KateJ

I've heard that this is fairly common with colonoscopy, less so with gastroscopy. I saw a post on this site from 2013 that was eerily similar to mine, panic, terror etc...

Hello - I recently had a gastroscopy during which I woke up and was completely terrified. I started trying to pull the tube out of my throat and the IV out of my arm, trying to scream, crying and hitting the doctor and nurses. It was pure panic because I guess my sedated brain could not process the situation and I literally was fighting for my life. I was...