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I'm just curious how mentally exhausting Anesthesia is. I'm finishing my second year of med school and am starting to weigh pro's and con's of fields I am interested in. I know people in EM always talk about how an hour there is like 1.5 hours in other fields. Also I'm sure that surgery requires a lot of mental focus and is pretty exhausting after doing it all day. So how does anesthesia fare? I'm sure doing dosing and induction can be tiring but how about when the pt is under and everything is going well. Do you have to be really focused or are you able to chill out since there is only one thing to worry about? 55-60 hrs a week as an attending seems like a lot but I know that how tiring those hours are plays an even bigger role. I'm just trying to get an honest account of what things are like for you. Thanks!