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Can anesthesia cause long-term anxiety?
I am a 20 year old female. I want to know if anesthesia can cause long term anxiety?
5 Answers
Under normal conditions, anesthetics do not cause long-term anxiety. However, like any situation, if you had a bad experience the first time, it can always make you anxious for the following experience.
No, it should not.
No this is not a common side effect from anesthesia. Unless however you experienced something traumatic like awakening during a general anesthetic.
Anesthesia itself should not cause long term anxiety but the circumstances for which the anesthetic is given might lead to anxiety (fears about surgery and diagnosis, pain).
Don't believe it.