Do you know that no one knows how anesthetics work?
It’s like gravity and magnetism.
All they know is - it works. But they have no idea how.
Source: good friend who is nurse anesthetist - for 30 years.....
Alls I know is anesthesia has either changed significantly since 20 years ago or they use different knock-out drugs for different operations.
The stuff they gave me 20 years ago had a delayed effect. I made the entire OR laugh when I was expected to be unconscious but spoke the words “Good night”. I had a strong constitution back in the day, stronger than the anesthesiologist expected, evidently.