New pain management doctor came highly recommended. Short first visit ended with 50mg ketamine capsule twice daily and a scheduled stellate ganglion block. I told him I had anxiety. He was pretty dismissive and I literally had to tell him "You don't understand, I'll freak out!" After some back and forth we ended up with a premed of 20mg of Valium. He told me to take all my regular meds. So the night before I take my 50 Ketamine, 20 mg Flexeril, and 200 mg Lyrica. The morning of 50 mg Ketamine, 15mg Meloxicam, 100 mg Lyrica, and 30mg Adderall... and an hour before the procedure the 20mg Valium.
My body breaks down meds quickly, but I'm not sure I've ever had Valium before and I was pretty trippy. I was explaining how one of the original uses of fluoroscopes was in shoe stores to the nurse. I really don't think she cared. Anyway, they were very happy with the alignment of the scope, got the needle in, started injecting the med, and something happened. My eyelids started fluttering quickly. The doctor asked the nurse, "Is she seizing?" Then he asked her the same question again. He stopped the procedure, used two fingers under each side of my chin to tip up my head and said, "Hey, talk to me!" He repeated himself two more times, each a little more firmly. It wasn't until the third time that I was able to respond to him. I was aware of what was happening, but was not able to engage.
So, I don't know what happened. The doctor called it seizure like activity and refused to complete the procedure. However he did not send me to the emergency room, telling my husband to take me if I "started acting funny," and had his staff reschedule me for the same procedure. He didn't talk to me or my husband. There was no follow up, no next day phone call. I did go to emergency room, just because I didn't know what else to do. They did an EKG, Chest Xray, Labs, and a Head CT. Everything was fine but they didn't do an EEG. Anyone have any ideas? I got the impression the doctor thought that I was acting or faking or something, but maybe that is just projecting because I've been through so much gaslighting....