No, I do not get any sedation or IV. I literally go in the room, lie on the bed, they insert the needle with the tube at the end (to plunge stuff through it) plunge the stuff through it, they sit me up for about 2 minutes, walk me to a "recovery room" where I sit in a chair with ice on my neck for about 20-30 minutes and then they release me to my ride! The whole thing takes about 5 minutes. I can handle the needle, it is the fear of it going in the front of my neck. The uncomfortable part is feeling the liquid being flushed through the tube into my body! I have had several different "side effects" and sometimes none. Numb hand, arm, head, chest, droopy eye, red face, headache, hot face, glassy eye, stuffy nose, hoarse throat, cough. Sometimes some of these are mixed with others, sometimes by themselves, sometimes none at all!
Everyone is different!

Good luck!