Thread: 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.

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.