Sorry, I feel like there have been a ton of these posts lately and I don’t want to annoy anyone, but I think so many of us are desperate for answers or validation. I suppose that’s why I’m asking. I apologize because I know this is long but I think the context is important.
This happened few years ago at my high school reunion. I was with friends and a guy that was in my group in high school sat down with us. I’d distanced myself since high school because of multiple instances of troubling behavior from him (he wrote a story about torturing and murdering a male friend because he had better luck with women, he had a drunken conversation with my friend’s now-husband about what he’d do if he ever got said friend inebriated enough, you get the picture).
I was uncomfortable with him and at some point he asked why. I point blank told him that I’d found his behavior unacceptable. He made excuses or said he didn’t remember things, whatever. He kept sitting with us and was talking about how he wasn’t having any luck on dating sites and that he’d even hired someone to run his dating profile. At some point, a couple of us made plans to go to another bar. He was within earshot but not explicitly invited.
Three of us (all women) get to the other bar and order drinks. A few minutes later, the guy walks in and sits with us. One of the women leaves, and the other woman I’m with is pretty drunk (she had a hotel nearby and was going to Uber). The guy starts complaining about how he hasn’t had sex in such a long time, and starts sounding angry about this. I had already asked for my tab by the time he said he needed to go to the restroom, but I still had over half my drink left. As soon as he got up, I told the other woman to cancel her Uber and that we were leaving. I would drive her to her hotel, but I felt unsafe around this guy and we needed to leave. She agreed.
We stopped and got some food before I dropped her off. I had more drinks than usual that night, but it was spread over at least six hours and I at no point felt drunk. I dropped her off at the hotel and started the 25 minute drive home. About ten minutes in, I felt so exhausted that I thought I might fall asleep driving. Not drunk, just sort of out of it and exhausted in a way that hit me like a wall. I got home and immediately started throwing up because walking from my garage to my kitchen made everything spin. I threw up throughout the next afternoon, which is unusual. Whenever I’ve drank to the point if getting sick, I throw up once and I’m good. That has never happened before or since. As soon as I laid down, I immediately fell asleep and stayed asleep until the morning (which I have a hard time doing if I’m drunk) when, like I said, I started throwing up again.
When I woke up I had messages on Facebook from the guy asking why we’d left and that he wanted to stay in touch. I blocked him and am hoping to just avoid him going forward.
Does it sound like he may have drugged the drink I only had part of? I’ve been so confused about it because I was drinking that night, but I felt fine right up until the exhaustion hit. It also doesn’t sound like some of the experiences I read here, but I also think I only had part of whatever may have been put in the drink.
Either way, I’m staying away from him and warning others. His behavior was concerning enough regardless of what he may or may not have done to my drink.
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I mean, yes, could’ve been. Really tricky to tell though, and couldn’t be proven unless you’d somehow gotten other evidence (medical, camera footage, etc). You’re wise to avoid this guy and warn others of his whole… icky vibe. That’s not someone I’d give the benefit of the doubt, either.
Sounds like at some point something was put into your drink and most likely involved this guy. Or could have involved other people or maybe even the bartender. Probably the reason you didn’t totally pass out was that you had something to eat prior to going home and this may have slowed down the reaction. Thankfully you didn’t pass out while driving home as this could have ended badly. Sounds like whatever it was, it was quite potent.
There was a friend of mine who went to a popular nightclub and some guy approached her and asked her if she wanted him to buy her a drink. She accepted but as soon as she took a sip, she knew something was off. She felt dizzy. She excused herself and had difficulty walking. She managed to get into her car and drive to the emergency room which was several miles away. She could barely walk and had to be helped walking into the emergency room when she arrived. They did testing on her but couldn’t determine what was put into the drink. The usual culprits were ruled out. She stayed a couple of hours for observation and then drove home once she felt better. She would have probably passed out long before she finished the drink. She only took a very tiny sip of the drink and the effects were very powerful. She never passed out nor did she throw up but the fact that she had no idea what was put into her drink bothered her for a very long time.
The guy who bought her the drink never touched her drink. She figured that the bartender probably was the one who put something into her drink as the guy who offered her to buy her a drink seemed to know him. She had turned her head to talk to this guy and this was probably when the drink was spiked.
This happened in 1980 or 1981.
It is possible, though most of the drugs used to spike drinks are depressants like alcohol which is why they are extremely dangerous when mixed together. Typically the effects are sort of quick but that also depends on the dose. At the same time you might have felt really stressed and had a lot of adrenaline pumping. However, you know your body and limits better than anyone else, I’d say trust your instincts!