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There was some interesting studies and such I read around anesthetics + memory blockers that still lead to some subconscious exhibition of PTSD. I don't have th
by fzeroracer 3y ago
There was some interesting studies and such I read around anesthetics + memory blockers that still lead to some subconscious exhibition of PTSD. I don't have them on hand but there was some interesting stuff on how potentially we may still remember traumatic surgeries even if we can't explicitly recall them.
That's why there's been a push towards refining sedation techniques further both to reduce the odds of a patient being conscious during surgery and also to reduce the amount of stress it can put on the body.
- Quinzel 3y agoI would absolutely love to read these studies!
- fzeroracer 3y agoI found the first one I was talking about [1] which talks about possible memory encoding while unconscious. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17900016/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17900016/
- Quinzel 3y agoThank you! That is awesome :)
- rcxdude 3y agoIt would make sense if the mechanism for PTSD is unrelated to the mechanism for episodic memory which are disrupted by memory blockers