was a nice gesture even though it wasn't needed. I will still thank them the next time if i have to go under again as i think the nurses never get the credit they deserve.
Hey! I'm a PACU nurse in a rural hospital in AK. We see lots of patients with PTSD. I'm a survivor and consider myself to be a strong advocate for education surrounding these issues. I'm currently putting together info for my team regarding trauma informed care in all aspects of surgical care. Thank you so much for posting this. What else can nurses do to help decrease issues around ptsd and surgical care? Also wondering if you see it take more anesthesia to put people under just due to ptsd. I see clinicians always assume it is unreported drug use, but i believe that just the nervous system in overdrive that can create that resistance to the vulnerable state that anesthesia puts people into.
Gee, Kate, you hit it right on the button: The hypervigilance (a prime symptom of PTSD) is put into overdrive when in unfamiliar places, with a lack of control and genuine fear. I hate the word, but it is a major trigger.
I feel like PTSD could potentially need more anaesthesia since an overactive nervous system would need more calming 🤔. It's kinda crazy that clinicians would assume that though, some people genetically need more of a substance for it to have effect than others so that conclusion seems insane to me. I know from experience I need more local anaesthetic and it wears off faster - likely due to hEDS, and redheads also need more anaesthesia usually.
@@DaniCal1forn1a Great comment! And I have found repeatedly, most medical professionals don't give a rat's behind when I tell them I am disabled with PTSD. Thank you again for understanding the influence of hypervigilance on anesthesia.
I've had very bad nausea and came out of anesthesia tonsils and adenoids out, fighting, punching and screaming. I know I was sexually abused as a child and most of the memories are suppressed but I don't have a formal diagnosis of PTSD - but my younger sister does. Surgery is a scary thought.
I have C-PTSD & PTSD caused by my mom, a greedy doctor, & other issues. Look up Dr. Farid Fata. I woke up swinging after surgery before & I had no idea why. I am VERY anti-violence due to abuse, so I felt terrible. I warned people before being put under ever since. I have had to do serious meditation & mental planning before going under ever since because I was so scared to do it again. Thank you for explaining this… I’m glad there is a reason for it, not that I’m psycho.💜😽💋
Please don't feel guilty or ashamed for how you reacted. You were not fully concious and your body was just trying to defend itself. It's a natural response to an unnatural situation. Much love. ♡
I've had over 40 brain surgeries (by 28 years old), along with many others and what I. assume is (undiagnosed officially but it has been suggested and discussed some) serious anxiety and PTSD when it comes to all medical settings, especially the surgeries, other procedures and even dental normal teeth cleaning. I tend to wake up anxious and go under while anxious also. I semi panic once the mask goes over my nose and mouth as I feel like Im not getting enough air and am suffocating. No matter how used to it I am, I have gotten worsening anxiety with each time I've been even a little bit sedated (get to listen/feel to the drill as it vibrates when going through my skull). The sound, the feeling of the vibration, the thought and knowledge of what’s going on to the back of my head, makes my whole body shiver and I sometimes start to panic. The pain, cringy feeling and pressure as my neurosurgeon opens/cuts my neck to be able to pull out the portion of my life saving devise thats from my brain to my abdomen. Especially when I feel the release of pressure once the drill breaks all the way through the skull bone to the inside of the head. As he pulls the tubing out of my abdomen through the neck incision to hook up to a drainage bag and pressure monitor, I was under the sterile drape and had tears rolling down my face. I was supposed to be semi sedated but I felt it all and he wouldn't give more to make it less painful (yes, I asked). I cried after that was over as it was so very traumatized. I've had so much medical trauma I have put things needing emergent attention off far too long. Also when dilating/stretching my feeding tube stoma hole because it fell out and shrank. It was supposed to be moderate sedation...nope I sure did feel pain when they stretched it a significant amount. I also cried after I got into a pre and post op room and was alone. It's very embarrassing for me as I should be so used to it, I should be tougher, but I sometimes feel like a little baby.
@@gloriamaryhaywood2217 instead of getting calmer and more at ease each time I go through it, the opposite happens, I get more and more anxious with each time. I wake up from anesthesia and even mild sedation, frustrated, frantic and…sick.
@@lijohnyoutube101 I do but more meds were refused by the doctor even when the assisting nurse practitioner asked if I could be given more but he said it wasn’t needed. Prior to the procedure he told me to let them know if I felt pain and they’d increase the sedation/pain meds a little to make me more comfortable. So I did say something and he said no. It has also happened with radiology when getting a tunneled PICC line placed with imaging. So it happens with more than 1 provider and specialty… sometime I don’t even bother as a result even when I can feel each and every needle puncture when being stitched up. It’s all just traumatizing. Even normal dental stuff and I’ve never had a reason to be anxious with dental appointments. So it’s all emotionally traumatizing and sometimes physically also. I never wish this to happen to anyone.
Great video! I’m gonna donate to the anesthesiologist Foundation again Aug 1st, I really enjoy donating to the anesthesiologist Foundation, since it was hard for me to go to college because of my cerebral palsy, I really wanted to be a anesthesiologist
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Just tried shrooms for the first time last night, I've done acid and dippers, but shrooms was great, had me happy and let me almost create my reality in and unatural way if you know what I mean.
This is so helpful. He has covered what has happened to me! And was never addressed!! The psychiatrist said I did not have PSTD! Well I did! And no meds offered nor that I wanted. The most recent situation was a few days ago, was at my dentist polishing my teeth. Sound began to make me thinl about my brain surgery when they were drilling my skull. Maybe I recalled it or.. I have extreme flight mechanism!!! I could describe more experiences going back 50 yrs ago during dental surgery. So I hope this video is shared with the dental profession!!! Please keep up this great work! Thank you
I get this so much! I have GAD and ptsd. I sort of stay in this state of fight or flight (flight really) and I wonder often if that actually helps in a way since it's nothing new to me. I'm so sorry you went through that. My psych dr is amazing. I take valium at very low dose daily. And yes I don't take enough to be totally chill but just helps the anxiety stay just under the surface.
I have had over 40 brain surgeries and completely understand the horror of having to listen to that drill going through the skull. No matter how many times I've been awake when they do this, it does not get easier. At least for me it did not but all people are different.
I could swear the only job of a hospital psychiatrist is to say "no". Then you get a bill in the mail (in addition to the hospital bill) for "specialty consultation" for every "no" they gave you at the hospital.
I have C-PTSD and had a relatively minor surgery to remove a polyp in my uterine lining and also undergo a D&C for abnormal bleeding. Long story short I woke up sobbing inconsolably for 40 minutes and as soon as the episode was over they were telling me to get dressed and go home. I was still pretty disoriented but at least my husband was with me by that time and he was amazingly gentle with me. I hadn't let the staff know ahead of time of my history with ptsd, but I did let them know I was particularly anxious before going under. I remember the anesthesiologist being super sweet and kind but I still ended up waking up in that state of "the world is ending"
I do have panic attacks under the wrong circumstances, but "anxiety" I deal with before I agree to any medical advice. I have medical PTSD from letting doctors intimidate me into medications that badly interacted and nearly killed me. I do not let any doctor tell me what to take without researching it myself first and I do not go into a surgery not wanting to have it. I faced the truth that "medicine" is no longer about healing the body but about medicating they symptoms unto death. Do your research and make darn sure you know ALL your options. I hang on to, "doctors are for stitches and broken bones" then I adjust these parameters based on MY need.
After I was hospitalized I was forced to take a list of medications that adversely affected me physically, mentally and emotionally. If I were to stop taking any of them on the list I would be accused of not being "med compliant" and probably sent back to the hospital. I could hardly get out of bed yet couldn't sleep. I would try to get something done but couldn't concentrate and would feel exhausted anyway starting the whole cycle over again. I was nauseous and didn't care to eat most of the time. This is just the short list of side effects from all those medications. My elderly parents who needed help around the house with everything thought I was just being a lazy whining crybaby if I told them I couldn't help them with chores and errands. It only took one doctor not associated with the hospital I got discharged from to reduce my list of medications from 6 down to the original two I was taking before I was hospitalized.
@@MrsEd-fh2gs I was afraid of being labeled "non-compliant" also when they started pushing one med after another on me. And when the meds did interact and land me in an air ambulance flying me over the mountain for brain aneurism surgery, they labeled me "rude and non-compliant" anyway to get away from what they did. But its not just the physical damage this did to my life, the real "side effect" is that it put me outside of the medical care community as far as getting treatment, left me disabled, unable to work and stuck on social security disability making it even impossible to move to a new medical community. So I'm stuck with the same 100 doctors that float through my 150 mile radius. Making my "healthcare" ER rooms and walk-in clinics for emergent issues. Most days it feels like they just wish I would die... But God...
@@christiroseify It's amazing how these so-called "experts" push these poisons that have side effects that affect your mood then accuse you of being "moody" when you are having a legitimate reaction. I dream of having the strength, energy and finances to pick up and move to a place whose local hospital system can actually help me with a proper diagnosis and treatment plan. But like you I am also on a fixed income with limited resources. It's the absolute worst feeling knowing your reasons for staying or leaving are a matter of literal life and death.
@@christiroseifyI have gotten to the point where I know I can't kill myself but there is little I can do about my situation because I cannot risk making it worse by going back to these people and places. So as of now I am just waiting to die because I don't believe the health care system can fix itself in time to save someone like me in my situation.
@@MrsEd-fh2gs I don't know what is going on with you but in this day of technology, you can do a lot for yourself. If all you are doing is waiting around to die, "making things worse" isn't really possible. If you get informed they can't make you feel like you have to hide and they can't give you the run-a-round. Get informed and take control of your life.... There is always tele-health to get help. They can't kill you if you are informed.
Assume this also goes for cPTSD. Aged mid-20, still young and healthy it was the 3rd surgery I had (both others were in childhood), and it took me a day to not talk nonsense.
Could this be why AFTER surgery, in the hospital and the rehab nursing center I would have frequent "night terrors" per thr staff? I would be screaming I my sleep and one person even tried to gently wake me and she says I was literally fighting her with my hands. I have no memory of that one because I did not wake up, but the ones where I was waken up during it, I remember. I know it happens occasionally other times and has for decades. I didn't know thats what they called it. I did call it nightmares even though it was not a typical sudden horror or trauma. It was me defending myself against attacks from bullies in my life. The bullying was severe, like verbal and emotional attacks and false accusations. I have been bullied since I was a child from family and sometimes others. I have severe emotional trauma. So even though it was not anesthesia, I was on serious meds like opioids, narcotics, gabapenton, etc.
I was told by a physician's assistant that if my symptoms didn't improve in my hands the next non-surgical step would be gabapentin. That was the last time I went to that doctor's office. I think the doctor got sick and tired of seeing me.
@@MrsEd-fh2gsall gabapentin does (oral) is deal with pain. It doesn’t attack the root cause of the pain. My doctor prescribed it to me for endometriosis and she was very clear it will not treat the disease itself only dampen the symptoms if I am lucky - I have severe EDS so everyone wants to avoid surgery on me even though I know it is inevitable at this point
I had my part of my left lung removed 10/19/23 it was supposed to be robotic 3 hr. There was complications with my heart . Surgery ended up being 7 1/2 hr. I knew prior to surgery I would be on a ventilator & in ICU. I woke up trying to pull the respirator out the pain was horrific . They knocked me back out , I woke up again & my hands were tied down . & a person was watching me o couldrnt talk untill they took out tubes. I was on my right side entire surgery they my right hip was hurting more then the broken ribs & incisions . I said you broke my hip! They also left a burn mark across front & back line size of a garden hose. I guess I was combative , who knows what happened . They sent for physical therapy of hip & wound care. 2 atrium ( I called them blood boxes )they removed 25 lymph nodes . All clear 🙌🏽 . Had heart issues again on 3 night . I had fentanyl drip I pressed & oxy . The pain was brutal! 10 days in hospital. I told them before surgery I did wake up when some growths were removed from my larynx years ago & I couldent move or breath , I tried wiggled my fingers I was frozen . I heard them talking . Then I heard one say hold on , hold on . Then I was knocked back out . First thing I said when I woke up ( or wrote on erase board ) I woke up in surgery! The surgeon & nurses said no you must of dreamed that. Before the lung removal I had a bronchoscopy to do biopsy of my growth. They couldent get me knocked out right away the person behind my head whispered in my ear we always win. I’m cancer free now , I’ve had breast cancer, cervical, ovarian tumor & melanoma. 52 surgeries in 16 yrs . PST majorly & anxiety everytime I go to the clinic . I’m concerned all these surgeries has potential to cause brain damage ? I’m so blessed to survive all these cancers! Thank-you for your UA-cam channel I have learned so much . Especially the one on being your own advocate & the pain scale . Thank you again
I have found there are a lot of conditions doctors are not trained in. I have complex ptsd. I also have lymphedema, which was ignored by my doctors for four years because the two different providers didn't believe in treatment. I was intubated in April due to acute on chronic hypercapnic and hypoxic respiratory failure. They gave me propofol and fenadryl for sedation. I remember waking up feeling like I was being cradled and I felt so relaxed. I know now to mention the ptsd to any future anesthesiologists if I get a surgical procedure. My last surgery occurred in August of 2023. It was a procedure that was performed under short-term anesthesia. I, however, had the procedure done at my bedside with a lot of lidocaine used. I had my power port removed. The smell of the burning flesh was horrible.
