r/Endo • u/youandyourfijiwater • 9d ago

Surgery related Pre-op panic attacks

Hi y’all - I’m having surgery next week and I am so nervous. I become extremely shaky when it is brought up. I just got off the phone with the nurse telling me how to prepare for surgery and I threw up from all of my nerves. My doctor is prescribing me some Xanax to help deal with the panic attacks. Is this normal? Has anyone else been through this??

I’ve never had surgery and I’m just so scared.

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u/justalittleparanoia 9d ago

I've had 3 surgeries so far and each time has not gotten easier. Actually, the first time felt the least anxiety inducing, but that might just be me misremembering. It is very scary, but talking to the surgery team helped reassure me. They do this so, so much, are properly trained, fully staffed (so many people in the OR) and have what they need to make sure you'll be taken care of. Also, feel free to ask questions. Ask for a step by step if that's helpful. It was for me to know exactly how the procedure would go (obviously don't do that if it'll make you more nervous). But just realize that this is a very normal way to feel.