Scared of anesthesia (and some!? Can anyone tell me what it's like?

Mental health
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For a little over 2 months now I've had extreme anxiety and a variety of symptoms. Although I've always had anxiety it's never been this bad. (I'm guessing maybe cuz I'm getting ready to go to college but who knows.) anyway I've been dizzy and barely eating and getting admoninal cramps and a change in bowel habits so my doctor offered for me to get a colonoscopy? I felt a little better after I knew I was gonna get it done but it's two days away now and I'm getting very anxious. The only time I had anesthesia of any kind was when I was 8 and was getting teeth pulled and I remember feeling like I was dying and had a little bit of a panick attack but i was silent about it so... Was it just a panick attack??? Idk but I remember being scared. Since I'm not going completely under just like what I did when I was 8 I'm scared I'm gonna panick or die or something... does anyone remember their anesthesia experience? Could u tell me how it went???*

P.s --- I saw symptoms of stroke/brain problems and how it can cause speech problems or walking problems and now I pay too much attention to when I'm talking and how I'm walking and I feel weird doing it. Like I think about my talking too much and then I think that if I mess up a word something is wrong with me then a mess up a word and I get scared. It gets worse the more anxious I am. Does that happen to anyone else??? Is it just anxiety?? I LOVE U FELLOW ANXIETY PEOPLE SO MUCH THIS SITE IS AMAZING!! My friends and family don't understand and are tired of my anxiety and constant physical health questions/comparisons and basically told me to stop talking about it so I really appreciate the people that take the time to answer my silly questions!!!

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Lol my phone glitched and posted this while I was fixing the title. Sorry. I was trying to say how I'm scared of anesthesia and some physical symptoms I keep having.

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The change in bowel habits is related to anxiety I'm sure your results will be fine as for anaesthetic I can tell u about general and twilighght I'm orettt much anexpert for the amount of surgieries I've had haha! I'm assuming you will be under general ? They will inject u wil some sedative right before your surgery - this feels like you are on cloud 9!! If u have ever been tipsy or smoked cannabis u could compare the feeling to that ! The very tired relaxed feeling with a tingly spinning head - u will sort of lose sense of reality like when ur really tired and accidentally fall asleep ! While u already feel this way they put u to sleep with the gas mask thing and all u will remember is just thatfeeling - u won't even remember how u fell asleep ! Waking up is the best u feel drugged and sleepy but in a good way ? Haha u will be ok I promise

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Don't be afraid of the anesthesia. They are going to put you in a twilight. You won't do to sleep fully and it actually feels nice... If your nervous let them know and they will give you a shot to call you, it's better that way.

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Oh my gosh thank u so much!!!! That makes me feel better!

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Okay thank u!!

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I meant to say let them know your really nervous about it and they will give you a shot to calm your nerves before they start everything else. I have never had a colonoscopy but I have had lots of other surgeries. Sometimes they put me in twilight most of the times all the way out and I was scared every single time. You won't feel any discomfort, they will make sure of that.