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I have TOF repair surgery as infant, some CPTSD, and when I had my galbadder out in 2005, I remember waking up TWICE during surgery, and then also in the recovery room. I woke up THRASHING MY BODY AND SCREAMING "I want my kitty!!!" even though, it was SO WEIRD, I couldn't open my eyes, and I 100% was thinking, "what is going on, why is my body doing this, why am I screaming? My cat has been dead for years, why can't I control my body" and if that is what dementia is like, I am going to just request that my DMPOA allows me to go to Vermont, cause no fkkn way do I want that. Yeah, I actually told my anesthesiologist that I was using cannabis gummies for severe nausea, and he was like, GREAT! cause I didn't want to wake up during surgery recently. But when I had my second surgery, I was FUCKING TORTURED by the nurses, I'm going to file a formal complaint, I was BEGGING nurses to give me pain medication, as I had actually TORE my muscles on the OT which I didn't know then, but found out later, and, the nurse HURT ME, mocked me, etc, and then said, "you can't be in THAT much pain", and they refused me medications, and cried for TWELVE hours with NO pain medication and I begged and begged, and they refused to help me, and that nurse said, "we needed to make sure you weren't seeking medication" and I said, "I just had a major corrective heart surgery, how dare you say that to me." And anyway, it felt like fucking torture, and I was supposed to be recovering, but, nope. I literally wanted to jump out the window, like, I 100% would've jumped out the window if I was sure I could've broken the glass, and yeah. Benzodiapines are the devil's drug, they need to be banned. They are evil medications. They gave me a paradoxical reaction, made me insane, doctors thoguht I was crazy, they upped the dose, it kept going for years, and when I begged a new doctor to please take me off my psych meds, I thought they were killing me, she did! And guess what! It was autism the whole time!!! Not the 15 diagnoses they slapped on me. Oh, also, I have literal amnesia from the benzos. So, anyway, one day I'll make a podcast about my journeys cause it's been *a nightmare* and it's actually kind of horrific how many sociopaths exist in medicine, and I hope that everybody out there realizes that medical professionals are not above being psychopaths, so, basically, always have somebody with you, cause I guarantee if I had had somebody with me, that nurse could not have hurt me the way she did.
It's a bit eerie that I was told the same "It can't hurt that much". Later found out that I'm on the spectrum but very late, since it's not recognized in women who mask it heavily.
I did surprisingly well after both of my surgeries. Any other type of sedation I rip my IV out and run. I am worried about my upcoming surgery. My first surgery was emergent and I really liked the anesthesiologist and I felt sooooo safe when I met the surgeon. No one said I had issues in the PACU but honestly I didn't remember being in there at all. My second surgery was elective. I did start having a panic attack beforehand but the anesthesiologist had witnessed my first panic attack a couple of months prior so he was prepared. It helped that he didn't yell at me when it was happening. He was very calm and I guess gentle when he tried to get me to calm down. I was terrified of my surgeon but honestly he shocked me when I started freaking out and he came and held my hand. I told myself he wouldn't do that if he was going to hurt me. I think it helped. I was extremely dizzy when I woke up and was in a lot of pain but honestly I think I woke up pretty well. I just told them how I felt but nothing was crazy or chaotic. I don't think my next surgery is going to go well. My fear of doctors has only increased since my last surgery. I am afraid I will run when I wake up. I am scared of my surgeons. I did ask for the same anesthesiologist but they don't know if he can actually do it. I have also had significant bleeding issues and I am worried they won't be prepared to give blood. I am also really nervous about getting another blood clot. I am pretty terrified of how my pain is going to be managed since after my first two surgeries I was taking NSAIDs and I won't be able to do that with the blood thinners. I lost faith in my doctors and nurses and have zero interest in staying in the hospital overnight. That coupled with my PTSD and fear of doctors will likely lead to me running.
Sounds like you should avoid any elective procedures and just deal with whatever isn't killing you. And I'm not being mean. I have my own issues and that's how I handle it. I don't go around them for anything I'm reasonably sure I can survive.
I once had part of my stomach removed, and I have CPTSD. Unfortunately I had not thought about telling the team this, and a lot of my CPTSD involves hiding, running to safety or simply trying every which way to not be a "burden" amd hide my pain. I was in so much pain and had trouble breathing when I woke up but still delirious enough that I fought against my nurses with the idea in my head that I needed to "walk it off, everything will be fine if I just walk it off". Needless to say they drugged the hell out of me. Second surgery to remove my gallbadder went smoother thankfully but they were shocked by how "self-sufficient" I was that they forgot to give me pain meds. I stayed quiet, in pain until one of them asked if I wanted pain medicine and even then my reply was "If its okay.." The third time I wasn't even supposed to be under at all, but because the muscle relaxer forced me to relax, I passed out completely after months of high stress coupled with weeks of insomnia.
I had surgery for an external fixator on right foot and leg below the knee. I told the anesthesiologist literally everything. I mentioned PTSD randomly and he said it was important to know from what, with as specific as i felt comfortable sharing. I let him know my body seems to love surgeries and im good with anesthesia and coming out of it.
I have complex PTSD from numerous traumatic events that started around age 12. It get worse over time. Bullying boss, near accidents, even being caught off guard by innocent sounds like a phone suddenly ringing or someone coughing, adds to increased future autonomic responses. NOW, after watching your video, things make sense. I’ve woken up during surgery twice. First time was during a C-section one of the drugs causes paralysis so doctors did not know i was awake and feeling everything. The other surgery did not require the same depth of sleep so when I woke up I was screaming in pain with implements still inside me. I told them I had complex PTSD. Every subsequent procedure I’ve been very vocal. I’m thankful its only happened twice. Thank you…I am glad I now know why it happened. Bless you sir! I am most grateful.
@@MedicalSecretsMy CPTSD was caused by surgeries & the OR First memory/ food taste triggered was over 30 yrs ago. Smell, sound, sight, taste are all triggered. I can usually tell when i may get more triggered by how my central senziation syndrome sympthoms are.
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This video makes so much sense to me! In Dec. 2021 I had my first total knee replacement, which was also my first big surgery. It wrecked my sleep. I am just now (July 2024) beginning to have runs of a few nights in a row of 5 or 6 hours of sleep. The surgery must have somehow reinforced my traumas and instructed my brain DO NOT GO TO SLEEP BAD THINGS HAPPEN.
Really glad I came across this. I'm having herniated discs removed in two weeks. I had a double knee replacement I woke up during because the medical staff did not believe me about these things. Thank you for the information and language to use with the staff
It really depends so much on your care team, too. I had undiagnosed CPTSD for years, and had a few surgeries before getting a DX. The first was from a torn ACL, another for tubal ligation, and the last was an appendectomy. Coming out of my ACL surgery was ROUGH because I didn’t know, so I was in a ton of pain, felt like my knee was super tight (they had dumped a ton of local anesthesia into the joint before waking me up, so theoretically I shouldn’t have felt anything at all), and basically throwing a fit. They dumped a tooooon of pain killers into me when they realized what was happening, and I saw my doctor as he was leaving afterwards and he just looked at me, took a deep breath and shook his head like “fuck… what have you been through?” I learned after that that I have a hard time coming out of anesthesia, but still didn’t know why, so for the next two surgeries, I told them just that I tend to cry and freak out as I’m coming out. I don’t even remember coming out of the tubal, but it seemed uneventful, and I know I cried a bit about needing to send emails for my abusive boss after coming out of the appendectomy, but the nurses were very sweet and knew how to calm me down quickly. I’m sure both anesthesiologists for the 2nd and 3rd surgery changed up my mix because of the warning beforehand, because neither experience was anywhere near as bad as the first. But I do wonder if it helped to just tell them about my experiences in the past with coming out of surgery vs. telling them I have CPTSD based on some other commenter’s experiences with being ignored?
Thank you so much for this education and for raising awares for us people suffering from ptsd. ❤ I had one surgery where they later told me I had been combative and tried to hit the nurses and surgeons. It was an emergency operation. The only thing I remember was waking up and suddenly starting to cry really bad without even knowing why for over half an hour. Everyone was worried I was in pain but that was'nt the case. It was just emotions I didn't even know where they came from. The next surgery I had I told everyone that I was suffering from cptsd and they were so nice and caring, the whole team reasssured me and promised they would take care of me and put me in a quiet place for waking up. I cried when the anasthesia kicked in and I went to sleep, but surprisingly to me no aggression and no crying after waking up. Now with this video and the explanation given I understand why it happened the first time and not the second time. Thank you so much! ❤
Yes. I am a survivor of no consent medical experiments in childhood with drugging and torture known as mkultra trauma based mind control Anasthesia definitely unlocks memories and I have been extremely belligerent coming out of surgery...I too have left blood bags on the floor and removed my canula etc I had warned the doctors ahead of surgery but sadly they didn't inform the nurses who had to take the brunt of my acting out I told them I was over medicated and it corrected pretty quickly but for a month afterwards I retrieved memories Excellent video thanks
Despite CPTSD, I tend to have a stable demeanor, even in states of altered mind, though I must say, when I had some wisdom teeth and a tumor tooth in my jaw that was starting to affect a primary nerve removed a few years back, it helped a great deal that beforehand I was given a pill of some sort that I believe was an anti-anxiety medication. To preface, my CPTSD was resultant of childhood trauma involving repeated verbal abuse and grief from loss of close loved ones, so fortunately there weren’t many if any things that could have triggered a response of it in said surgery, other than anxiety from the matter of the surgery itself, as a nagging little area of my mind really didn’t like the concept of blades upon soft tissue, but luckily I have a very levelheaded alter with a calm voice and pleasant English accent who used facts and statistics to alleviate any paranoia of potential disaster. Anyway, I recall after taking the pill thinking “I could be standing buck naked on that cliff there and have extraterrestrials make official contact with humanity right before me, I being their first face-to-face meeting with humans, and would merely think “my, what a pleasant surprise.” I was briefly aware at one point in the surgery, yet it was only voices heard through fog, distant, and all that could be seen was fog, but the words were of something being quite good, so it was of no trouble. TLDR; being prescribed an anti-anxiety tablet beforehand helped MASSIVELY with the matter of CPTSD, as did the medical professionals being professional about the matter. These things are quite important with people such as us, and goes a long way towards avoiding moments like that scene in “Total Recall”.
Wonder what my score was. Sorry I missed the premier! I was busy & couldn't have watched it live. From your other videos, I appreciate your tips on avoiding gaslighting by doctors. I recently had the chance to try that at my GP. While standing and he still seated, I started asking him some questions. And I felt just a little the sense of the shift in power. I don't feel like I have PTSD, but once I had a bad psychiatrist. It's made it difficult to trust any doctor since. Still, I try with an open mind. With surgery last year, the anesthesiologist treated me as if I had ADHD. My telling him that I wanted to walk out of the hospital without surgery (the flight response!) must have got his hackles up. After that he took very good care of me. His comment in the OR that medication would help my problem, but needing to check it was the correct one, stayed with me. After much reading, I now accept having self-diagnosed ADHD, but it only defines my behaviour, not who I am. That acceptance brought me a sense of relief. That & getting my BP under control.
When I had an appendectomy in the late 1980s, I was awakened by a doctor as I was being wheeled into recovery. Four men were holding me down because I was fighting so hard. I weighed 50k/110 lbs. I was thirsty which was bad, but the doctor came up with a solution to my dry mouth after I threatened to open his veins and drink his blood. I was diagnosed with PTSD three years later.
That happened to me, it was supposed to be a day surgery. I woke up so wild I had to get sedated. I then had an unwanted hospital stay overnight. I was confused when I woke up that night in a hospital inpatient room.
Thank you so much for making this video and stating the facts. I can't believe there are people, even in the medical field, who still actually claim that repressed memories, I.E. dissociative amnesia, is a myth. It is beyond ignorant, and incredibly damaging to people who have suffered severe trauma and have to live with its effects. Apparently this is a hard-killed myth, and I'm so grateful to every person in the medical field who helps killing it by stating the facts. Thank you!
In 2012 I took part in a study here in Sweden at Karolinska Institutet where they tried the effects of different sleeping meds/aneastetic meds on people with PTSD. I had recently been diagnosed and was waiting to start trauma therapy. This information reminds me of the results in that study. ❤️ Thank you for sharing and spreading them. Being a part of the study helped me understand my PTSD from a chemical stand point and it has helped me a lot. I will be having surgery in the future and I will take all of this with me.
