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Originally Posted by bny806
As far as the anxiety thing goes.. I too get that from the dr's and it's so frustrating.. they say I look anxious... well HELLO.. OF COURSE i'm anxious!!!! I would need a psych consult if my body not working correctly, having difficulty breathing etc didn't make me worried and anxious! however.. it is a RESULT.. not the CAUSE of my symptoms.. which is what I think medical providers can have a hard time differentiating..
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I have yet to see a person (or any living creature) with breathing difficulties (for what ever reason) who is not anxious about it.
The head of anasthesiology in a large hospital (not a hysterical woman) was accidently given a low dose of a muscle relaxant during an experiment he participated in.
This is how he described it:
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I was going to participate in an experiment that was meant to check the effectiveness of a new muscle relaxant we were going to use in our OR. I was going to be given a small amount of the medication into the vein of my arm, a tourniquet blocking my arterial and venous circulation was going to be put to avoid systemic spread. It was intended to be a very simple experiment with no risk at all.
When given systemically, those medications lead to paralysis of all the muscles of the body, and therefore the patient has to be ventilated.
The experiment was done in the late afternoon in the lab of the hospital. I was there alone with the lab technician. I was given a very small dose, but accidentally a few minutes later the tourniquet that was put on my arm got released and the medication started to spread into my circulation. I knew that with such a small dose I was at no significant risk. But, seconds later I started to feel that it becomes hard for me to breath and that my vision is becoming blurred. I told the technician that the medication was taking its effect and that she has to start using artificial ventilation. She left the room right away to bring the ventilator and call for help. the next few moments looked to me like eternity. I knew that within 4 minutes my brain will stop functioning I regretted my decision to participate in this experiment. I was horrified and felt relieved when the mask of the non-invasive ventilator was put on my face. The effect of the medication disappeared within a few more minutes, but I could not forget the horrible feeling-being fully aware of my surrounding, yet unable to breath or talk…
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