I'm not by any means an expert in this, but I'm relatively confident that patients undergoing such procedures aren't going in drug-free. Something like diazepa

I'm not by any means an expert in this, but I'm relatively confident that patients undergoing such procedures aren't going in drug-free. Something like diazepam at least. My mother had fully awake surgery on her eyes, and that's pretty much what they did. She was awake, but they gave her something that made her completely ambivalent about the procedure. Zero anxiety.