I never felt PTSD before I got covid in '19 and had 3 gnarly surgeries in 12 months. I raced Mx and bicycles for decades, broke many bones etc and never felt like that before. Getting into the shower months later I would literally shudder. It's still tough to even recall.
@@gloriamaryhaywood2217 not being able to wash, turn the water on, reach for the soap without serious pain. The hemeriod surgery ment that I had to be submerged in the tub to poop. The covid caused inflamation that ate my muscles. I couldn't open a water bottle, turn a door knob, even touching my butt to the toilet seat hurt bad.
@@motomikebuilder OmyGosh! I'm so very sorry to hear that!💔 I was very fortunate not to contract Covid until the milder version was making the rounds. Although I was fully vaxxed and boosted I still wound up getting it. I am a stage 3 triple negative breast cancer survivor and if I contracted the Covid virus when it first emerged, and the next year with the Delta strain circulating, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be here today! BUT I had NO Idea that Covid could affect somebody in the horrendous ways that you've described!? Again, I want to say so sorry you've experienced so much trauma and pain.🙏
@@gloriamaryhaywood2217 Thanks! I don't wreck my body anymore and doing okay. A building inspector got covid at the same time as me. He refused getting the shots at risk of his job. All the staff that had shots got sick again and again,same here. My sister just got it today.
I had the choice of nerve block or general for a wrist surgery. I have PTSD, and the anesthesiologist recommended the block because of it. I am so glad to have had the nerve block. No break through pain for 24 hours. Disturbances in proprioperception were rather entertaining (I thought my arm was going to fall off and hit my feet). No panic and tears upon emergence. And I didn't have problems peeing for hours after surgery. I can see how the nerve block could be triggering for some.
i have it in my chart about my ptsd how to deal with me if i start having a flashback or if there are too many people in the room thanks for sharing another great video
I've only recently realized the severity of my CPTSD. I experienced such severe pain after surgery and couldn't get any answer as to whether this was normal except "surgery does cause pain". I'm still living with the effects.
Oh. My. God. My anesthesiologist told me in November that I can kee talking because we want you to vent or talk if you want because you will go to sleep happy and a patient also wakes up happy because I don’t feel like we should have to fight off patients. I said oh I never heard of that. He said yes especially vets with combat ptsd but even woman can awake angry and pulling out IV and other things in their arms. Undermedicated by not be honest about illicit drug use is another thing we talked about. WOW a lot of good information Dr. Kaveh! Thanks.
11:00. Had anesthesiologist who ASKED me about C-PTSD listed on my chart. She was trauma informed. Asked very kindly about my experiences and current PTSD symptoms (recent carjacking and much childhood), my concerns re: surg and anesth. She told me how team was going to handle it. And they did, with her trauma informed guidance. No problem post op. Recently had her again for GI procedures, wonderful again. Had problems with N/V and restless legs after (both present pre procedure). She was so patient. Again guided the staff. Trauma informed care makes a huge difference.
I recently had robotic heart bypass surgery. When I woke up then we’re taking the tube out of my throat. I could hear everything going on around me but other than that I was completely paralyzed still from the anesthesia. I tried movie my mouth, opening my eyes , everything. Then I realized I wasn’t breathing either I felt my body going into some sort of spasms trying to get oxygen in my lungs. I finally passed out. But I remember it so clearly and it was the worse experience in my life. I never want to go thru that again.
I had a horrid situation at 15 and at 57 when I learned that they were going to put a gag looking thing in my mouth for the endoscopy I saw it and decided to speak privately to the tiny nurse. I told her to please put me to sleep before that and when they wake me don’t stand to close because my husband says I come out swinging when he wakes me up in the morning to kiss me goodbye. I’m lucky to be alive from being gagged and damaged in the back side. By the time I was found I had gangrene setting in my hemorrhoids. If that’s not a clear reason for PTSD I don’t know what is. I have trust issues, and I fight before flight.
Thank you Dr.! This information is so needed. I have chronic fatigue syndrome and am facing open heart surgery, so I tried to research what I might be dealing with. The few sources of info mentioned the effects of CFS with surgery include hyperalgesia, central sensitization, and a need for stronger than typical pain meds with more refills. Because CFS people can be oversensitive to medications, I resisted blood thinners. When I started in on eliquis, I was floored (I should say almost bedbound) by side effects. The day after I stopped, the side effects eased up and then disappeared. One of my cardiac doctors is so impatient with this situation, and I think he thinks I'm malingering or being a big baby or something. It seems like anesthesiologists are the best medical professionals at taking the whole complex person into consideration. Good job!
I suffer from PTSD from past abusive relationships and an almost drowning drowning by my boyfriend. When I wake up from surgery or when I was on the ventilator when I woke up I fought like crazy. I kicked over the tables. I was yelling at people. I was throwing punches and it was just a fight or flight and I couldn't fight
I have CPTSD and was originally originally to have BRAIN SHUNT SURGERY For Hydrocephalus. NEUROSURGEON looked at my MRI and said I was NOT a good candidate for the surgery and could be worse after. I DID NOT want surgery in first place with many meds I need and don't trust being out during surgery with TRAUMA to body and mind again. So releived. DRS and all involved at hospital need to respect real Brain Body complications of those with CPTSD.
This was very interesting. I was diagnosed with PTSD, Partial Amnesia, and Dissociative Disorder when I was 25 years old. I've had several surgeries in the past and I did not know about surgery issues because of PTSD. I know I talk in my sleep, and I always wondered if I talked in my sleep during or after surgery. I'm 67 now. Hopefully, I'll stay out of hospitals. That's my goal. 🙂
Thank you for making this video, I've woken up a few times early. Sometimes couldn't move or talk but was in pain. It would be really damn nice if they'd wake people with PTSD up in a safe and smooth way. Being shaken awake the wrong way is beyond scary. Sorry you got bit; but happy you made this video!
Such an important video and information. 25 years ago I woke up during surgery on my forearm. I woke up as I was sitting ‘bolt up right, gasping. I just remember seeing fear on the medical team’s faces as I was pushed back down and a mask (for anaesthetia) was put back over my face. The days after surgery I couldn’t walk. And they kept me drugged up. I was kept in hospital for 12 days (I discharged myself on the 12th day) and no body explained to me why I was being kept in hospital or what had happened. I left the hospital psychologically fvckd up. I honestly think the Surgeon, Drs and nurses were doing the best they could, but trauma let alone PTSD wasn’t understood at all 25 years ago. I feel sad reading some of the stories here, because so many years have passed and it is such a lost opportunity that more isn’t commonly understood about PTSD/CPTSD by more health care professionals. Thanks for your video
Thank you. I sure wish that I knew this before I my surgery. I woke up in the middle of the procedure, completely confused. I didn't know where I was or what was happening. I was on a table surrounded by a bunch of strangers. I thought they were trying to hurt me. My PTSD was massively triggered. And I started fighting as though my life depended on it. They were only trying to hold me down because they were in the middle of a delicate procedure and didn't want me to hurt myself flailing around. But holding me down like that just made me panic and fight even harder. Then I heard someone yelling, "Give her more! Give her more!" And then I woke up crying. How can I avoid ever going through that again?
Though I recommend therapy for the root cause of the PTSD. Getting a team that understands you have PTSD (you need to warn them in detail), and is willing to do things to help like talk you through what is happening. Or anything you think might help, think of it like a panic attack and remember what helps YOU calm down. The most important thing is that they LISTEN.
I have cPTDS, and a lumbar spine surgery, it actually went really smoothly, when I woke up I felt so much better. However, I let all of my care team know, and it was on all my notes. I feel like they took all the actions you recommend.
As someone who was drugged and r*ped... when I woke up from my hysterectomy, it felt the exact same. I woke up screaming, crying, shivering, and drugged without underwear on... haven't experienced that since that moment... absolutely horrible.
I trained women’s and children’s trauma counsellor and was also married to a psychiatrist for 18 years. These are also ‘body memories’. The sensations, reactions/responses and old reflexes come out. The ‘bodily response’ and ‘the emotion’ come up, but not the Declarative Memory source. This can lead people to ‘feel crazy’, vulnerable and further traumatized. 💔 This can be especially terrifying for PTSD survivors.
Sexually abused when young. Also raped at College. Afraid of my next time under anesthesia because last time the Anesthesiologist didn’t listen to me & I aspirated in the OR! I coughed blood all weekend - he wouldn’t listen to me I told him I hiatal hernia and have aspirated before. Nope he only gave me so profafal they moved me into stirrups & I aspirated. So scared!😊
My grandmother died one week before I had a major surgery. I wasn’t aware of the negative effects of the grief on the pain and the healing process. I also think the surgery worked back on the grief, making it tougher and lasting longer. If I had known then what I know now, I would have postponed the surgery for several months after the passing of my grandmother.
I didn’t realize my long qt would impact what anesthesia I could have. (I’m a CHD patient, so long qt is just my natural state of being.) I enjoy learning so much from you about anesthesia.
Do you have any information on Takotsubo heart attack (from lifting slightly more than I should have, moving day, hot day, age 60’s and YEARS of emotional trauma from “family”). It made SO much sense when you said your body keeps score. Thank you Dr❤
I am disabled with PTSD for 12 years. I just had two angioplasty in my legs. My PTSD revolves around me being sexually assaulted, tortured and held against my will for 2 hours. So in the surgery room, they shoved my gown up to my waist exposing my penis before I was knocked out. The next angioplasty two weeks later, I had called the nurse and informed her how traumatizing it was and asked they do it after I was out. NOPE. The nurse followed through and gave me Versed this time before I even entered the surgery room, but they still shoved my gown up to my waist, exposing my penis to 4 people in front of me. I said, "You're not supposed to do that until I'm asleep" One responded, "We have to have everything ready for the doctor." That is the real world -- most medical professionals have NO idea what to do with patients with PTSD -- and frankly don't care. I was given FOUR doses total of Versed because it triggered the PTSD so badly. Eventually, they had to administer the fentanyl just to knock me out. Most times, doctors, nurses and MA's simply "uh-huh" me when I tell them I am disabled with PTSD. This is the real world, Dr. Kaveh.
You think he cares about you, dude. He just want clicks like every self promoting charlatan on social media. This guy did a sit down interview with the Epoch times. A CIA funded extreme right media outlet dedicated to agitating for regime change in China.
I also have PTSD from an abusive husband, who almost ended my life mother, who was nasty grown up.. found out my mother was with my husband.. I had to go in for surgery major surgery. I had a cyst on my ovary and I had to get hysterectomy. This is when it was the pandemic it was like life or death for me. I swear I felt like I was dying. I came out of surgery. They tied my arm off because we were shortstaffed. They tie my arms up and hand with black straps for seven hours when I woke up it felt like my arm was run over by a truck. I couldn’t feel my fingers and the pain was so awful. I still have nerve damage in my right hand. Because of it and that 3 1/2 years ago.. they absolutely do not care I told them I had PTSD as well.. it felt like my pain was never gonna go away.. and of course they didn’t prescribe me any heavy duty medicine to go home with because the opiate epidemic…. So it was like I had to suffer and had to keep going into the hospital to the ER to get some relief. I felt like Mrs. Marshmello my legs were so swollen my face everything was so swollen. They were kind to me at all.. I was suffering with so much pain for a good month and a half.. and my doctor said you’re a young 41 year old woman u should feel fine by now..
And one thing I hate is to ever feel weak .. like I stand on my ground, I’m strong woman, and for her to say that to me, was blowing my mind.. I am so sorry you suffered that abuse and my heart goes out to you.. ((hugs))
@@MimiMimi-yt6mp I hope you reported them for medical malpractice
Both of those experiences sound awful, I’m so sorry to hear that
@@MimiMimi-yt6mp Thank you for sharing. I'm sorry.
I have a history of being combative & I thought it was a versed sensitivity. Last time I had surgery I informed the anesthesia folks about my issue & they dismissed me. When I woke up the recovery room nurse was acting snotty because I had jerked my IV out, etc. I had no memory of that. My family member explained to her that I had informed them. She clearly didn't understand & continued acting snarky. Her behavior was out of line. This video should be a requirement for every person working in surgery!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
It's horrifying how many medical professionals ignore the effects of trauma. Even when you've explained the reaction you may experience, why, and what steps can be taken to help reduce this.
In my case (female, disabled wheelchair user), I explained I had been graped, with a knife at my throat, when I was 12; I requested to wake from anaesthesia with pants on and a conscious female present (any female, cleaner, patient, as long as they're conscious). I discussed this on multiple occasions, with the surgeon, in the months before the surgery. The surgery was to remove the left submandibular gland, this was described as an incision under my tongue (no visible scars), and go home the same day.
