My dentist yesterday was extracting my tooth and I had the I.V. conscious sedation using midazolam. However, it didn't seem to have much effect. The amnesiac side of it must have worked because I started to forget parts of the procedure later but I know I was a total nightmare for the dentist during it. He looked a bit worn out after and the procedure took almost 3 times as long as it should have. He told me he had given me the absolute maximum that was safe, and that he's never had to use that amount with anyone before. This still didn't make me calm and cooperative as he expected it would.
He thinks I'm one of a small amount of people that midazolam just doesn't work well mentally, but has more effect physically (I couldn't walk after). That made me think back to another procedure in hospital where they tried midazolam with me but it had no effect and the procedure had to be rescheduled and done under G.A. Also, with Diazepam, it seems to take much higher doses with me to have any effect at all, than with other people I know.
Does anyone know what the reason for this is? I feel like there something weird about me! I've never abused these drugs so I haven't built up resistance to them. It's got me worried about any procedures I need sedation for in the future.
He thinks I'm one of a small amount of people that midazolam just doesn't work well mentally, but has more effect physically (I couldn't walk after). That made me think back to another procedure in hospital where they tried midazolam with me but it had no effect and the procedure had to be rescheduled and done under G.A. Also, with Diazepam, it seems to take much higher doses with me to have any effect at all, than with other people I know.
Does anyone know what the reason for this is? I feel like there something weird about me! I've never abused these drugs so I haven't built up resistance to them. It's got me worried about any procedures I need sedation for in the future.