In fact, one of the problems with anxiety is that anxiety itself can make mistakes more likely-because anxiety changes thought processes and feelings in a way that can lead to you to making decisions that are counterproductive for curing anxiety. Alcohol abuse is a great example. People turn to alcohol to reduce anxiety because it can dull anxiety away, but in reality it actually makes anxiety worse because it replaces your mind's ability to cope with stress. But that is an extreme example.
4 â IV sedation Moderate, also known as Twilight anesthesia or Conscious sedation. This level of anesthesia includes amnesic drugs, which make the patient forget what happened during surgery. The patient is usually asleep, but able to breathe on his/her own.
In general sedation will not require a breathing tube and is fairly easy to rebound from. General anesthesia is what is thought about for most surgeries. In this type of anesthesia, the patient is completely asleep, requires a breathing tube and can take a day or two to recover. Eyelid surgery can be done with any of the three types of anesthesia. Upper eyelid surgery is probably most commonly done using local anesthesia though there are circumstances where sedation or even general is necessary. Lower eyelid surgery is a bit more complicated.