I woke with no pants, no female in sight, and 2 men (in scrubs) looming over me stood next to the bed. Oh, and just for good measure, he didn't do the operation as described, the incision was at side of neck, and a large dressing over my throat, which, to me, felt like the knife.
Who could have guessed I might panic in this situation? Apparently, not him, and he proceeded to lean over me, his hand on my shoulder, to tell me I'm being silly and overreacting! I have no idea what might have been said after that, because I'm in fight/flight, but being disabled, I can't fight, I haven't got my wheelchair, so flight not an option. Yep, I'm the deer in the headlights! Freeze.
I'm pretty sure I dissacotiated, I don't really remember anything until I was on the ward, more than 2 hours later, where I was finally given pants, and females were present.
As a result of this experience, when I got to the safety of my home, I had a nervous breakdown, chopped all my hair off, couldn't cope with any noises or being touched and it was about 4 weeks until I could manage to open my front door again. More than 10 years later, I still can't even see a photo of that hospital without having a panic attack.
Oh, and the surgery didn't help the problem, I had to move from Birmingham to Bristol for continued treatment, and have that same gland removed again?! Only now, I have the added fear of having that reaction at another hospital and having 2 hospitals I can't cope with being near.
@@reachandler3655 so very sorry about your experiences. We share many similarities and the constant sense of vulnerability and helplessness has ripped open old wounds I worked decades to heal. I'm the middle of physical rehab again right now and no one is hearing me when I say I can't endure anymore. Worked for years in Victim Services but feels like a distant memory. Wish you the very best in your healing. 🙏🕊️
Your story is so sad. I am so sorry. Please stay strong and try to keep that hypervigilance at bay. Sending all my best.
I am sorry you experienced this. You are not alone. I have CPTSD, too. Sending peace and love your way.
Get it in writing next time.
@freespirit2593 thankyou, may the Goddess smile sweetly upon you.
I told anesthesiologists not to allow me to wake up intubated because I would think I was being orally SA'd. She laughed then I bit the ET in half and threw it across the room leaving a bunch of people trying to get the other end out of my trachea after having a Lumbar Laminectomy with pedicle screws. Neurosurgeon thought I was paralyzed
All because anesthesia that it was a big joke seeing what would happen if I came awake intubated. Child SA doesn't ever go away. It stays in your brain.
I think this is why it makes such a great weapon, because it kills you only you _don't_ get to die; it kills you forever...
@@jeaniebird999 You are right. I have been waiting for death for 75 years. It can't come soon enough.
@@sharonchristian8508 I am so sad for you and I care about your pain. No one should have to go through something like that. What would you say has kept you going all these years?
@@RE-yj9ts As very small child, my father began using me for his pleasure. When I would scream, he would beat me into silence. Finally I was in a Coma with skull, hip, femer, pelvic fractures and a flail chest. I was placed in my crib and family was waiting for me to die.
A beautiful being whose appearance was stark white standing in what looked like molten metal came and took care of me. Over the course of three days the pain was healed and the fractures were also to some extent though the misalignment of bones is still visible on Xray.
When I birthed my first child my uterus partially ruptured from the degree of scarring. I recently had a 4 chamber pacemaker implanted because the electrical pathway of my heart stopped working due to scarring.
The being that cared for me looks like the image from the shroud of Turin. He had scars on His forehead, his nose was smashed flat and He had mostly scars where his beard had grown. His hair was sort of golden honey brown.
His expression was the most tender and loving that I have ever seen.
I would also like you to consider that this memory is from before I was 20 months old. He has been with me my entire life. You know I did not know these things from reading or watching TV. I knew and remembered because He is real and loves me.
You know who has been with me from the beginning. I am 77 years old. His name is Jesus.
@@jeaniebird999 that doesn't make it a great weapon, it makes it one of the most cruel crimes one can commit.
I was severely traumatized years ago as a teenage, got diagnosed with cptsd. Spent my whole life fighting cptsd. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder, not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean, never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
YES very sure of mycologist Predroavaro. This treatment worked for me. Helped me got rid of my life long depression and BPD.
I'm so very happy for you mate, Psilocybin is absolutely amazing, the way it shows you things, the way it teaches you things. I can not believe our world and our people shows less interest about it's helpfulness to humanity. It's love. The mushrooms heals people by showing the truth, it would be so beneficial for so many people, especially politicians and the rich who have lost their way and every other persons out there.
How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta
For ANY human body, the surgery experience is a trauma in itself. It's an unnatural thing, so the body records the process as being poisoned and overwhelmed (anesthesia), then grievously injured (the surgeon's incision). It's recorded as a physical catastrophe by the caveman bit (amygdala) of the brain, whose only instinct is survival! No surprise to learn it can be a triggering somatic experience for those with body memories of assault. This is a very interesting channel.
It is like modern times make us do what we aren't supposed to do.
Nicely explained. Is surgery bad for learning memory? 😢
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It’s true. I tried to punch my surgeon when I woke up (I don’t remember). Then I had a scary nightmare when I was healing and I knew it was from the surgery.
@@Cafeallday222 Wow! I do put a lot of store by anecdotal evidence like yours. So you had to dream it out and process it as if it was an assault.
Yes. What’s particularly interesting is how DID can benefit the matter; once during a surgery I was briefly semi-aware, but had the good fortune of a very levelheaded alter being present, so the end result was that I gave a brief low chuckle and in German told the surgeon they had done quite well indeed with the suturing, albeit partly through a gauze pad, as the matter was of a tumor tooth that had just been removed, but the point was communicated.
Having been prescribed an anti-anxiety medication for the time beforehand helped greatly as well, as it kept the paranoia from surfacing, effectively silencing the amygdala it seemed, as I recalled being the most at peace I have ever felt, and remarking that I could stand make on a seaside cliff and greet the first official contact of extraterrestrials with humanity thinking merely “my, what a pleasant surprise.”
I've had C-PTSD since childhood.
In my early 30's (I'm now in my late 50's) I had to undergo ACL Allograph replacement surgery.
Also because I have a lower spine scoliosis, I could not have the typical epidural. Instead I was given a spinal block (unbeknownst to my surgeon) and ended up walking up during my surgery, three times!
The first time I woke up complaining of a migraine headache. My surgeon told me to turn my head to the other side and go back to sleep. The second time was about twenty minutes later, again complaining of a migraine headache. Once again, my surgeon told me to turn my head to the original side and go back to sleep.
The third time I woke up, didn't say anything for a few minutes but later asked if I could watch!
My surgeon turned to me and said: "NO! You cannot watch, that wouldn't be good for you. Try to go back to sleep."
I finally did but woke up still with that massive migraine headache, which I later found out was because of the spinal block they gave me, not the correct amount. I ended up having a migraine headache for a week afterwards.
Immediately after the surgery when they took me into recovery, the nurses sat me upright right away. The Anesthesiologist hadn't told any of my surgery team I'd been given a spinal block instead of an epidural. In recovery, I ended up urinating on myself and started to cry uncontrollably. I was so embarrassed and my head hurt so badly.
Only after I talked to a nurse about a week later did I find out that 1) my surgery team didn't know of the anesthesia change 2) I never should have been sat upright that soon after the surgery.
My surgeon was completely dumbfounded when he found out.
I’m a total nightmare for surgery and anesthesia! I have panic disorder and take multiple medications to manage it. I have a very high tolerance for opioids, benzodiazepines, antipsychotics. I’ve had 2 general anesthesia surgeries and 2 spinal blocks for c-sections. Waking up has never gone well! Me: frantic, writhing in pain, thrashing, crying, etc! The nurses and doctors exasperated, telling me to open my eyes(which I can’t and don’t know why), saying they can’t give me anymore dilaudid, demerel or whatever they use these days! I had several years of childhood trauma abandonment and neglect so when anything started to go wrong for me I would go into hyperdrive supersonic nervous system defense! My ears would ring, my vision would go black and I my throat would tighten up so I couldn’t swallow. I know this is why I was unable to deliver vaginally because I was full term both pregnancies and never dilated, never had contractions did not respond to inducing and the OBGYN said from internal exam I didn’t look pregnant at all and I was full term.
I’m proud to say that I have 2 amazing children who are young adults and I broke the cycle! They had a stable happy childhood and home and we are a close family!
But I want to stay away from hospitals forever!
Oh ... yeah. My 1st surgery, my surgeon didn't know I had PTSD. It was supposed to be a quick procedure and I'd be home by noon (& back in college by 2 for a test.) I didn't fully come to until after 2 pm. Apparently, every time they tried to bring me out of anesthesia, my BP and HR would skyrocket. They then thought it was a pain crisis and drugged the daylights out of me but I guess I started screaming and pleading with them tonstop hurting me (I have no memory. ) The doctor came in to talk to me and she started crying as she told me I was sexually abused and had a list of therapists as she felt I needed to get help with dealing with it. I was confused because I thought the scar tissue they had removed was due to being assulted as a little kid. Being s.a.'d wasn't news to me. But it would make complete sense that, adding to the pain down there my brain thought it was happening again.
Later, I found out that ALL anesthesia messes with my brain. I have to warn them that I do have PTSD, and educate them on talking to me, telling me where I am, making me open my eyes ... and not drugging me extra thinking it's a reaction to pain. Also learned that Morphine PCA makes me feel very anxious and jumpy and I don't feel safe. I begged them to take me off the PCA and start me on pills the day after my lumbar fusion.
I am so sorry you went through all this 😢
I‘m an anaesthetist, and I always feel bad for patients with PTSD or other mental health issues. Even for a „healthy“ person without any problems surgery and anaesthesia can be very stressful.
@@mathildewesendonck7225I'm sure the second you get hit by one you'll hate them all and have very little sympathy.
Real life. Actually.
@@mathildewesendonck7225my most recent anesthesiologist decided he was gonna throw a fit, and pretend like he thought it was directly at him. This was prior to surgery.
He then pranced off and cancelled my life saving surgery.
I had had a collapsed lung from July to the end of September
He knew exactly what was happening too. You could see it in his face and hear it in his tone. Without the ability to control what I was saying I was swearing.hvv I gutjd doed
@@mathildewesendonck7225I did spoke about I felt really bad after surgerys in the past, that there had been troubles with anestaesia, waking up, beeing a complete day "out of order", having C-PTBS and then woke up in a room with a second male patient screaming aggressive things.
Didn't know about my autism that time, just the ADHD.
I needed about 9 months to recover, wounds healed bad and scars still hurt, also got this "after gallbladder-removed-disorder"(don't know the english name for it) so now can decide either to eat or leave the house...two years after this "emergency surgery".
I regret not have had help to leave hospital with meds and no spontanous surgery. It was hell to me.
Like when I (literaly!!!) nearly died on childbirth 25 years before and never recovered from that trauma nobody took serious.
I prefer not to go to any docs. Some months before that surgery I had a planned surgery at one of my fingers(!) and they wanted me to put under total anaestaesia!!!
I said no, just local!
He was angry!
What the hell! Why?
I had it local, no problem.
My PTSD was caused by medical mishaps that nearly killed me. I had such a bad PTSD attack after a surgery that my body shut down and I was paralyzed. Instead of being released after surgery, I had to be admitted. I had no idea whether I would be paralyzed permanently. It lasted for about 12 hours.
So scary.. I'm so glad you came through.
This is interesting because I have trauma from childhood and I always end up crying a lot after surgery. It’s like some kind of huge release of emotion.
I too have been told I cry when in the recovery room after surgery, but I am unaware I am doing it.
Me too! 😮
Hey Doc
I’ve worked as a therapist in this field for more than 30 yrs. All you’ve said is true. I would add that many of my patients have been abused while under the influence of mind altering substances at a very early age which of course would be triggered by anesthsia.
Very well said, even though very unfortunate simultaneously... This can make the whole situation so much more challenging to diagnose and treat, as you've pointed out
That's a very good point to make the connection.
Thank you for bri gi g up that many CSA incidents occur by the perpetrator using mind altering drugs on victims. I font think society is aware hoe often that is the case and how it also contributes to the victim havi gvto fight through it to recall and process what happened to them afterward and how thry hsve extra burden to cope with in their recovery.
Also, I was injured in my own OR, and got surgery done by my colleagues the next day. Made sure my anesthesiologist knew I had CPTSD, and I'd known him since his residency. I knew all the sounds and smells, and I'm told I offered to help mop when I emerged. My first memory in PACU was of comfort, even bliss. My broken arm felt secure, I felt safe. This is the other side of what most patients experience.
I hope they treat all of their patients the same and listen to them just as much as they listened to you, their colleague. Thank you for doing what you do for our veterans.🙏💖🙏
I had such good fortune myself the last time I had surgery, and one thing that definitely helped was that I was prescribed anti-anxiety medication I believe it was to take a few hours prior, which resulted in a very peaceful and calm state of mind like nothing I had ever felt before. I remember briefly being aware after the stitches had been done and complimenting the surgeon on having done a “very neat job indeed”.
