LD'ing while under narcosis?

Hi all


Next tuesday I'm undergoing some surgery where I'll be under full narcosis. Never tried it before, but heard from friends that you doze off in matter of seconds, and when you wake up (with what feels like the worst hangover ever!) it seems like only minutes have passed, but in fact several hours have gone!

So naturally I was wondering if anyone have any experience regarding this, lucid, or non-lucid dreams?



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I'd imagine LDing under proper general anasthesia, LDing would be very difficult. It just knocks you right out, like mike tyson vs a fruitfly. You'll need to find some way to remain semi-conscious, and even if you manage that, you'd be close to waking up in the middle of surgery which would be freaky.

But you might get some very trippy dreams anyway which should be fun.

yeah, that was my conclusion as well - and waking up in the middle of it all, might be the last thing I would want..


But it IS possible to have dreams nonetheless?

Yes, I've heard of a few people who claim to remember having some extremely outlandish dreams while under anasthaesia, but if you're like most people you probably won't remember a thing.

I doubt a dream of any type will be possible if the anesthesiologist does their job correctly. You lose all forms of consciousness. You close your eyes and you're out. Then you open your eyes, it feels like no time has passed, and you're in a different place (recovery). I don't like the feeling at all. But I'm sure the experience varies.

I also believe that it's not possible to dream when in narcosis. When I had my appenedix out when I was 11, it felt like I was out for less than a minute, but I also remember seeing a dull, red light (like when you close your eyes in a lit room) but it only lasted for seconds.

Hi Line


That sounds interesting..and a bit scary, haha..


Well...I'll post my experience next week, but considering what people are telling me, my post will probably just end up being: "I blacked out"...

Hey there,

Realise though that anasthaesia is not like fainting, where you pass out, and wake back up and that's that. When you go under narcosis, there is a period during which you're fully "out", during which the doctors operate.

Afterwards though you typically wake up but your body is still very much under the effects of the drugs, and you quickly drift back to sleep. (in fact it's very hard to keep yourself awake during this period). During this secondary period, it is quite possible to dream, though by then you'll usually be either in some after-operating room, or already back in your own room.

Personally, during my experiences with it, I tended to drift in and out of sleep and dreams during this 'secondary' period quite a lot, needing as many as four or five awakenings before I was finally able to keep myself awake.

-Redrivertears-

thanks for pointing out "the aftermath", Redrivertears...

Did you feel nausea afterwards, or were you just really tired?

I was thinking of asking this just this morning...strange. I had a hernia repair about 2 years ago... didn't recall one dream. It seems like the time just flies...not like a normal sleep. I don't know what they inject, or what it does...but something tells me it puts you into a deep deep sleep, similar to those stages where you hardly dream at night (slow wave I think ?)...I'm not sure, but that's what I suspect. surprisingly, I felt quite rested after waking up in the recovery room...and quite woozy and happy :p

I had all 4 wisdon teeth, plus one more tooth pulled at the same time a few years ago.
They put me under with laughing gas. the feeling of that gass taking effect is a post on its own. but no, i highly doubt you'll dream. it doesn't put you to sleep, it knocks you the fuck out. (in a good way, heh). and since youre having surgery, which i assume is more intensive then wisdom teeth being pulled, they'll probably hit you with some stronger shit.

I think i'd actually be a little scared of LDing while under. who knows what kind of crazy shit your mind will conjure up while under anastheisa. could get dicey, and the option of waking yourself up, aint there.

good luck with the surgery though, man. you'll be fine.

I had surgery for a hernia a while ago. I was hooked up to an IV, and then everything went blurry after that. They wheeled my gurney into the OR, I remember someone put something over my mouth and said to breath in, and I passed out. When I woke up it felt like no time had passed at all.

So, to answer your question, I doubt you would dream while under anasthesia.

From my experience, they put the mask on you, then before you know it you're waking up. No dream recall. They also usually shoot you up with something else that makes you fel good, and that probably hurts the recall even more.

Wonder if you even dream during that kind of "sleep". Anyone know?

I had surgery about a month ago, general anesthesia, out for about an hour. I woke up very abruptly in recovery. I actually sat up, very confused about my whereabouts, because I had been having a very vivid dream. The nurse was there, I think unhooking me from things or monitoring something. I asked her if you dream under anesthesia (I was all fucked up, I didn't even say Hi, or anything, just blurted it out). She said that it is possible, and a lot of people have very vivid dreams. Then I think I passed back out or laid down or something, and I was in my regular room next. I wanted to remember the dream, but didn't have enough presence of mind to do so.

I had major knee surgery when i was 18, fell asleep in seconds and it felt like a second went by and i was awake and in stretcher with hospital clothes on. I was thinking "i'm done already? but i just started....".

I think RedRiverTears put it forward perfectly. You probably won't be able to dream while under the heaviest portion of the anastesia,(no idea how to spell that lovely word) but afterwords, when your laying in the recovery room you may have some dreams, trippy as someone above said since you'll still be under the effects of all the painkillers...either that or you'll drift into a dreamless sleep afterwords...but I remember feeling very dreamy and strange in the recovery room. Maybe that would be an opportune time to play around with the drugs effects since you're no longer under the knife :).

Anyway, it wil lcertainly go fine...in fact it can be quite fun with everything the plop into your system.

Earlier this summer I underwent surgery under general anthesia. Proir to this I had always heard that it was not possible to dream while under. They put me under and the next thing I knew I was talking to my Granny (who had died the month before) and Grandpa (who had died years previous). I was very happy to see them both, but was concerned because I remembered that I was supposed to be having surgery! I thought "Oh FUCK! I must have died!" But I didn't get too upset because it was so wonderful and I felt so weightless and pain-free. I figured dying couldn't be all that bad. Then suddenly the vision of them faded, sort of swirled up into the air and dissapeared and I was coming awake in the recovery room. I asked the nurse right away, "Did I die?" And she said, "No, honey, you did just fine. You are fine." I asked several times, sure that I HAD died but she wouldn't tell me because then I might sue the hospital. Finally she asked why I was so sure I had died and I told her. She said that people dream all the time under general anesthesia.