Why was I crying a lot post surgery?

[Nazgol]

It was a bone fracture. When i woke up after surgery I was crying a lot and needed 3 hydromorphones to settle me and make me calm& sleepy, plus an antinflammatory painkiller.

[Alex8736]

certain anesthesia used for surgery can cause people to wake up crying like one of my old colleague was getting her wisdom teeth pulled and all she remembered was when she woke up from surgery she was crying and didn't know why and it wasn't due to pain because they used novacaine prior to her waking up

[Nazgol]

So why does it cause crying? And why do they use it if they know it makes that reaction

[Alex8736]

prior to any surgery the patient will meet with the anesthesiologist and will go over a complete medical history as to if the patient has any allergies to medication"s. i. e (penicillin) for example and then go through what medications along with dosage the patient takes but long story short they need to make sure there are no interactions with the anesthesia

[Nazgol]

Oh. They never talked it through with me! 😧

[Nazgol]

Well regardless of that, I'm more interested in why it causes crying and why they choose that medicine?

[Alex8736]

the most common anesthesia is propofol where it feels like you only blinked from when you got out under and come to. I'm not sure what they used as anesthesia for your surgery

[Nazgol]

There was a nurse who talked to me beforehand, but nothing about anthesia

[Alex8736]

are you all set with surgery or do you have to go for another?

[Nazgol]

Have to go for another

[Alex8736]

don't feel bad i may have to go for knee surgery once my MRI results come back hun

[Nazgol]

Yeah. Thanks. I'm just getting the screw out. What's the reason for u?

[Alex8736]

torn miniscus

[Nazgol]

Oh 🫤

[Guardian45]

Shake that monkey off your back. Hydromorphone should be avoided. Try meditation or Mindfulness

[Nazgol]

Needed the strong pain killer. Tried not to take a lot tho. I was also prescribed tynelol 650 mg lol. Tried to that more

[Guardian45]

Those are better

[Guardian45]

Thank you for MHO!

[AMS700CX4u2]

Morphine, and it's derivatives are serotonin replaceres. When you take them they convince your body to stop making it's own. At some point you have to stop them and if you do so too quickly you find yourself in a serotonin deficit and the tears start to flow until you bring your levels back up. Took me about 3 hours. My wife thought I was dying,

[Nazgol]

@AMS700CX4u2 well, I'm talking about right after surgery when I was woken from anthesia. It's the effects of the anthesia right?

[Nazgol]

Ur welcome !

[MORPHEUS_12]

I have had 30 plus surgeries and the only surgery that caused me to have tears running out of my eyes was when I had brain surgery. I have been in the PACU and there have been women who have never had a surgery and they do not know how to deal. These people will just whimper and whine and the truth is it's annoying to staff and to other patients. I even asked the nurses if they wanted me to go talk to a patient.

[Anonymous]

sorry you went through that. the only bone fracture i had was in my right hand after punching a wall sloppy and what's weird is the broken bone fractured bone didn't even hurt nearly as much as a sprain does but when the bone grows during healing it hurts

[Nazgol]

Ouch😮😳 sorry to hear!

[Sevenpointfive]

stop getting bone fractures. it's that simple

[Nazgol]

lol 😆 I wish! It was my first!

[AMS700CX4u2]

Had you been on Morphine very long? Coming off of that I cried uncontrollably.

[Nazgol]

Nope. Lol

[Marked_Man]

Be careful with those hydromorphones. Even 1 is strong.

[Nazgol]

Was just for pain after surgery. I don't take it any more. First few days were bad

[megabamse]

Traumatic events triggers shit