Holistic medical practice makes all the difference.
I want to share my story too; I had surgery last month and I haven't been able to sleep well until now bc I remember everything that happened to me in the OR as if it happened yesterday. first, I was very lucky to have a nice anesthesiologist, a good person who helped me a lot, smiled at me and talked in a nice way. I have been through more than 12 surgeries and have taken chemo a lot, so I dont have good veins and it's always difficult to put the cannula in me. When I entered the OR with that nice anesthesiologist, everything was going well and I was excited bc he of him ^_^, even when he was having a hard time inserting the cannula I didnt complain bc he was really nice to me, I even smiled at him and told him "its okay I know the problem was mine and not his." But when it lasted more than half an hour and the surgeons came in, it became more nervous for me. Then a doctor came, Idk if he was an anesthesiologist or a surgeon or what. This doctor was very aggressive and he was hurting me while trying to insert the cannula and he kept slapping my hand a lot and he was talking in a not nice way and here my eyes started to tear up :( after a while he managed to insert the cannula but he did something very very very bad, maybe this was the worst thing I have ever experienced in my life. This was my first time to have a spinal anesthesia, so I didnt know what was going on or how things worked so everything was scary for me. This aggressive doctor quickly lifted my head and made me sit down, then he cut the straps of the OR gown I was wearing in a way that made me shiver. The whole situation was psychologically painful, Idk how to describe it, but it was very scary for me as a girl. I didnt know that a spinal anesthesia is an injection in the back, so I thought I was in the wrong operating room, especially since my doctor hadnt arrived yet and I didnt know anyone in that room so I started crying and said "What are you doing to my back? I have no problem with my back its my leg not my back." but He kept saying, "Don't move," and he was pressing his hand on my head. At that moment, I could not control myself and cried hysterically. That nice anesthesia was standing to my left so I asked him to put me to sleep quickly, and he nodded his head. It didn't take two seconds and I fell asleep. I was glad that that kind doctor was the one in my room when I woke up. Until now I can't forget how badly that doctor took off my clothes and how rough he was with me. I think I will never forget that. Sometimes I try to think that maybe he had a bad day since there were so many emergencies that day maybe he had problems in his personal life that made him so rough. Idk sometimes I try to make excuses for him because I was exposed to that bad thing for the first time in my 12 operations.
Anesthesiologists really play a very big role before surgery please be kind to the patients. this patient may be just one of the thousands of cases that you only see for 2-6 hours but remember that this patient is a human being and will not forget those details that may seem small to you but every detail that is present and happens in the operating room affects their lives
As someone who suffers with extreme severe anxiety I can totally relate to her. I would stop eating for days at a time as a punishment. I worry a lot about my life, everyone around me and pleasing everyone. It's absolutely crippling, so glad she got the help she needed, lovely young lady it's so sad that society has 1 in 3 people suffering mental health issues. I hope everyone seeks help
People need to realise that people with anxiety disorders have oversensitised nerves, it's not a simple case of manning up and getting over it.
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I had spinal surgery and my recovery was full of flashbacks I hadn’t remembered before. I was horrified and couldn’t understand that they were repressed memories. My pain was so severe that everything hurt, EVERYTHING. Thank you for this video! It’s validating that what I survived was not some delusion caused by pain medication. I’ve been gaslighted by providers who dismiss my experience as some kind of small thing I’m making up and not a symptom of surviving childhood trauma. I HAVE been told that it’s the opioids triggering the behavior, and they tried stopping the medications post operatively. I screamed in agony for 2 days. I’ve had an extremely difficult time recovering and getting my mobility back. It’s been a side effect I never imagined would happen to me. Moving forward and working through the issues with my past as well as my present takes diligence. The validity I received from this video is reassurance that brings peace to my heart and a need to share the science behind my experience with others in the medical community. Thank you!
This is why the VA should stay, because the VA team knows how to deal with this safely, since so many of our patient population have PTSD.
That is all well and good, but you're not considering a lot of people suffer from ptsd that is not associated with war.
I agree the VA deals with PTSD better than most institutions. But they have themselves become abusive by denying vets adequate pain care.
@@suetrublu Yeah, I know a bit about this. And it's about reducing narcotic addiction, not denying pain relief. No doubt some VAs do it better than others.
@@EK-wi2me Yeah, like me. War related PTSD is a specific sort, and the VA deals with it all the time, so they deal with those specific complex issues better than average.
@@EK-wi2meDrug War causes more PTSD than any other War thats ever happened. And there is no VA benefit or help for those War on Drug victims-survivor’s….NONE!
That explains what happened when I last had surgery...it gave me a week long crazy time of dealing with Dissociation and flashbacks...
same.
This is a perpetual concern of mine after a horrible incident in Asia 2 decades ago. The next surgical situation I had requiring emergency surgery was a pure hellish nightmare. Since then I’ve gone over it in advance with any anesthesiologist I’ve ever had to work with to give them fair warning. All but one of them have been incredibly attentive, knew what to look out for, and prevented any complications. The one who blew me off and wouldn’t pay attention brought about a very bad result. And my response afterwards led to his immediate dismissal and loss of privileges from that hospital. The other major hospital nearby got word and also summarily banned him.
@@bobbyhendley3084 Good outcome.
Between CPTSD from childhood, and repeated medical trauma after brain surgeries including in physical rehab, i have chosen a DNR and will no longer choose surgery. Partner is a doctor and even they are stunned at how the medical system has retraumatized me at every turn. I used to be the ideal patient, but they broke me. Choose less invasive options for as long as you can, friends. 🙏🕊️
This is very important for patients (and healthcare professionals) to understand! However i want to make it known that not all people with PTSD know that they have the disorder. For years i downplayed my trauma when compared to everyone else's, and i just thought my anxiety had gotten worse. It wasnt until years later when i saw a neuropsychologist for an autism screening, that i was formally diagnosed with PTSD. My diagnosis changed and saved my life. I think it would be best to approach this topic with certain patients by asking if they have experienced any trauma or perhaps ask about specific PTSD symptoms, without mentioning PTSD.
So ur not autistic but have ptsd?
I don't know how much respect therapists have on the medical community. I personally think all politicians should be required to have psyche degrees.
@evruzzie98 I found out 2 years ago that I was SAd as a child. I don’t remember it but my traumatised body and mind do. I was 24 when I found out and, sadly, my life finally started to make sense. I used to hate myself for thinking certain thoughts and thought I was vile, but turns out it’s normal within children who were abused. Your brain is trying to tell you, but because you don’t remember, you can’t piece this information together. Started going to therapy, finally got my adhd diagnosis and started to take antidepressants. I’m now 26 and slowly starting to heal. I’m sure I have more diagnoses so I’m working on getting them. I hope to get disability benefits, because I’m 26 and my body doesn’t work, I’m physically capable of working max 2 days a week, then I spend the rest of the week recovering.
My son's arm was broken at 8 yrs old by another child running over him on purpose with a bicycle.
I took him to the ER and they tried to fix it, But they couldn't due to the break angle. They kept trying several times and about 45 minutes later they finally were made by me to stop. He woke up about four times in between and they would give him more medication to knock him out, trying again and again. He got sent home until he could have surgery in just a sling, because of the swelling. After he had surgery the following week, he was angry all the time and you could tell that something was different with him. I was very unhappy about the whole situation but there was not much that could be done. The doctors shouldn't have tried so many times to fix his arm, when they clearly did not consider him waking up constantly and the amount of pain. I'm pretty sure that was the underlying root of a lot of issues that he has today. I mean I noticed that change in him immediately.
I pray he is doing better. Understanding what happened (the trauma of them trying g to fix his arm) can sometimes help heal issues you had afterwards. He already had the trauma of that other kid running over him on purpose. That was enough. They never should have done him that way.
Yes. Our bodies and brains 'keep score' even when we aren't consciously aware of it!! So sorry your son went thru all that. Perhaps you could try and discuss it with him sometime?
If he is willing, he could do some sessions with EMDR to help process the attack by the kid on the bike and the experiences around having his arm fixed. He doesn’t have to remember a lot-details often come back during the processing but it is not essential. The main benefit is reducing or eliminating the distress associated with the trauma.
🙏💖🙏
Could also be the fact that he got ran over. That is pretty traumatizing. Did he say that he remembered them trying to reset it? He might not have any memories of it. A lot of people will be moving and talking but have no memories. When I come out of surgery it takes 3+ hours for my memories to come back. I remember bit and pieces of my EGD and colonoscopy but the pieces I do remember are traumatic. You never know.
👍🏻Like #336. I've had several spinal sugeries and have another one coming up. I've come out of surgery kicking and swinging as if in a fight with multiple opponents while threatening to kill everyone in the recovery room. Scary for all of us indeed. Now that my care team knows they bring me out of anesthesia more gradually and make the necessary adjustments to ensure everyone's safety. I felt absolutely terrible when I found out what happened when I woke up suddenly (the first surgery) and the guilt about attacking the people who were saving my life was horrendous. Thanks for all that you do and share, Dr. Kaveh. Means a lot. Peace.
I have suffered PTSD for a long time Due to domestic violence and SA, when I was being brought back round from a benign tumor removal I was partially awake but I thought that I was pinned down by bad people again, my body took a seizure response to the PTSD when they where removing the tubes , it took nearly a day to remember what happened, I was oblivious other than what I thought was a mild flashback, thank you dear nurses and OR staff and surgeons that had to see me fighting for my life in what I thought was an attack on my body, when I was full with it again my surgical team came by to see me and everyone of them was so respectful and understanding of my situation and I'm so glad they are trained for bodily responses suck as this ❤ thank you deeply from a trauma patient who never knew this could be a BIG trigger
I have PTSD and have literally been screamed at and laughed at by medical staff because they didn't understand trauma. Even when I explain about the PTSD they don't seem to care or get it. I stay away from the medical community as much as humanly possible. They have added trauma to trauma.
A lot of sociopaths and psychopaths become doctors and nurses unfortunately.
I don't think there is an empathy class in medical school. It's something that really can't be taught especially after a certain age.
They can be downright cruel about it. I tried telling my healthcare team what happened to me; they treated me like I deserved it. I was left with a perforated bowel for a day and a half. I had diffuse peritonitis and an abdomen full of pus by the time I was sent to surgery. I cannot explain the amount of pain I was in. I kept begging for help and got gaslit...some even laughed at me. It was torture. It felt like literal torture and I almost died. Yet my healthcare team think I deserve it.
Same... I'd rather literally die from not have a surgery or preventative screening than to live in a world like this.
I'm so sorry that you have had to have doctors and possibly other medical professionals. I really don't think the medical community is like it was years ago when doctors and nurses had concern and sympathy for the patients in their care. I'm not young anymore, but I remember it was different years ago. I'm afraid of doctors and I don't have much respect for the majority of the medical community anymore. It's sad.
When I was 18 I had my wisdom teeth removed and I was put under anesthesia. The first thing I remember was waking up to my mom frantically telling me I was ok and I had been swaddled in warm blankets so tightly I could not get my arms free. I had a tendon sheath release when I was 23 and my mom was reassuring me then too, but I do not remember if I had been restrained. It wasn't until I was 25 and had a laparoscopic surgery to confirm I had endometriosis that I was told that I'd had a "tussle" with the nurses. I was hurt pretty bad. Unexplained bruises and just sore head to toe, a lot more gynecological pain than I should have had, and I was told later that I had woken up and fought everyone in the room. I wound up in the ER after being discharged and sent home. I could not pee at all despite needing to badly, was running a fever, was dizzy, and I did not know why. They were not the most supportive, it was a simple outpatient surgery that shouldn't have had any issues, but I knew something was wrong. When I was 27 I had my appendix removed and I told the nurse who was prepping me for surgery that I might try to fight everyone in the room when I woke up. I do not remember any issues following that one.
Piecing together what happened has been scary and confusing. No one has been up front about what exactly I did in the moments before awareness. I dread anesthesia, I don't want to have more surgeries and I have a gallbladder that has to come out very soon. Meds to shrink the stones aren't doing enough. I will have to warn staff again that I come out of anesthesia ready to fight god.
I do not remember most of my childhood, but the parts that come back suddenly and ruin my day for the stupidest little triggers I absolutely remember. The part of what makes me "me" that gets told to move on by others is the only part holding back grief and rage and reacting to the physical reactions that ambush me out of nowhere like a person stepping on a rake in the grass. The little things that happen out of nowhere and derail my day for seemingly no reason.
What do I want? I want to feel safe. I want to be able to rest.
So well said. Thank you for putting words to your experience. I have the same daily experience as you do, and hadn't yet been able to capture it in words as well as you have here. It can be paralyzing. Peace, safety. What a blessing that would be wouldn't it? I am wishing it for you.
