Anesthesia and Brain Health: Multiple Drug Sensitivity

From Science Direct: Concerns about anesthesia’s impact on the brain

As pediatric specialists become increasingly aware that surgical anesthesia may have lasting effects on the developing brains of young children, new research suggests the threat may also apply to adult brains…

“We demonstrate that anesthesia-induced cell death in neurons is not limited to the immature brain, as previously believed,” said Loepke. “Instead, vulnerability seems to target neurons of a certain age and maturational stage. This finding brings us a step closer to understanding the phenomenon’s underlying mechanism” (read more)

Yes, thank you. Anesthesia has always messed me up. I avoid it if at all possible.  Many people in psych drug withdrawal and those with withdrawal syndromes in general become acutely sensitive to many drugs. Anesthesia can pose big problems for us…be aware.

Some percentage of us who’ve withdrawn from psychiatric drugs can become hypersensitive to medications and supplements that cross the blood/brain barrier.

There is a spectrum as well with some people having more or less sensitivities.  At the extreme, since many of these medicines are used in emergency treatment it’s actually dangerous for us to go to an emergency room! A doctor who doesn’t understand the nature of the iatrogenic illness could actually kill us while doing standard care.

I now wear a medical bracelet and have a letter written by a doctor who understands the gravity of my predicament. (2026: I gave up on this when I discovered that they completely ignore it in crisis. I’ve been subjected to emergency room abuse too many times now to bother. I just try to stay away from the hospital at this point)

To learn more read: Multiple Drug Sensitivity (the outcome of over-prescribed medications)

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