Can anesthic drugs(sleepy drugs for surgery) affect brain usage permanently?

Perhaps you should tell us, if you feel like it, the nature of your surgeries. Chemotherapy can cause brain fuzz, as can many Rx’s. Usually anesthesia wears off and is flushed out of the system over a period of several days.

What do you mean by “Maturity is over” and “nothing.Just nothing”?

discontinue nonprescribed medication

I don’t know the first thing about anesthesia, but I can tell you that losing hours every day sounds like a serious problem to me and I am nearly certain normal quantities and durations of anesthetics would not do that to you. I would call your GP and get a referral for a neurologist immediately.

Also, I think it is a bit unkind to call ADD and ADHD “bull.” Maybe a little more respect for people with those diagnoses, next time?

If you don’t mind my asking, what age group are you in?

Most were invasive to repair bone, due to my hereditary disease – similar to Muscular dystrophy, called Charkot MT (CMT) . In recovery to one of those, i went into a coma because of a misdone of dillotted and something else for pain, in combination with my small airway and slightly paralyzed vocal chords( which made breathing difficult for years before we discovered it.) . After that, I had a tracheoplasty (hole in the neck for direct lung passage).

By “Maturity is over’ I mean, I’m not going through that crazy teen hormonal stuff, and by ‘nothing, just nothing’ I mean nothing seems to help, at least for an extended period of time.

I’m 18, but have been called mature for my age by nearly everyone I’ve known, I even started a charity over summer break (not to pat myself on the back, just giving some background). In general, everything seems to take longer for me.

Sorry for the confusing mess that is.

@steve6: I’m not a druggy, you idiot. I’ve never even smoked or drank in my life. I don’t want to get any worse! I’ve been like this for as long as I can remember, but I imagine I was had greater mental potential before the influx of surgeries. I’ve had several repeatedly.

Honestly all, I thought after my airway surgery, everything would be better – I knew I wasn’t getting enough O2 to the brain, I had no physical endurance to walk my dog, even – my lungs would hurt. Now I feel better as far as that goes, but the mental issues are driving me up the wall.

Do you mean the painkiller, “dilautin”? That is a member of the morphine family. I doubt whether anyone here would venture an opinion about your serious medical problems, for which I am very sorry. You really need to seek professional advice. Neurologist, psychiatrist, specialist in CMT.

Good luck.

And if you want to chat w. steve6, PM him.

@nikipedia I’m sorry for the ADD+ remark, that wasn’t aimed at the patients, but the doctors – it’s a blanket statement – a frequent misdiagnosis.

@gailcalled Why would I PM him? He didn’t say anything remotely useful.

@gailcalled Yes, that was it! dilautin…

@Truefire: I just did some reading about CMT. It is, indeed, nasty. There are online chat rooms and forums, as I am sure you know. And I am sure you know about this link

@gailcalled Actually, i didn’t know about that link, but most of the research compiled there came directly from research done on my family, so I knew most of it.

FYI, it is dilaudid, not dilautin (a weird conjugation of dilaudid and dilantin).

Second, it is possible that you suffered some permanent brain damage from the various complications you experienced during surgery. Hard to tell at this point with just the information you provided. As for your question, it is far less likely that the anesthesia was responsible. Either way, I think a complete evaluation from a doctor is necessary if you feel “sluggish [and] get distracted easily”.

@shilolo Someone here just told me that, dilaudid.

Yes, I guess that would be the best approach – I just don’t have that much trust in them, honestly – I’m sure you’d understand after all those appt’s and surgeries, and how they contradict each other, and their incompetence. If I told you what the last surgeon said, you’d die of laughter or shock. Nobody’s perfect.

@Truefire I’m a doctor, so I can empathize. In my experience, surgeons rarely acknowledge making mistakes, or envision complications. Thus, for a real evaluation, I suggest an internist not previously involved in your case who can take a fresh approach to your situation.

@shilolo Oh. I hope I didn’t offend you. Thanks for your answer – I’ll do that.

@Truefire I’m sure you probably know much more than we could possibly tell you, but just in case you haven’t already seen this site I thought i would share it with you. When I worked with a podiatrist, we had a patient, a young boy about 13 with CMT, whose Father was at wits end because not many doctors are familiar with it.

I won’t even try to give you information that you probably already have, but the little bit of knowledge I gained during that time tells me that you must have been trhough hell and back already, and for that, I am sorry. Welcome to Fluther. Shi is a great doctor, and very helpful, so he will give you great advice.

I meant dc the supplements, big red, red bull so I can narrow it down.

@steve6 Ok…sorry for my previous comment then. No idea what you mean by that though.
i’m not taking energy drinks, just Omega3 vitamins and minerals and the like.

As a nurse, I concur with the advice to see a neurologist. Blessings and good luck.