ive been sedated so many times im not sure which is more- my unsedated time or my sedated time- I’ve never been sedated without an anesthesiologist however- They always come in before they sedate and explain everything they are gonna do- which goes right over my head- but is nice of them- I always try to see how long i can resist the sedation when they tell you to ‘count down from 100’ but i never make it past about 96 or so lol-
My experiences are similar. Wether it’s “twilight” sleep or full-blown general,
I’ve had men and women anesthesiologists, and they all would come in, do a brief exam, explain what they were going to do, and ask me if I had questions.
There were a couple times when I was administered an anesthetic for a colonoscopy, that I was waiting for it to take effect, and slowly realized that I was coming out of it, and they had already done the procedure.
The good ones are real artists at what they do.