Had surgery years ago, done by surgeons in the Veterans Association hospital. During surgery, I ripped one restrained arm free, and used the restraint bar to strike the main surgeon at least once before they subdued me. I have no memory of doing it, but a nurse told me that was why my arm was bruised up so badly when I woke up. They knew I had PTSD, and what meds I was on; yet this happened. Ever since, if a procedure requires I be sedated, I make a point to tell the anesthesiologist to make damn sure I am DEEPLY out of it, before they begin. I don't want to hurt the people trying to help me.
I had an open Heller Myotomy in 2014. Unfortunately, I had aspiration pneumonia at the time and they had to go back in a few hours later to clear out my lungs. I woke up in the ICU on a ventilator but the paralytic had not worn off. The nurse, unaware that I was conscious and could hear and feel pain, stated to her colleagues "this will be a full code by morning. " it was several hours before I could move, listening to her talk about me in the past tense and in agony due to no pain meds. I had PTSD before this, but I have never been the same since this incident
Last 2 surgeries i had i made a point of saying sorry before going under and thanking everyone in the OR before they put me under just in case. Both times i was told that it's not normal to thank the rest of the staff in the OR as the doctor usually gets all the credit and it was a nice gesture even though it wasn't needed. I will still thank them the next time if i have to go under again as i think the nurses never get the credit they deserve.
I so agree they all need to be acknowledged.
It’s sad the doctor gets all the credit. If everyone else leaves, he’s not doing sh*t that day.
Hey! I'm a PACU nurse in a rural hospital in AK. We see lots of patients with PTSD. I'm a survivor and consider myself to be a strong advocate for education surrounding these issues. I'm currently putting together info for my team regarding trauma informed care in all aspects of surgical care. Thank you so much for posting this. What else can nurses do to help decrease issues around ptsd and surgical care?
Also wondering if you see it take more anesthesia to put people under just due to ptsd. I see clinicians always assume it is unreported drug use, but i believe that just the nervous system in overdrive that can create that resistance to the vulnerable state that anesthesia puts people into.
Gee, Kate, you hit it right on the button: The hypervigilance (a prime symptom of PTSD) is put into overdrive when in unfamiliar places, with a lack of control and genuine fear. I hate the word, but it is a major trigger.
I feel like PTSD could potentially need more anaesthesia since an overactive nervous system would need more calming 🤔. It's kinda crazy that clinicians would assume that though, some people genetically need more of a substance for it to have effect than others so that conclusion seems insane to me. I know from experience I need more local anaesthetic and it wears off faster - likely due to hEDS, and redheads also need more anaesthesia usually.
Providers think everything is undisclosed drug use
@@DaniCal1forn1a Great comment! And I have found repeatedly, most medical professionals don't give a rat's behind when I tell them I am disabled with PTSD. Thank you again for understanding the influence of hypervigilance on anesthesia.
I am a psychotherapist and work with trauma survivors. One of my specialties is medical/dental trauma.
I've had very bad nausea and came out of anesthesia tonsils and adenoids out, fighting, punching and screaming. I know I was sexually abused as a child and most of the memories are suppressed but I don't have a formal diagnosis of PTSD - but my younger sister does. Surgery is a scary thought.
I have C-PTSD & PTSD caused by my mom, a greedy doctor, & other issues. Look up Dr. Farid Fata. I woke up swinging after surgery before & I had no idea why. I am VERY anti-violence due to abuse, so I felt terrible. I warned people before being put under ever since. I have had to do serious meditation & mental planning before going under ever since because I was so scared to do it again. Thank you for explaining this… I’m glad there is a reason for it, not that I’m psycho.💜😽💋
Please don't feel guilty or ashamed for how you reacted. You were not fully concious and your body was just trying to defend itself. It's a natural response to an unnatural situation. Much love. ♡
@@clownbag Thank you so much! I appreciate your input & support.💜😽💋
I've had over 40 brain surgeries (by 28 years old), along with many others and what I. assume is (undiagnosed officially but it has been suggested and discussed some) serious anxiety and PTSD when it comes to all medical settings, especially the surgeries, other procedures and even dental normal teeth cleaning. I tend to wake up anxious and go under while anxious also. I semi panic once the mask goes over my nose and mouth as I feel like Im not getting enough air and am suffocating. No matter how used to it I am, I have gotten worsening anxiety with each time I've been even a little bit sedated (get to listen/feel to the drill as it vibrates when going through my skull). The sound, the feeling of the vibration, the thought and knowledge of what’s going on to the back of my head, makes my whole body shiver and I sometimes start to panic.
The pain, cringy feeling and pressure as my neurosurgeon opens/cuts my neck to be able to pull out the portion of my life saving devise thats from my brain to my abdomen. Especially when I feel the release of pressure once the drill breaks all the way through the skull bone to the inside of the head. As he pulls the tubing out of my abdomen through the neck incision to hook up to a drainage bag and pressure monitor, I was under the sterile drape and had tears rolling down my face. I was supposed to be semi sedated but I felt it all and he wouldn't give more to make it less painful (yes, I asked). I cried after that was over as it was so very traumatized. I've had so much medical trauma I have put things needing emergent attention off far too long.
Also when dilating/stretching my feeding tube stoma hole because it fell out and shrank. It was supposed to be moderate sedation...nope I sure did feel pain when they stretched it a significant amount. I also cried after I got into a pre and post op room and was alone. It's very embarrassing for me as I should be so used to it, I should be tougher, but I sometimes feel like a little baby.
I would be crying like a baby as well!....OR maybe Screaming insanely!!? The whole procedure truly sounds Absolutely Nightmarish!!!😨#Shudders
You should tell them very forcefully that you have a history of break thru pain!
@@gloriamaryhaywood2217 instead of getting calmer and more at ease each time I go through it, the opposite happens, I get more and more anxious with each time. I wake up from anesthesia and even mild sedation, frustrated, frantic and…sick.
@@lijohnyoutube101 I do but more meds were refused by the doctor even when the assisting nurse practitioner asked if I could be given more but he said it wasn’t needed. Prior to the procedure he told me to let them know if I felt pain and they’d increase the sedation/pain meds a little to make me more comfortable. So I did say something and he said no. It has also happened with radiology when getting a tunneled PICC line placed with imaging. So it happens with more than 1 provider and specialty… sometime I don’t even bother as a result even when I can feel each and every needle puncture when being stitched up. It’s all just traumatizing. Even normal dental stuff and I’ve never had a reason to be anxious with dental appointments. So it’s all emotionally traumatizing and sometimes physically also. I never wish this to happen to anyone.
Find a new team, those guys sound terrible
Great video! I’m gonna donate to the anesthesiologist Foundation again Aug 1st, I really enjoy donating to the anesthesiologist Foundation, since it was hard for me to go to college because of my cerebral palsy, I really wanted to be a anesthesiologist
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This is so helpful. He has covered what has happened to me! And was never addressed!! The psychiatrist said I did not have PSTD! Well I did! And no meds offered nor that I wanted. The most recent situation was a few days ago, was at my dentist polishing my teeth. Sound began to make me thinl about my brain surgery when they were drilling my skull. Maybe I recalled it or..
I have extreme flight mechanism!!! I could describe more experiences going back 50 yrs ago during dental surgery. So I hope this video is shared with the dental profession!!! Please keep up this great work! Thank you
I get this so much! I have GAD and ptsd. I sort of stay in this state of fight or flight (flight really) and I wonder often if that actually helps in a way since it's nothing new to me. I'm so sorry you went through that. My psych dr is amazing. I take valium at very low dose daily. And yes I don't take enough to be totally chill but just helps the anxiety stay just under the surface.
I have had over 40 brain surgeries and completely understand the horror of having to listen to that drill going through the skull. No matter how many times I've been awake when they do this, it does not get easier. At least for me it did not but all people are different.
I could swear the only job of a hospital psychiatrist is to say "no". Then you get a bill in the mail (in addition to the hospital bill) for "specialty consultation" for every "no" they gave you at the hospital.
I have C-PTSD and had a relatively minor surgery to remove a polyp in my uterine lining and also undergo a D&C for abnormal bleeding. Long story short I woke up sobbing inconsolably for 40 minutes and as soon as the episode was over they were telling me to get dressed and go home. I was still pretty disoriented but at least my husband was with me by that time and he was amazingly gentle with me. I hadn't let the staff know ahead of time of my history with ptsd, but I did let them know I was particularly anxious before going under. I remember the anesthesiologist being super sweet and kind but I still ended up waking up in that state of "the world is ending"
I do have panic attacks under the wrong circumstances, but "anxiety" I deal with before I agree to any medical advice. I have medical PTSD from letting doctors intimidate me into medications that badly interacted and nearly killed me. I do not let any doctor tell me what to take without researching it myself first and I do not go into a surgery not wanting to have it.
I faced the truth that "medicine" is no longer about healing the body but about medicating they symptoms unto death.
Do your research and make darn sure you know ALL your options. I hang on to, "doctors are for stitches and broken bones" then I adjust these parameters based on MY need.
After I was hospitalized I was forced to take a list of medications that adversely affected me physically, mentally and emotionally.
If I were to stop taking any of them on the list I would be accused of not being "med compliant" and probably sent back to the hospital.
I could hardly get out of bed yet couldn't sleep. I would try to get something done but couldn't concentrate and would feel exhausted anyway starting the whole cycle over again. I was nauseous and didn't care to eat most of the time. This is just the short list of side effects from all those medications.
My elderly parents who needed help around the house with everything thought I was just being a lazy whining crybaby if I told them I couldn't help them with chores and errands.
It only took one doctor not associated with the hospital I got discharged from to reduce my list of medications from 6 down to the original two I was taking before I was hospitalized.
@@MrsEd-fh2gs I was afraid of being labeled "non-compliant" also when they started pushing one med after another on me. And when the meds did interact and land me in an air ambulance flying me over the mountain for brain aneurism surgery, they labeled me "rude and non-compliant" anyway to get away from what they did.
But its not just the physical damage this did to my life, the real "side effect" is that it put me outside of the medical care community as far as getting treatment, left me disabled, unable to work and stuck on social security disability making it even impossible to move to a new medical community. So I'm stuck with the same 100 doctors that float through my 150 mile radius. Making my "healthcare" ER rooms and walk-in clinics for emergent issues.
Most days it feels like they just wish I would die... But God...
@@christiroseify It's amazing how these so-called "experts" push these poisons that have side effects that affect your mood then accuse you of being "moody" when you are having a legitimate reaction.
I dream of having the strength, energy and finances to pick up and move to a place whose local hospital system can actually help me with a proper diagnosis and treatment plan. But like you I am also on a fixed income with limited resources.
It's the absolute worst feeling knowing your reasons for staying or leaving are a matter of literal life and death.
@@christiroseifyI have gotten to the point where I know I can't kill myself but there is little I can do about my situation because I cannot risk making it worse by going back to these people and places. So as of now I am just waiting to die because I don't believe the health care system can fix itself in time to save someone like me in my situation.
@@MrsEd-fh2gs I don't know what is going on with you but in this day of technology, you can do a lot for yourself. If all you are doing is waiting around to die, "making things worse" isn't really possible. If you get informed they can't make you feel like you have to hide and they can't give you the run-a-round. Get informed and take control of your life.... There is always tele-health to get help. They can't kill you if you are informed.
Assume this also goes for cPTSD. Aged mid-20, still young and healthy it was the 3rd surgery I had (both others were in childhood), and it took me a day to not talk nonsense.
Same thing
Could this be why AFTER surgery, in the hospital and the rehab nursing center I would have frequent "night terrors" per thr staff? I would be screaming I my sleep and one person even tried to gently wake me and she says I was literally fighting her with my hands. I have no memory of that one because I did not wake up, but the ones where I was waken up during it, I remember.
I know it happens occasionally other times and has for decades. I didn't know thats what they called it. I did call it nightmares even though it was not a typical sudden horror or trauma. It was me defending myself against attacks from bullies in my life. The bullying was severe, like verbal and emotional attacks and false accusations.
I have been bullied since I was a child from family and sometimes others. I have severe emotional trauma.
So even though it was not anesthesia, I was on serious meds like opioids, narcotics, gabapenton, etc.
I was told by a physician's assistant that if my symptoms didn't improve in my hands the next non-surgical step would be gabapentin.
That was the last time I went to that doctor's office. I think the doctor got sick and tired of seeing me.
