Comment on Anon experiences a glitch

• ManOMorphos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Causing memory loss is an important part of anesthesia. Usually it’s done with very strong sedatives that are in a similar family to benzodiazepines.

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• BlueOysterCultist@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’d assume they meant short term, cus losing long term memory formation for any amount of time would be trrrifying

  I’m unsure of it being the intended effect or a side effect

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  • robolemmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Nope, I definitely mean long term. That’s the whole point… you don’t remember what happens for a little while, and it’s definitely on purpose. They also give you a soporific (makes you unconscious) and a paralytic (so you don’t move voluntarily or otherwise).

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    • BlueOysterCultist@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That sounds like short term though

      Like roofies affect short term memory, you can’t form memories during a short period of time. Short term memories feed long term memory.

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      • robolemmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        What we have here is a terminology problem.

        When you experience anything it immediately forms a short term memory. To retain it for more than a brief period that short term memory has to be converted or moved to long term memory. These anaesthia drugs interfere with the process that moves short to long term memory.

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      • LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Hm. I am not super firm on the definitions, but I remember having a hard time forming new memories when I took quite a bunch of cannabis. Scary shit. I basically “existed” in intervals of around a (subjective) minute or so, with nothing to do except to wait it out.

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