Daughter ambulanced to James', says drink spiked

Cianos wrote:

I also think that spiking is a lot more common than people are stating here. We drink a hell of a lot so just as its easy to blame drinking on spiking, maybe its also easy to blame spiking on drinking;)

Anyway, a friend of mine was spiked by one of her mates as a "laugh". At a gaf before they went into town he put something into her drink and she was on the Dart when it got serious. She was a med student who doesnt really drink that much so I'd tend to trust her judgement on this one. Besides, the "mate" owned up and deservedly got a good kicking.

I've been spiked myself.
some dick dropped an "E" in my drink as a "laugh".
i had never taken it because i used to suffer heart palpatations and decided that taking that crap would be a bad idea.
i lost three hours that night. i just went rambling and have no idea where i was or what i did.
it really is nasty business and not in the least bit amusing. quite dangerous too. with the history of palpatations, i could quite easily have had heart trouble that night. i was lucky enough not to. i haven't left a drink unguarded since.

about 2 years ago I was at a college reunion on the same street that teh palace is on. I was driving so didnt drink. I had 2 red bulls - we were in a few pubs along that road - the cornerstone and that club that used to be teh mean fiddler. One of the lads seemed fairly out of it and had not drunk a lot. I decided to go home early enough but started feeling very dizzy and light headed , hot and cold, breathign heavily etc. This got so bad that I drove across the bridge at heuston station the wrong way!! as I was so out of it thank god there was no traffic or I would have been in a head on collision. I managed to drive home but going up the naas dual carraigeway was like playing a playstation game. When I got home I couldnt stop shakign and was freezing cold even with all the covers on me. Obviously my drink had been spiked - I had not drunk any alcohol or taken any drugs. I dragged myself up and went to work . I didnt tell my mam this. why? because I knew she woul dbe worried sick I was fine and was just grateful to be so.

Its possible your daughter had an experience like mine or its also possible that she drank too much. If you want to know if she decieved you why not ring teh hospital they will be able to tell you more - i.e. wether she had a soiked drink or just drank herself sick.
What I find very concerning is that instead of speaking openly and honmestly with your daughter about your concerns you have come and tol dthe story on boards - id imagine your daughter would be very upset if she or a friend read it. Im not trying to be judgemental at all so please dont take offense I just think you need to sit down and talk to her

Siogfinsceal wrote:

about 2 years ago I was at a college reunion on the same street that teh palace is on. I was driving so didnt drink. I had 2 red bulls - we were in a few pubs along that road - the cornerstone and that club that used to be teh mean fiddler. One of the lads seemed fairly out of it and had not drunk a lot. I decided to go home early enough but started feeling very dizzy and light headed , hot and cold, breathign heavily etc. This got so bad that I drove across the bridge at heuston station the wrong way!! as I was so out of it thank god there was no traffic or I would have been in a head on collision. I managed to drive home but going up the naas dual carraigeway was like playing a playstation game. When I got home I couldnt stop shakign and was freezing cold even with all the covers on me. Obviously my drink had been spiked - I had not drunk any alcohol or taken any drugs. I dragged myself up and went to work . I didnt tell my mam this. why? because I knew she woul dbe worried sick I was fine and was just grateful to be so.

Its possible your daughter had an experience like mine or its also possible that she drank too much. If you want to know if she decieved you why not ring teh hospital they will be able to tell you more - i.e. wether she had a soiked drink or just drank herself sick.
What I find very concerning is that instead of speaking openly and honmestly with your daughter about your concerns you have come and tol dthe story on boards - id imagine your daughter would be very upset if she or a friend read it. Im not trying to be judgemental at all so please dont take offense I just think you need to sit down and talk to her

i don't mean any offence by this, but that sounds an awful lot like a panic attack and not the symptoms of having had your drink spiked. it oculd very well have been brought on by the ingredients of red bull/ similar type energy drinks.

crybaby wrote:

sounds to me like she might have been a bit exhausted going from straight from work at 11p.m. into a packed nightclub and going on the drink without eating properly first etc.

the alcohol had a big effect on her she probably just got pissed quickly, got sick everywhere in the nightclub then drifted away with the fairies and came back at some stage while in the hospital and then decided to lie to you through sheer embarrasment and shame. if the test results come back positive for this drug then what are you going to do ? seems to me like your always going to be racked with suspicion about this C chap

same thing happened to a friend of mine, he was at work all day, stayed late, met up with us at an Indian restaurant at about 9pm. He only had about 2 drinks (without any food) and sure enough when he stood up to go to the bathroom, he fainted.

From rueful personal experience, I know that drinking alcohol in a certain way can create a sensation very, very like having your drink spiked.

Start with an empty stomach. Drink two or three drinks reasonably quickly. Drink a short. Order a fourth drink. Drink another short. On an empty stomach, inside three hours, that can easily wipe you out flat on a bad day. You won't even have gotten as far as more than a taste of the fourth drink. The effects come on very quickly too - fine, fine, fine, fine, throwing up in the loo and passed out on the cubicle floor.

You were fine, suddenly you weren't, you didn't seem to have too much to drink - on an empty stomach the alcohol goes straight to your blood stream. You may not even be able to throw much of it up and make yourself feel better, you just end up dry heaving and unable to stand.

All in all not a charming experience, but not the result of having someone drug your drink.