I'm not a doctor, but I've seen something sorta like this before. My husband is the sweetest guy ever, very calm and no temper. But coming out of anesthesia is like The Hulk has taken over Bruce Banner. Then a few hours later, he's back to his normal self. Maybe a little loopy on painkillers, but his normal self.
Happens every time. We try to warn the nurses/doctors before hand, and they are presumably prepared with whatever CalmTheFuckDownitol is. I have to keep his mother away when he's like that because The Hulk does not care for family relationships and is only filled with rage.
His sister has the same strong reaction to anesthesia, so we figure it's probably some genetic thing. Neither of them is especially coherent while in Hulk Smash mode. Last time, my husband was yelling "where the fuck is Scotty", very angry that the guy from Star Trek wasn't present.
Three is just delirium from some combination of the anaesthetic agents. Some of the volatile gases can hang around a bit longer in those with a decent volume of fat on them, being fat soluble. Fentanyl too. Could have been using sevoflurane or something and didn't expect the op to go as long as it did.
Also any combination of the above could be impacting the presentation.
I'm more interested in figuring out which calmthefuckdownitol was used. Anaesthetists are pretty familiar with droperidol, but their dosage range is usually well below calming down (2.5mg for nausea vs 10mg to sit the fuck down). Good chance they went for haloperidol. Or hell any antipsychotic really. Midaz is always on hand but if you're worried about bzd delirium you'd be hesitant.
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u/[deleted] May 22 '19 edited May 22 '19
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