@@MrsEd-fh2gsall gabapentin does (oral) is deal with pain. It doesn’t attack the root cause of the pain. My doctor prescribed it to me for endometriosis and she was very clear it will not treat the disease itself only dampen the symptoms if I am lucky - I have severe EDS so everyone wants to avoid surgery on me even though I know it is inevitable at this point
Thank you for doing this one o learned a lot because I have been diagnosed with PTSD
I had my part of my left lung removed 10/19/23 it was supposed to be robotic 3 hr. There was complications with my heart . Surgery ended up being 7 1/2 hr. I knew prior to surgery I would be on a ventilator & in ICU. I woke up trying to pull the respirator out the pain was horrific . They knocked me back out , I woke up again & my hands were tied down . & a person was watching me o couldrnt talk untill they took out tubes. I was on my right side entire surgery they my right hip was hurting more then the broken ribs & incisions . I said you broke my hip! They also left a burn mark across front & back line size of a garden hose. I guess I was combative , who knows what happened . They sent for physical therapy of hip & wound care. 2 atrium ( I called them blood boxes )they removed 25 lymph nodes . All clear 🙌🏽 . Had heart issues again on 3 night . I had fentanyl drip I pressed & oxy . The pain was brutal! 10 days in hospital. I told them before surgery I did wake up when some growths were removed from my larynx years ago & I couldent move or breath , I tried wiggled my fingers I was frozen . I heard them talking . Then I heard one say hold on , hold on . Then I was knocked back out . First thing I said when I woke up ( or wrote on erase board ) I woke up in surgery! The surgeon & nurses said no you must of dreamed that. Before the lung removal I had a bronchoscopy to do biopsy of my growth. They couldent get me knocked out right away the person behind my head whispered in my ear we always win. I’m cancer free now , I’ve had breast cancer, cervical, ovarian tumor & melanoma. 52 surgeries in 16 yrs . PST majorly & anxiety everytime I go to the clinic . I’m concerned all these surgeries has potential to cause brain damage ? I’m so blessed to survive all these cancers! Thank-you for your UA-cam channel I have learned so much . Especially the one on being your own advocate & the pain scale . Thank you again
I have found there are a lot of conditions doctors are not trained in. I have complex ptsd. I also have lymphedema, which was ignored by my doctors for four years because the two different providers didn't believe in treatment.
I was intubated in April due to acute on chronic hypercapnic and hypoxic respiratory failure. They gave me propofol and fenadryl for sedation. I remember waking up feeling like I was being cradled and I felt so relaxed.
I know now to mention the ptsd to any future anesthesiologists if I get a surgical procedure. My last surgery occurred in August of 2023. It was a procedure that was performed under short-term anesthesia. I, however, had the procedure done at my bedside with a lot of lidocaine used. I had my power port removed. The smell of the burning flesh was horrible.
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I have TOF repair surgery as infant, some CPTSD, and when I had my galbadder out in 2005, I remember waking up TWICE during surgery, and then also in the recovery room. I woke up THRASHING MY BODY AND SCREAMING "I want my kitty!!!" even though, it was SO WEIRD, I couldn't open my eyes, and I 100% was thinking, "what is going on, why is my body doing this, why am I screaming? My cat has been dead for years, why can't I control my body" and if that is what dementia is like, I am going to just request that my DMPOA allows me to go to Vermont, cause no fkkn way do I want that.
Yeah, I actually told my anesthesiologist that I was using cannabis gummies for severe nausea, and he was like, GREAT! cause I didn't want to wake up during surgery recently. But when I had my second surgery, I was FUCKING TORTURED by the nurses, I'm going to file a formal complaint, I was BEGGING nurses to give me pain medication, as I had actually TORE my muscles on the OT which I didn't know then, but found out later, and, the nurse HURT ME, mocked me, etc, and then said, "you can't be in THAT much pain", and they refused me medications, and cried for TWELVE hours with NO pain medication and I begged and begged, and they refused to help me, and that nurse said, "we needed to make sure you weren't seeking medication" and I said, "I just had a major corrective heart surgery, how dare you say that to me."
And anyway, it felt like fucking torture, and I was supposed to be recovering, but, nope. I literally wanted to jump out the window, like, I 100% would've jumped out the window if I was sure I could've broken the glass, and yeah. Benzodiapines are the devil's drug, they need to be banned. They are evil medications. They gave me a paradoxical reaction, made me insane, doctors thoguht I was crazy, they upped the dose, it kept going for years, and when I begged a new doctor to please take me off my psych meds, I thought they were killing me, she did! And guess what! It was autism the whole time!!! Not the 15 diagnoses they slapped on me. Oh, also, I have literal amnesia from the benzos.
So, anyway, one day I'll make a podcast about my journeys cause it's been *a nightmare* and it's actually kind of horrific how many sociopaths exist in medicine, and I hope that everybody out there realizes that medical professionals are not above being psychopaths, so, basically, always have somebody with you, cause I guarantee if I had had somebody with me, that nurse could not have hurt me the way she did.
It's a bit eerie that I was told the same "It can't hurt that much". Later found out that I'm on the spectrum but very late, since it's not recognized in women who mask it heavily.
I did surprisingly well after both of my surgeries. Any other type of sedation I rip my IV out and run. I am worried about my upcoming surgery. My first surgery was emergent and I really liked the anesthesiologist and I felt sooooo safe when I met the surgeon. No one said I had issues in the PACU but honestly I didn't remember being in there at all. My second surgery was elective. I did start having a panic attack beforehand but the anesthesiologist had witnessed my first panic attack a couple of months prior so he was prepared. It helped that he didn't yell at me when it was happening. He was very calm and I guess gentle when he tried to get me to calm down. I was terrified of my surgeon but honestly he shocked me when I started freaking out and he came and held my hand. I told myself he wouldn't do that if he was going to hurt me. I think it helped. I was extremely dizzy when I woke up and was in a lot of pain but honestly I think I woke up pretty well. I just told them how I felt but nothing was crazy or chaotic. I don't think my next surgery is going to go well. My fear of doctors has only increased since my last surgery. I am afraid I will run when I wake up. I am scared of my surgeons. I did ask for the same anesthesiologist but they don't know if he can actually do it. I have also had significant bleeding issues and I am worried they won't be prepared to give blood. I am also really nervous about getting another blood clot. I am pretty terrified of how my pain is going to be managed since after my first two surgeries I was taking NSAIDs and I won't be able to do that with the blood thinners. I lost faith in my doctors and nurses and have zero interest in staying in the hospital overnight. That coupled with my PTSD and fear of doctors will likely lead to me running.
Sounds like you should avoid any elective procedures and just deal with whatever isn't killing you. And I'm not being mean. I have my own issues and that's how I handle it. I don't go around them for anything I'm reasonably sure I can survive.
@@franny5295I need this surgery otherwise I stay far far away from doctors
I once had part of my stomach removed, and I have CPTSD. Unfortunately I had not thought about telling the team this, and a lot of my CPTSD involves hiding, running to safety or simply trying every which way to not be a "burden" amd hide my pain. I was in so much pain and had trouble breathing when I woke up but still delirious enough that I fought against my nurses with the idea in my head that I needed to "walk it off, everything will be fine if I just walk it off". Needless to say they drugged the hell out of me.
Second surgery to remove my gallbadder went smoother thankfully but they were shocked by how "self-sufficient" I was that they forgot to give me pain meds. I stayed quiet, in pain until one of them asked if I wanted pain medicine and even then my reply was "If its okay.."
The third time I wasn't even supposed to be under at all, but because the muscle relaxer forced me to relax, I passed out completely after months of high stress coupled with weeks of insomnia.
I had surgery for an external fixator on right foot and leg below the knee. I told the anesthesiologist literally everything. I mentioned PTSD randomly and he said it was important to know from what, with as specific as i felt comfortable sharing. I let him know my body seems to love surgeries and im good with anesthesia and coming out of it.
I have complex PTSD from numerous traumatic events that started around age 12. It get worse over time. Bullying boss, near accidents, even being caught off guard by innocent sounds like a phone suddenly ringing or someone coughing, adds to increased future autonomic responses. NOW, after watching your video, things make sense. I’ve woken up during surgery twice. First time was during a C-section one of the drugs causes paralysis so doctors did not know i was awake and feeling everything. The other surgery did not require the same depth of sleep so when I woke up I was screaming in pain with implements still inside me. I told them I had complex PTSD. Every subsequent procedure I’ve been very vocal. I’m thankful its only happened twice. Thank you…I am glad I now know why it happened. Bless you sir! I am most grateful.
I have CPTSD. I'm glad he made this video. I'm getting surgery soon, this is good to know.
Good Morning Dr K! Great topic.
Good morning!
@@MedicalSecretsMy CPTSD was caused by surgeries & the OR First memory/ food taste triggered was over 30 yrs ago. Smell, sound, sight, taste are all triggered. I can usually tell when i may get more triggered by how my central senziation syndrome sympthoms are.
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Just wanted to say hi to Dr Kaveh!💞✌️
That was a short and sweet video. I posted my email and I hope nobody troll wise finds me I guess if they do I'll deal with it@@jodyljohnson8515
It also doesn’t help that many hospitals perform pelvic exams unrelated to surgery as a “learning opportunity” while the woman is under anesthesia.
Absolutely 100% they have to be sued when they do this without consent. It's insane that anyone ever even considers doing that to a patient
This video makes so much sense to me! In Dec. 2021 I had my first total knee replacement, which was also my first big surgery. It wrecked my sleep. I am just now (July 2024) beginning to have runs of a few nights in a row of 5 or 6 hours of sleep. The surgery must have somehow reinforced my traumas and instructed my brain DO NOT GO TO SLEEP BAD THINGS HAPPEN.
Fantastic and informative video as always
Really glad I came across this. I'm having herniated discs removed in two weeks. I had a double knee replacement I woke up during because the medical staff did not believe me about these things. Thank you for the information and language to use with the staff
It really depends so much on your care team, too. I had undiagnosed CPTSD for years, and had a few surgeries before getting a DX. The first was from a torn ACL, another for tubal ligation, and the last was an appendectomy. Coming out of my ACL surgery was ROUGH because I didn’t know, so I was in a ton of pain, felt like my knee was super tight (they had dumped a ton of local anesthesia into the joint before waking me up, so theoretically I shouldn’t have felt anything at all), and basically throwing a fit. They dumped a tooooon of pain killers into me when they realized what was happening, and I saw my doctor as he was leaving afterwards and he just looked at me, took a deep breath and shook his head like “fuck… what have you been through?”
I learned after that that I have a hard time coming out of anesthesia, but still didn’t know why, so for the next two surgeries, I told them just that I tend to cry and freak out as I’m coming out. I don’t even remember coming out of the tubal, but it seemed uneventful, and I know I cried a bit about needing to send emails for my abusive boss after coming out of the appendectomy, but the nurses were very sweet and knew how to calm me down quickly. I’m sure both anesthesiologists for the 2nd and 3rd surgery changed up my mix because of the warning beforehand, because neither experience was anywhere near as bad as the first. But I do wonder if it helped to just tell them about my experiences in the past with coming out of surgery vs. telling them I have CPTSD based on some other commenter’s experiences with being ignored?
Thank you so much for this education and for raising awares for us people suffering from ptsd. ❤
I had one surgery where they later told me I had been combative and tried to hit the nurses and surgeons. It was an emergency operation. The only thing I remember was waking up and suddenly starting to cry really bad without even knowing why for over half an hour. Everyone was worried I was in pain but that was'nt the case. It was just emotions I didn't even know where they came from.
The next surgery I had I told everyone that I was suffering from cptsd and they were so nice and caring, the whole team reasssured me and promised they would take care of me and put me in a quiet place for waking up. I cried when the anasthesia kicked in and I went to sleep, but surprisingly to me no aggression and no crying after waking up. Now with this video and the explanation given I understand why it happened the first time and not the second time.
Thank you so much! ❤
Yes. I am a survivor of no consent medical experiments in childhood with drugging and torture known as mkultra trauma based mind control
Anasthesia definitely unlocks memories and I have been extremely belligerent coming out of surgery...I too have left blood bags on the floor and removed my canula etc
I had warned the doctors ahead of surgery but sadly they didn't inform the nurses who had to take the brunt of my acting out
I told them I was over medicated and it corrected pretty quickly but for a month afterwards I retrieved memories
Excellent video thanks
I’m very aware of that government experiment and the possible outcomes later in life. I wish good luck in the future!
Despite CPTSD, I tend to have a stable demeanor, even in states of altered mind, though I must say, when I had some wisdom teeth and a tumor tooth in my jaw that was starting to affect a primary nerve removed a few years back, it helped a great deal that beforehand I was given a pill of some sort that I believe was an anti-anxiety medication.
To preface, my CPTSD was resultant of childhood trauma involving repeated verbal abuse and grief from loss of close loved ones, so fortunately there weren’t many if any things that could have triggered a response of it in said surgery, other than anxiety from the matter of the surgery itself, as a nagging little area of my mind really didn’t like the concept of blades upon soft tissue, but luckily I have a very levelheaded alter with a calm voice and pleasant English accent who used facts and statistics to alleviate any paranoia of potential disaster.
