Endoscopy - swallowing while sedated

depending on how you react to the sedation you wont remember a thing tbh! so dont worry about it.

The normal sedation does not work for me so I have the next level of sedation which always works and I remember nothing at all

Swallowing the" camera" for me was exactly like swallowing a rather dry piece of bread. I chose not to be sedated. Easy to say, but if you can persuade yourself to consciously relax it's a help.

The worst part for me was not being allowed to drink until the throat relaxant had worn off. I was SO thirsty.

If you choose sedation you get wheeled back to bed and given a cup of tea before being sent home. I'd make the same choice again. I do like to know what is going on and was offered a guided tour of my stomach.

I was sedated with propofol and it was great felt nothing and woke up and did not remember a thing I also had it done years ago without sedation and it was not pleasant

Good luck also the whole test does not take long

i just had this done last Friday and chose sedation, ive never been sedated before so i was super anxious, but honestly it was nothing. i felt nothing as the sedation puts you right to sleep. woke up about 5-10 min later as they were wheeling me out to recovery. you wake up as if nothing happened. your not even groggy or anything. they used a drug called propofol and it puts you right out. i would choose sedation if i had to again. all that worry for nothing that i felt.

I was very scared the first time but remember nothing under sedation. I awoke rolling down the hall to my room. Had a second one the next year, again sedated and no fear.

Just in case anyone else who is anxious read this I'd like to say it really was not that bad at all. The sedation really helped and I didn't feel a thing. I stressed far too much.