Expert: Ronald Levy, M.D. - 8/2/2008

Question
I am 55 years old and ten weeks ago I had a hysterectomy and  BSO. Since the operation I have had bad dreams almost every night. Prior to the operation I rarely dreamt, and hardly ever had unpleasant dreams, even when stressed,. I have also had persistent headaches, some with auras. I have had migraines with auras in the past, but they were very infrequent - one every few years. For a few weeks after the surgery, I also had a problem with blurring of my vision when attempting to read. Could these problems be related to anaesthesia.

Answer
Of course no one can say that they are not, but I strongly doubt that they have anything to dowith the anesthesia. There is not much more I can add to that. There is nothing in the anesthesia that would cause you to have dreams (in fact you don't dream during anethesia).

Ronald Levy, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
UTMb-Galveston