Anyway, I recall after taking the pill thinking “I could be standing buck naked on that cliff there and have extraterrestrials make official contact with humanity right before me, I being their first face-to-face meeting with humans, and would merely think “my, what a pleasant surprise.”
I was briefly aware at one point in the surgery, yet it was only voices heard through fog, distant, and all that could be seen was fog, but the words were of something being quite good, so it was of no trouble.
TLDR; being prescribed an anti-anxiety tablet beforehand helped MASSIVELY with the matter of CPTSD, as did the medical professionals being professional about the matter. These things are quite important with people such as us, and goes a long way towards avoiding moments like that scene in “Total Recall”.
I had to have an awake intubation during surgery and I suffered with PTSD after that.
I'm glad to see some anesthesiologists taking PTSD seriously.
Wonder what my score was. Sorry I missed the premier! I was busy & couldn't have watched it live. From your other videos, I appreciate your tips on avoiding gaslighting by doctors. I recently had the chance to try that at my GP. While standing and he still seated, I started asking him some questions. And I felt just a little the sense of the shift in power. I don't feel like I have PTSD, but once I had a bad psychiatrist. It's made it difficult to trust any doctor since. Still, I try with an open mind.
With surgery last year, the anesthesiologist treated me as if I had ADHD. My telling him that I wanted to walk out of the hospital without surgery (the flight response!) must have got his hackles up. After that he took very good care of me. His comment in the OR that medication would help my problem, but needing to check it was the correct one, stayed with me.
After much reading, I now accept having self-diagnosed ADHD, but it only defines my behaviour, not who I am. That acceptance brought me a sense of relief. That & getting my BP under control.
So helpful as a physician assistant working in our pre anesthesia clinic
Please educate others as well!
Thank you for helping me understand this situation!
Fascinating information! And so helpful - thank you so much for this content
When I had an appendectomy in the late 1980s, I was awakened by a doctor as I was being wheeled into recovery. Four men were holding me down because I was fighting so hard. I weighed 50k/110 lbs. I was thirsty which was bad, but the doctor came up with a solution to my dry mouth after I threatened to open his veins and drink his blood.
I was diagnosed with PTSD three years later.
I had a knee surgery right after a traumatic experience and was completely alone in the hospital. I‘m glad nothing bad happened
That happened to me, it was supposed to be a day surgery. I woke up so wild I had to get sedated. I then had an unwanted hospital stay overnight. I was confused when I woke up that night in a hospital inpatient room.
Thank you so much for making this video and stating the facts. I can't believe there are people, even in the medical field, who still actually claim that repressed memories, I.E. dissociative amnesia, is a myth. It is beyond ignorant, and incredibly damaging to people who have suffered severe trauma and have to live with its effects. Apparently this is a hard-killed myth, and I'm so grateful to every person in the medical field who helps killing it by stating the facts. Thank you!
In 2012 I took part in a study here in Sweden at Karolinska Institutet where they tried the effects of different sleeping meds/aneastetic meds on people with PTSD. I had recently been diagnosed and was waiting to start trauma therapy. This information reminds me of the results in that study. ❤️ Thank you for sharing and spreading them.
Being a part of the study helped me understand my PTSD from a chemical stand point and it has helped me a lot.
I will be having surgery in the future and I will take all of this with me.
I never felt PTSD before I got covid in '19 and had 3 gnarly surgeries in 12 months. I raced Mx and bicycles for decades, broke many bones etc and never felt like that before. Getting into the shower months later I would literally shudder. It's still tough to even recall.
May I ask what is was about getting into the shower that triggered you?🤔
@@gloriamaryhaywood2217 not being able to wash, turn the water on, reach for the soap without serious pain. The hemeriod surgery ment that I had to be submerged in the tub to poop. The covid caused inflamation that ate my muscles. I couldn't open a water bottle, turn a door knob, even touching my butt to the toilet seat hurt bad.
@@motomikebuilder OmyGosh! I'm so very sorry to hear that!💔 I was very fortunate not to contract Covid until the milder version was making the rounds. Although I was fully vaxxed and boosted I still wound up getting it. I am a stage 3 triple negative breast cancer survivor and if I contracted the Covid virus when it first emerged, and the next year with the Delta strain circulating, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be here today! BUT I had NO Idea that Covid could affect somebody in the horrendous ways that you've described!? Again, I want to say so sorry you've experienced so much trauma and pain.🙏
@@gloriamaryhaywood2217 Thanks! I don't wreck my body anymore and doing okay. A building inspector got covid at the same time as me. He refused getting the shots at risk of his job. All the staff that had shots got sick again and again,same here. My sister just got it today.
My body just wants to be in control. I can’t stand feeling sedated. I usually scoot myself off the surgical table.
I’m so glad I found this before considering elective surgery 😢
I had the choice of nerve block or general for a wrist surgery. I have PTSD, and the anesthesiologist recommended the block because of it. I am so glad to have had the nerve block. No break through pain for 24 hours. Disturbances in proprioperception were rather entertaining (I thought my arm was going to fall off and hit my feet). No panic and tears upon emergence. And I didn't have problems peeing for hours after surgery. I can see how the nerve block could be triggering for some.
i have it in my chart about my ptsd how to deal with me if i start having a flashback or if there are too many people in the room thanks for sharing another great video
I've only recently realized the severity of my CPTSD. I experienced such severe pain after surgery and couldn't get any answer as to whether this was normal except "surgery does cause pain". I'm still living with the effects.
God bless you for these videos forever
Thanks. I had no idea my surgery teams needed to know these things.
Oh. My. God. My anesthesiologist told me in November that I can kee talking because we want you to vent or talk if you want because you will go to sleep happy and a patient also wakes up happy because I don’t feel like we should have to fight off patients. I said oh I never heard of that. He said yes especially vets with combat ptsd but even woman can awake angry and pulling out IV and other things in their arms.
Undermedicated by not be honest about illicit drug use is another thing we talked about.
WOW a lot of good information Dr. Kaveh! Thanks.
11:00. Had anesthesiologist who ASKED me about C-PTSD listed on my chart. She was trauma informed. Asked very kindly about my experiences and current PTSD symptoms (recent carjacking and much childhood), my concerns re: surg and anesth. She told me how team was going to handle it. And they did, with her trauma informed guidance. No problem post op. Recently had her again for GI procedures, wonderful again. Had problems with N/V and restless legs after (both present pre procedure). She was so patient. Again guided the staff. Trauma informed care makes a huge difference.
I recently had robotic heart bypass surgery. When I woke up then we’re taking the tube out of my throat. I could hear everything going on around me but other than that I was completely paralyzed still from the anesthesia. I tried movie my mouth, opening my eyes , everything. Then I realized I wasn’t breathing either I felt my body going into some sort of spasms trying to get oxygen in my lungs. I finally passed out. But I remember it so clearly and it was the worse experience in my life. I never want to go thru that again.
I had a horrid situation at 15 and at 57 when I learned that they were going to put a gag looking thing in my mouth for the endoscopy I saw it and decided to speak privately to the tiny nurse. I told her to please put me to sleep before that and when they wake me don’t stand to close because my husband says I come out swinging when he wakes me up in the morning to kiss me goodbye. I’m lucky to be alive from being gagged and damaged in the back side. By the time I was found I had gangrene setting in my hemorrhoids. If that’s not a clear reason for PTSD I don’t know what is. I have trust issues, and I fight before flight.
So many good points here.
Thank you Dr.! This information is so needed. I have chronic fatigue syndrome and am facing open heart surgery, so I tried to research what I might be dealing with. The few sources of info mentioned the effects of CFS with surgery include hyperalgesia, central sensitization, and a need for stronger than typical pain meds with more refills. Because CFS people can be oversensitive to medications, I resisted blood thinners. When I started in on eliquis, I was floored (I should say almost bedbound) by side effects. The day after I stopped, the side effects eased up and then disappeared. One of my cardiac doctors is so impatient with this situation, and I think he thinks I'm malingering or being a big baby or something. It seems like anesthesiologists are the best medical professionals at taking the whole complex person into consideration. Good job!
I suffer from PTSD from past abusive relationships and an almost drowning drowning by my boyfriend. When I wake up from surgery or when I was on the ventilator when I woke up I fought like crazy. I kicked over the tables. I was yelling at people. I was throwing punches and it was just a fight or flight and I couldn't fight
And I am getting help from ketamine treatments
I have CPTSD and was originally originally to have BRAIN SHUNT SURGERY For Hydrocephalus. NEUROSURGEON looked at my MRI and said I was NOT a good candidate for the surgery and could be worse after. I DID NOT want surgery in first place with many meds I need and don't trust being out during surgery with TRAUMA to body and mind again. So releived. DRS and all involved at hospital need to respect real Brain Body complications of those with CPTSD.
This was very interesting. I was diagnosed with PTSD, Partial Amnesia, and Dissociative Disorder when I was 25 years old. I've had several surgeries in the past and I did not know about surgery issues because of PTSD. I know I talk in my sleep, and I always wondered if I talked in my sleep during or after surgery. I'm 67 now. Hopefully, I'll stay out of hospitals. That's my goal. 🙂
Thank you for making this video, I've woken up a few times early. Sometimes couldn't move or talk but was in pain. It would be really damn nice if they'd wake people with PTSD up in a safe and smooth way. Being shaken awake the wrong way is beyond scary. Sorry you got bit; but happy you made this video!
Such an important video and information.
25 years ago I woke up during surgery on my forearm. I woke up as I was sitting ‘bolt up right, gasping.
I just remember seeing fear on the medical team’s faces as I was pushed back down and a mask (for anaesthetia) was put back over my face.
The days after surgery I couldn’t walk. And they kept me drugged up. I was kept in hospital for 12 days (I discharged myself on the 12th day) and no body explained to me why I was being kept in hospital or what had happened.
I left the hospital psychologically fvckd up. I honestly think the Surgeon, Drs and nurses were doing the best they could, but trauma let alone PTSD wasn’t understood at all 25 years ago.
I feel sad reading some of the stories here, because so many years have passed and it is such a lost opportunity that more isn’t commonly understood about PTSD/CPTSD by more health care professionals.
Thanks for your video
As a former anesthetist, I'm glad to see you discussing this issue.
Thank you.
I sure wish that I knew this before I my surgery.
I woke up in the middle of the procedure, completely confused.
I didn't know where I was or what was happening.
I was on a table surrounded by a bunch of strangers.
I thought they were trying to hurt me.
My PTSD was massively triggered.
And I started fighting as though my life depended on it.
They were only trying to hold me down because they were in the middle of a delicate procedure and didn't want me to hurt myself flailing around.
But holding me down like that just made me panic and fight even harder.
Then I heard someone yelling, "Give her more! Give her more!"
And then I woke up crying.
How can I avoid ever going through that again?
Though I recommend therapy for the root cause of the PTSD. Getting a team that understands you have PTSD (you need to warn them in detail), and is willing to do things to help like talk you through what is happening. Or anything you think might help, think of it like a panic attack and remember what helps YOU calm down. The most important thing is that they LISTEN.
@chey7691 thank you ❤️
Thank you for your important and validating videos!!❤
Thank you for this most informative video.
I have cPTDS, and a lumbar spine surgery, it actually went really smoothly, when I woke up I felt so much better.
However, I let all of my care team know, and it was on all my notes. I feel like they took all the actions you recommend.
As someone who was drugged and r*ped... when I woke up from my hysterectomy, it felt the exact same. I woke up screaming, crying, shivering, and drugged without underwear on... haven't experienced that since that moment... absolutely horrible.
I trained women’s and children’s trauma counsellor and was also married to a psychiatrist for 18 years. These are also ‘body memories’. The sensations, reactions/responses and old reflexes come out. The ‘bodily response’ and ‘the emotion’ come up, but not the Declarative Memory source. This can lead people to ‘feel crazy’, vulnerable and further traumatized. 💔
This can be especially terrifying for PTSD survivors.
Sexually abused when young. Also raped at College. Afraid of my next time under anesthesia because last time the Anesthesiologist didn’t listen to me & I aspirated in the OR! I coughed blood all weekend - he wouldn’t listen to me I told him I hiatal hernia and have aspirated before. Nope he only gave me so profafal they moved me into stirrups & I aspirated. So scared!😊
My grandmother died one week before I had a major surgery. I wasn’t aware of the negative effects of the grief on the pain and the healing process. I also think the surgery worked back on the grief, making it tougher and lasting longer. If I had known then what I know now, I would have postponed the surgery for several months after the passing of my grandmother.
I didn’t realize my long qt would impact what anesthesia I could have. (I’m a CHD patient, so long qt is just my natural state of being.) I enjoy learning so much from you about anesthesia.
Do you have any information on Takotsubo heart attack (from lifting slightly more than I should have, moving day, hot day, age 60’s and YEARS of emotional trauma from “family”). It made SO much sense when you said your body keeps score. Thank you Dr❤