When you wake up from anesthesia does it have an effect on you like Truth Serum?
2006-10-07 07:57:00 · 9 answers · asked by =] xoxoKaitlin 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I'm an anesthesiologist, and can tell you that the answer is absolutely NO.
I'm not aware of any "truth serum" that actually works. Hollywood might have you believing otherwise, but drugs such as sodium pentothal do not elicit truth. Sometimes, quite the opposite!
Most people wake up groggy, a little confused, and sometimes nauseated. A few patients wake up and cry, some laugh, some swear, some are combative.... but most are just sleepy.
One drug we use will make you forget things, so you may have a conversation with your surgeon and not remember any of it. But you won't divulge any secrets.
Hope that helps.
2006-10-07 08:03:54 · answer #1 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is Yes. There are so many people answering it as no but the truth is both work on almost the same principle. Anesthesia numbs a part of your brain so that you don't feel the pain. Similarly the truth serum numbs a part of your brain which when active is on guard. When truth serum is injected that guard slips and you answer everything to the best of stored knowledge in your brain, your hiding capacity goes unless you are trained.
Similary when you are waking up from Anesthesia your mind is numb or mind guard inactive and tend to speak what you have in mind or what you are visualising at that perticular time.
2006-10-07 08:11:44 · answer #2 · answered by webmaster@complete-webs.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the 1950s, they tried some anaesthetic drugs like sodium thiopental as a "truth serum". It doesn't work. It's like when you are drunk - you might talk heaps but most of it is sh*t. If you are a quiet drunk, you will be quiet with the anaesthetic. Good luck!
2016-03-18 06:06:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no honey it's not!! i've had so many surgeries it's not even funny!! two of them were even video taped and i did not say a word, the Dr's. sure did!!! it is not truth serum as the old wives tales say, so don't worry about anything. even if you do say something, they have heard and seen everything anyway!!!
good luck!!!!
2006-10-07 08:02:40 · answer #4 · answered by socratesmanx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heck no it just makes you feel groggy...if anything you may say a few off the wall things that make no sense but no you will not spill any state secrets if you know any so do not worry!
2006-10-07 08:00:33 · answer #5 · answered by tigerlily_catmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it just helps keep you from feeling pain during an operation.
2006-10-07 08:09:20 · answer #6 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it makes you really groggy and tired.
2006-10-07 08:04:48 · answer #7 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course not
2006-10-07 08:04:28 · answer #8 · answered by aznkm91 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
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dosnt
2006-10-07 07:59:37 · answer #9 · answered by twistedstunna 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-10-07 08:04:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