During my pre-colonoscopy appointment I was told that the local anaesthesia I would be given fentanyl. And so knowing that this would probably be the only time to experience it I was honestly excited. To preface this was about a year ago and I hadn’t tried any other drug apart from weed and mushrooms at that point.
To preface I’ve always been curious about the feelings of different highs from different drugs. With all the negativity surrounding fentanyl I knew this would be the best time to experience it.
Fast forward to the beginning of my colonoscopy, I was to let them know if I was experiencing pain and a lot of discomfort.
I get injected with my starting dose and they start the operation and whilst I still feel the effects of it – it wasn’t really a euphoric or energetic high, but a drowsy and blissful sort of one. So I’m laying there on the ‘hospital bed’ (idk) just watching the camera go through my insides and I just can’t help but wonder if I could get some more because I wasn’t really feeling any euphoria.
I then begin to make fake grunting sounds as if I’m in pain and one of the nurses holds my hand and tells me to squeeze if I’m in pain. I squeeze and they then give me some more. As they’re injecting me with it they tell me that this is the most they’re giving me (which was a lie for some reason, I’ll go into that later). I start feeling like I’m being absorbed into the bed.
Some time goes by (no clue how much) and the same thought pops up again – “I wonder what more feels like. It’s not like I’m gonna die of an overdose surrounded by all of these doctors right?
More grunting and moaning sounds later I’m being injected with more despite being told that the previous dose was the last one (I may be misremembering and that this was when I was told it was the last dose but I’m almost certain they told me that twice including this time).
I’m feeling super light now and feel like I could just look at the wall forever laying there on that bed. That’s all I really remember up to that point. I barely remember the end of the colonoscopy and don’t remember being wheeled into another room after it ended.
I do however remember, after being wheeled into another room, listening to some type of calming instrumental music on my phone. A doctor walked in to check my vitals and he asked what I was listening to and I said rock music for some reason (I don’t even listen to rock or anything like it). He then asked who my favourite rock band was or something like that and I replied Michael Jackson not even in a joking manner or anything idk wtf possessed me to even say rock or Michael Jackson. He then just left the room I don’t really remember his reaction, he didn’t really have any to my recollection.
But that was about it, I was in that room for a couple more hours until I was picked up by my mom to be taken home or I would’ve had to have been there for 24 hours.
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if this is real, which i highly doubt it is, hell yeah brother
IRL though they wouldnt give you fent for this in the first place, and youd also probably be paying quite a fair amount for it in the bill later on lol
Considering it’s super easy to rupture or damage your intestines during a colonoscopy if you move around or theike during the procedure, I would not recommend getting high during one.
Also they very much wrote something in your file about the fact you kept asking for meds.
But otherwise you do you I guess?
Tbh I lie about my pain after surgery on the high end but it’s because I’ve gotten home and gotten hit by a wave and vomited trying to get my pain meds down. So I just err on the more pain meds when they have me hooked up side of things
Cool story, bro!
It’s this kind of behavior that leads to addiction.
Don’t say no one ever told you. It’ll move from Fentanyl to heroin after your cravings kick in.
When will that happen?
🤷🏾♂️
Who knows? Every addict will tell you there was an invisible line they crossed from recreational use to habitual use. At some point I needed meth. Birthdays, job interviews, the next workday, bills, probation, all that stuff didn’t matter. If you don’t stop before you get to that invisible line, you will experience the same thing. I hope you stop before you do.
Signed
-A Recovered and Now Happy Drug Addict
I do colonoscopy’s. The amount of fent is very small lmao they were probably giving you more versed
Bro I felt the exact same thing, I went for a scope in January and the buzz off the fenty was amazing
Ok so I don’t know much about drugs but I recently had abdominal surgery. When i was waking up I had a lot of pain, and the nurse said “give her more fentanyl.”
I had really only heard of fentanyl in the context of the overdose epidemic and illegal drugs and I said “oh no, do t kill me for it” 😂
In my defense I was already very high anyway
You should have asked for Quaaludes.
I don’t understand. They put us out and we get no drugs other than the ones to put us out.
Wait colonoscopies hurt?
Hmmm. I was asleep during mine. Woke up when it was done. No pain, but the resulting farts were EPIC.
Who did you vote for?
Don’t play with fire, dont play with guns, and don’t play with medicine.
