Affects of nitrous oxide.

[Toby77]

So today I had to go and have one of my teeth repaired. This is very difficult for me because I can't stand the feeling of metal touching my teeth so I most often eat with a plastic fork or chopsticks.
That being said, when they shine the light in my eyes I instantly being to have a panic attack and feel nauseous. So I yell them right from the start to administer the nitrous.
My question is, within a minute or less I feel NT (or how I perceive NT) .After they stop or switch the gas off I can carry on a flowing conversation and I can hold eye contact better. This effect lingers for the entire day.........Does anyone else experience this? Any thoughts?

 

[TheFreeCat]

So today I had to go and have one of my teeth repaired. This is very difficult for me because I can't stand the feeling of metal touching my teeth so I most often eat with a plastic fork or chopsticks.
That being said, when they shine the light in my eyes I instantly being to have a panic attack and feel nauseous. So I yell them right from the start to administer the nitrous.
My question is, within a minute or less I feel NT (or how I perceive NT) .After they stop or switch the gas off I can carry on a flowing conversation and I can hold eye contact better. This effect lingers for the entire day.........Does anyone else experience this? Any thoughts?

That is very strange. It makes you more NT? Wow......I suppose there are medications that can do strange things to our brains. I wonder if it would make an NT more auti?

 

[Toby77]

That is very strange. It makes you more NT? Wow......I suppose there are medications that can do strange things to our brains. I wonder if it would make an NT more auti?

It just makes me feel that way.......I don't believe it makes me NT. I just feel so much calmer afterwards.
I use to be able to drink alcohol and be able to socialize better but it was everyone else that I annoyed. Lol. So I don't drink anymore.

 

[Judge]

My question is, within a minute or less I feel NT (or how I perceive NT).After they stop or switch the gas off I can carry on a flowing conversation and I can hold eye contact better. This effect lingers for the entire day.........Does anyone else experience this? Any thoughts?

Feel NT? Nope...I'd call it more a simple case of suddenly feeling uninhibited. It has essentially the same effect on Neurotypicals, lowering their sense of anxiety as well, although I suppose for us it may seem a bit more exaggerated, especially if it's the first time being administered NO2.

Funny to me that for the longest time I used to think it had anesthetic qualities until my dentist said that it just serves to relax patients rather than deaden pain, who would be subsequently given real anesthetics like Lidocaine. I take Nitrus any time I can get it...though some endodontists charge exhorbitant fees for it.

 

[Toby77]

Feel NT? Nope...I'd call it more a simple case of suddenly feeling uninhibited. It has essentially the same effect on Neurotypicals, lowering their sense of anxiety as well, although I suppose for us it may seem a bit more exaggerated, especially if it's the first time being administered NO2.

Funny to me that for the longest time I used to think it had anesthetic qualities until my dentist said that it just serves to relax patients rather than deaden pain, who would be subsequently given real anesthetics like Lidocaine. I take Nitrus any time I can get it...though some endodontists charge exhorbitant fees for it.

I do feel out of body while they are administering. It is a nice escape. And yes I ask for it anytime it's available as well.

 

[GrownupGirl]

I've never been given Nitrous oxide or any kind of gas at the dentist. Euphoria is one of the effects of inhaling it, so if you think "being NT" is the same as "feeling pleasure", which I personally don't, and besides N2O is a drug that I would never touch, I guess I can see why some people might think that. BUT I HATE IT!! When I was a kid I had to get ear tube surgery done like maybe every month, and they would give me some kind of gas, maybe ether, that gave me POV and I'm quite terrified of it. I'm also very afraid of poison gas.

 

[tlc]

I've got the worst gag reflex that local dentists have seen. They never believe me until they try doing anything, even a finger or mirror or bitewing does it. Things touching my neck do it. They tried nitrous on me until my limbs were paralyzed and I saw nothing but white light, but I still gagged so the only way they can put anything in my mouth is with IV sedation. But whether it be nitrous, IV, or any kind of anesthesia, it has no lasting effect on me. In addition to teeth being pulled, I've had 2 endoscopes, a colonoscopy, and a major surgery within the last few months. After my last scope I spent the day moving things back into my house. I guess I'm not afraid of dental work and the gag reflex really upsets me because it makes me feel like less of a person. I'm an engineer/mechanic and if I could just figure out the wire that makes me gag, I think I'd like to disable it.

 

[Fino]

Yeah, you're just high. It's the removal of inhibitions. All the over-thinking, confusion, awkwardness, etc. is all washed away with the anxiety. I'm extremely familiar with how you felt, feeling as if you were NT. I used to abuse anxiety medications, and other drugs of similar effect, for pretty much that reason, I just didn't quite think of it that way.

