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Got a lot drunker than normal?
So a few days ago I had a really bad cold, had been taking several different cold medicines throughout the day, hadn't eaten much and was tired. It was evening, a close friend of mine was going to come over after she was finished at an event later so we could watch some T.V, drink and just bullshit around a bit and take the edge off.
I don't drink very often, and normally don't drink a lot, but I decided to drink a little before she got there, I had two of those little UV vodka shot things you get for like a dollar at a convenience store, and about the equivalent of maybe a shot or two of Spiced Rum mixed with some soda in about an hour.
Which normally with that much, I'd maybe be a bit tipsy, but no where near plastered or actually 'drunk'. But for some reason it hit me really hard. I remember getting up for water and stumbling a bit, and my eyes would not focus. Besides the fact it just felt strange, not a normal drunk.
I fell asleep, and when my friend got there and I woke up, I was a little better but still felt it greatly, and we started playing a little drinking game and just talking, not doing much. And after a little bit, even though I hadn't had much more maybe a couple shots worth at most over another 2 or 3 hours, it was just as bad if not worse than before.
The next day, she told me I could barely walk, was incoherent part of the time and all around couldn't handle myself until I fell asleep, which if I had drank a lot more, I wouldn't be concerned but normally that much, as I said earlier, would get me a bit tipsy, not plastered like I was that night. I'm not the best at handling myself drunk either, but I normally can a bit better than that too. And besides the fact that it was just strange, I remember most of it and I don't remember feeling that drunk, mentally at least.
I don't know if being sick, or not eating or what could of been the reason for that, but I've drank before both on an empty stomach and when I was sick before and that never happened... I don't know, let me know what you guys think.
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Off-the-shelf cold and flu remedies just don't mix well with the booze, like Rahzie said. A lot of prescription medications don't either. One of those lessons hard learned in your case, but I reckon a lot of us have been there? Apart from the active strictly medical ingredients (which often simply clash with alcohol in your bloodstream), a lot of cold cures have a fair bit of caffeine in them. Specially anything that says 'express' of ' super fast acting' (or such like) on the box. That will amp up the effect of the booze for sure. In broad terms, the booze and meds might have some unexpected side-effects. One booze and meds 'cocktail' might make you extremely sleepy and lethargic. Another might make you really wired, positively hyperactive. You can't rule out a really bad reaction either, particularly if you've had a lot of remedies and a lot of booze. Guess the message has to be lay off the drink altogether when you're taking them. Makes life a bit more predictable mate!
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Well yeah. That's a thing that can happen when you mix cold medicine with alcohol. It might not always happen, but you piled on a whole bunch of shit on to your already weak body. Your body couldn't take it.
Don't do that. It's kind of dangerous. I had a friend fall out of bed, split her chin open, then crawl back into bed and sleep for another 3 hours because she mixed booze and meds and was too out of it to respond properly to the fact she was bleeding.
So yeah. This is sort of thing that happens when you put a bunch of shit into your body that is designed to fuck with the way your brain works, and you were sick, and your were starving... It's not quite the same feeling as being drunk, but it's not fun, or safe. Don't do that.
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Hon, just so you know, this doesn't just happen with cold medicine but can with prescription meds too depending on what you've been prescribed. So in the future, if you are on any kind of medication, it's best to not drink at all as with certain drugs there are bad drug interactions where alcohols effect can be tripled or more. THE moment you first felt this, you should have stopped. I can understand forgetting, I did once when I was taking pain meds prescribed before I could see my doctor and daughter offered me wine with dinner at her house. got halfway thru the glass and felt it and felt silly for forgetting but stopped right then. So avoid alcohol in these circumstances or stop the moment you remember and feel the effects and yes, its a different drunk feeling than the normal one.
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It was the OTC Cold Medicine. It tells you right on the box not to take with alcohol.
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