Versed and Discomfort: What Users Say

• hor...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 7, 2021

For Light Sedation "Had what I swore was PTSD after a horrific experience with IV Versed for cardiac cath-could not move nor talk but knew it was taking way too long. Was uncomfortable from positioning and kept having waves of impending death. Now I need cataract surgery and allowed them to convince me that the cath experience was due to how gravely ill I was and the fact that it was a lengthy procedure. 1st eye went OK-partial amnesia, no pain, but again the feeling of impending blindness/death. Procedure only took 10 min, which I could deal with. 2nd eye, another horrific event. After the procedure, given Tylenol and ushered out the door. Sorry state of American health care. I went home and took Tramadol. PS-shame on me, I am an RN and should have known better, but in my area if you ask too many questions or complain, they throw you out of practice and supply well exceeds demand, so what can you do. No more invasive care for me EVER !!!!"

• Bis...
• April 4, 2019

For Light Anesthesia "I went in for cataract surgery today, hoping I would be in a 'stupor twilight' mode, but I never got there. I struggled with the doctor as he told me to quit fighting him. I wriggled against the bright lights I had to follow. My system usually needs extra meds for the right effect. I was given 1 1/2 doses of liquid Versed, and it wasn't sedating enough. Thankfully, the eye drops worked better for the numbing. If you can get a prescription of diazepam, I would take one prior to surgery, as they instructed me to do for my next surgery. It was only uncomfortable, not painful. The procedure only took 5-10 minutes."

• Wis...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 19, 2021

For Light Sedation "I was given Versed and fentanyl for wisdom tooth extraction. I specifically chose a doctor who would sedate me and clearly expressed that I did not want to have to feel and remember what was happening. My doctor explained I’d be in a dreamlike state and not very aware. I remember everything. It didn’t really hurt, and they also gave me a bunch of shots of local anesthetic (probably lidocaine, but I didn’t ask). It was uncomfortable, and I could hear the tooth crack, and I still remember the sensation of them twisting my teeth out. I also remember the entire conversation they had while working on me, which was very unprofessional (they were talking about family issues and how they hate the other hospital nearby and stuff like that). I’m now scared to ever need another procedure, and I can’t keep replaying the feeling of them twisting my tooth out in my head."