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I did, and even though it wasn't impacted or anything, it was still one of the worst experiences of my life. I hated every second of it. I was especially annoye

I did, and even though it wasn't impacted or anything, it was still one of the worst experiences of my life. I hated every second of it. I was especially annoyed because I was 16 or 17 at the time and begged my mom to let them put me under, but she was paranoid about the anesthesia and wouldn't let me. Being a teenager, a gave her crap for a really long time afterwards, and she eventually relented and let all my siblings be put under. I sometimes wonder if being put under is really all that much better, since it seems a large component of the experience is the amnesia drug they give you. I had some weird experiences after an oral surgery after I was awake but the amnesia stuff hadn't quite worn off yet. My sister had a similar experience after an orthoscopic surgery. It's a weird idea—can a somewhat traumatic surgery affect you if you can't remember it?

byuu 11y ago
> I sometimes wonder if being put under is really all that much better For me, it was fantastic. My wisdom teeth had to be pulled just as they started to surface, because letting them grow out all the way would have just wrecked years of brace work. So they had to cut into the gums to fish them out. And apparently the guy said one shattered in the process and they -really- had to dig that one out. From what I remember, I counted from 100 to around 90-80, and the next thing I knew, "okay we're done." Was a bit out of it for a while, but very little pain. Kept on the pain medication for the next few days; worked great. Aside from the mandatory cleaning you have to do after having wisdom teeth removed, I didn't really experience much pain at all. And I'm the kind of person that's extremely on-edge even about simple cleanings (very low pain tolerance.) I would wholly recommend the general anesthesia. I don't even care if I ended up being awake for the whole thing but just don't remember it. Ignorance is bliss :)

byuu 11y ago

> I sometimes wonder if being put under is really all that much better For me, it was fantastic. My wisdom teeth had to be pulled just as they started to surface, because letting them grow out all the way would have just wrecked years of brace work. So they had to cut into the gums to fish them out. And apparently the guy said one shattered in the process and they -really- had to dig that one out. From what I remember, I counted from 100 to around 90-80, and the next thing I knew, "okay we're done." Was a bit out of it for a while, but very little pain. Kept on the pain medication for the next few days; worked great. Aside from the mandatory cleaning you have to do after having wisdom teeth removed, I didn't really experience much pain at all. And I'm the kind of person that's extremely on-edge even about simple cleanings (very low pain tolerance.) I would wholly recommend the general anesthesia. I don't even care if I ended up being awake for the whole thing but just don't remember it. Ignorance is bliss :)