I had a motorcycle crash a few years ago. Broke a bunch of things mostly in my upper body. I was given fentanyl both post triage and before/during surgery the next morning. I was also given another opiate (if I recall correctly, oxycodone) I could dispense myself through an IV I had hooked up to me while I waited for surgery. When surgery was delayed the next day due to a delivery that required my surgery to be delayed a few hours, I was given more oxycodone I could dispense myself.
About a year later, I needed surgery to fix something that didn’t heal properly. I was also given fentanyl for the surgery.
I must not be someone that has the brain anatomy/chemistry that is prone to opiate addiction thankfully. At no time did the fentanyl feel “great”. At best it took the edge off the pain while I was waiting for the first surgery shortly post crash. When it started wearing off the next day and I only had the oxycodone, it was not as effective at pain relief. Thankfully it was only a few hours of waiting for the surgery to take place.
I didn’t even know I had been given fentanyl until I reviewed my documents after getting home from the hospital the first time. With all the stories of the addictive nature of fentanyl, it had a big scary reputation in my mind. But having experienced it now, albeit in a controlled and monitored environment, it was not a feeling I would seek to have again. Again at most it took the edge off the pain, it did not make me feel “high”. I basically was in a state of being in pain and trying not to move anymore than I had to.
Wait, this is such a lie. I just had a colonoscopy and I was totally out. My GI called it the best 20 minute nap you’ll ever take.
Why on earth did you not request to be fully put to sleep. I was awake during my first one ever (I can’t remember what they gave me), but I could feel pretty much everything. Ever since then I make sure that I will be fully out.
The worst part of my colonoscopy was having a really hot Asian nurse assisting the procedure. It was embarrassing.
UK? Here in the USA they generally knock you out for it, although the wake up high is pretty good lol
Fentanyl for colonoscopy? What? In my country you can choose between mild sedative + mild painkiller or no drugs at all. And you can drive yourself home if you want to. Or walk or use bus or whatever.
Yeah me too don’t worry. Except different procedure.
Who the fuck is doing these procedures while patients are still awake? I was completely knocked out during mine. No memory of it at all. My wife do to a medical condition and family history has had probably 20+ and they knock her out every time.
i’m sure you’re well aware of all of this but kanye is addicted to nitrous oxide as a result of this behaviour. really glad you’re okay OP, but just because you’re in a professional medical setting, doesn’t mean your biology won’t potentially like something enough to get hooked on it.
a large portion of addicts start out in a hospital room “testing” their tolerances to drugs that intrigue them or taking drugs doctors prescribe, and an addictive personality doesn’t just stay in that hospital room once you leave.
Damn. I was sedated during mine otherwise I would have asked for more too 😝
I have to have colonoscopy semi regularly. And I hate prepping for them. But the small amount of bliss for the meds is the silblver lining. My husband gets a chuckle from watching me recover and being silly haha. Booked for one in a few days! This post was so relatable
when i had surgery i was also on my period and i get really bad period cramps. so when i came out and i was all drowsy and hyped up on pain medication, i could feel my cramps. its not that they were bad by any means, but i remember thinking “that’s ridiculous i shouldn’t be feeling this rn” and asking for more pain medication. but she was like….. let me check with the doctor because your heart rate is pretty low and i turned around and my heart rate was at 40 bpm so i was like oh…… never mind it’s not that bad
I have had multiple colonoscopies and was never awake for any of them lol. That sounds more like the effects of versed than fentanyl. I get versed every time I have a procedure because my anxiety is so bad and the minute it hits my bloodstream I feel exactly what you described. That and laughing my ass off for no reason. I had fentanyl in my epidural when I gave birth and the only thing I felt was numb.
I had one in the navy, and they gave me the max dose, and i still felt that shit and was actually in pain. They said in the future to remind them to actually knock me out. I remember groaning and a nurse holding me down while I told the doc I was going to kill him. It was not a good time. I think the dose they give civilians is bigger, and you got lucky lol
That’s a bold strategy cotton. Can say I understand the pain that begs for more medication.
Awake during a colonoscopy?
Caption gotta be the funniest shi on Reddit 😭😭😭😭😭😭
I just tell them I want to be out and wake me when your done
Thought it was always propofol
How could it be blissful but not euphoric?
Girl just go buy some fenty lip gloss and get those poppin instead
Is this Tom Segura?
You opted not to be put asleep.
The most “drug seeking” behavior I’ve ever had was when I asked for more Lidocaine for my vasectomy because I could feel the doctor snipping the cord and it felt like my balls were being squeezed by pliers
when i had it, they gave me demorol…omg i loved it. i was about to go in do it next week