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Apr 07, 2009, 02:04 AM
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Member Since: Mar 2009
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,342
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LOL...can I be a unicorn too?
Well...I don't know if it's the anesthesia or maybe just the stress of the surgery.
I will share with you though that I experienced something very similar.
In December of '08 I developed an infection in my leg and had to be rushed in to emergency surgery. In a fairly short amount of time, I was being given antibiotics, having IV's placed, and being told that they thought I had the "flesh eating bacteria" They were actually telling me to prepare myself to have my lower leg basically amputated. When I was in the OR and they were putting me under, my last thought was would I see my leg when I woke up. 
I recovered from the surgery, and thank goodness I didn't have to have an amputation. However, shortly after surgery I began to dissociate much more than usual....it was scary. The voices in my head were louder than ever, I was losing time more, switching more often...all the lovely stuff. Then, in early February was when my voices came forward and started introducing themselves to me. Consequently, I saw a couple specialists and was dx with DID. This incident really upset the whole system and freaked us all out!!
So, like I said...I don't know that this was necessarily from anesthesia, or more from the overall stress of the surgery, but I think it would be interesting to hear from others if they experienced any sort of trauma shortly before being diagnosed, that may have helped bring out the DID more? 
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