About to start IV Treatment and hate needles
… It’s actually not needles per se, I have a very specific fear of needles in my arm veins (IVs or blood drawn). Makes me very squirmy, clammy, and a little nauseous and when I was younger it would actually cause vasovagel fainting. Every time i have to take a blood test i tell the phlebotomist that id rather they punch me in the face to get a blood sample (none have taken up this offer). Of course it’s my head making it worse than it is and it’s almost never that bad, but knowing this has done nothing to curb this issue.
So my questions:
- will this put me in a bad headspace and cause a bad experience?
- Does the anesthetic effect work fast enough that you don’t notice it?
- Thinking positively: could this possibly be the thing that stops me from having this phobia? - Is that a thing? anyone do ketamine treatment for persistent phobias or just happen to lose their irrational phobia(s) after treatment? If it works for real trauma, surely it could work for that?
I haven’t brought this up yet with the doctor because until i get the tourniquet I am usually pretty good at not worrying about it, but I just read that post from the person who probably had the IV improperly put in 🤢