I’m pretty resistant to stimulants, but I have ADHD so that skews this.
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stetech@lemmy.world 1 week agoHow interesting! Does this apply to alcohol/other “recreational” drugs too, then, or only sedative ones?
entwine413@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Tolerance to pot equates to tolerance to a lot of anesthesia meds, and I think cocaine can fuck with it too, but idr why.
My advice: tell your healthcare team everything. Regular OTC meds, any supplements or herbals you use, alcohol/tobacco use, and a 100% accurate picture of any illegal shit you use. If you snort a whole gram every single night, tell them you snort a whole gram every single night.
Your anesthesiologist isn’t a cop: he doesn’t give a flying fuck about whether or not you broke the law. He does give a fuck about the chemistry currently swimming around in your body and how that effects your physiology / how it interacts with his own chemistry cocktail he’s about to squirt into your veins.
Full disclosure, if you admit to violent crimes, especially ones that are ongoing, he will have to report that to the cops (at least in my state - that could vary).