I basically pretended I wasn't autistic or had any other mental illness by covering it all up with endless rushes of happy and calming chemicals. It led to confusion about who I am, and people I met during that time were also confused when I stopped doing all of that. The thing I was addicted to most was "who I was" on the drugs, moreso than the euphoria and relief from anxiety.

Don't get too attached to that feeling. It's better in the long-run to just accept who we are. There are anxiety medications that would be intended to head you in that direction, but it wouldn't be to such an extreme and every medication has downsides.

 

[Autistamatic]

Agreed to all the above. N2O has been in the news of late because it's been sold as a recreational drug at festivals in balloons. It can make you euphoric and lower your inhibitions just like many other drugs. You mention the same effect yourself in previous experience with alcohol.
Rather than make you feel more NT, I would suggest it makes you feel less ASD. Anxiety can be such a huge part of our lives, particularly in social situations, so anything that relieves that anxiety is going to feel like a weight is being lifted off your shoulders.

 

[Major Tom]

It made me dizzy and feel like puking lol. I'm guessing you are just high and a lot less stressed.

 

[Major Tom]

Agreed to all the above. N2O has been in the news of late because it's been sold as a recreational drug at festivals in balloons. It can make you euphoric and lower your inhibitions just like many other drugs. You mention the same effect yourself in previous experience with alcohol.
Rather than make you feel more NT, I would suggest it makes you feel less ASD. Anxiety can be such a huge part of our lives, particularly in social situations, so anything that relieves that anxiety is going to feel like a weight is being lifted off your shoulders.

That balloon selling of N02 has been going on for decades. There's even a nitrous mafia in Philly.

 

[Progster]

I've never experienced this. As ASD is caused by neurological differences in the brain affecting how we process information, it isn't going to miraculously turn us into an NT, but I guess it makes us feel less affected by anxiety, less inhibited, more open and more willing to socialise.

 

[Autistamatic]

That balloon selling of N02 has been going on for decades. There's even a nitrous mafia in Philly.

I didn't know about this nitrous mafia, but yes it has been going on for donkey's years. It became headline news here a couple of years back in with all the "legal highs" that were being legislated against at the time.

 

[Mary Terry]

It's called laughing gas for a reason. It makes you temporarily high. I always ask for it if I need any kind of invasive or potentially painful dental work which, fortunately, is rare for me.

 

[Tom]

I suppose you could walk around with a bottle of it, like people do oxygen. On the valve instead of 'On/Off' you can have 'NT/ASD'.

 

[Aeolienne]

The only time I've been under the influence of NOx was when I was being treated for a dislocated shoulder. First it made me doze off with a cacophonous ringing sound in my ears, then it made me quiver all over like I was having a massive orgasm (since you ask). I confessed as much to the nurse, who smiled knowingly as if she were filing it away under her collection of "crazy things patients say in A&E".

I've never had NOx administered by a dentist, although I've had three fillings plus I had the last of my milk teeth extracted. The latter was to enable me to get started with orthodontic treatment, not due to decay.

 

[Toby77]

Agreed to all the above. N2O has been in the news of late because it's been sold as a recreational drug at festivals in balloons. It can make you euphoric and lower your inhibitions just like many other drugs. You mention the same effect yourself in previous experience with alcohol.
Rather than make you feel more NT, I would suggest it makes you feel less ASD. Anxiety can be such a huge part of our lives, particularly in social situations, so anything that relieves that anxiety is going to feel like a weight is being lifted off your shoulders.

Anxiety is a huge part of my life for the past 15+yrs. Drinking use to help but in my mid 30's I started waking up in the night with severe panic attacks whenever I drank. So I stopped drinking 2yrs ago. The attacks are still there but xanax helps with them now and not alcohol.
Having this site is a huge relief to have! It is answering a lot for me.

 

[Toby77]

I've got the worst gag reflex that local dentists have seen. They never believe me until they try doing anything, even a finger or mirror or bitewing does it. Things touching my neck do it. They tried nitrous on me until my limbs were paralyzed and I saw nothing but white light, but I still gagged so the only way they can put anything in my mouth is with IV sedation. But whether it be nitrous, IV, or any kind of anesthesia, it has no lasting effect on me. In addition to teeth being pulled, I've had 2 endoscopes, a colonoscopy, and a major surgery within the last few months. After my last scope I spent the day moving things back into my house. I guess I'm not afraid of dental work and the gag reflex really upsets me because it makes me feel like less of a person. I'm an engineer/mechanic and if I could just figure out the wire that makes me gag, I think I'd like to disable it.

I understand the gag reflex but I can tolerate it slightly. But metal touching my teeth will radiate through my skull! Terrible.