When it comes to drinking, mixing drugs and alcohol can have some dangerous side effects. The two substances can interact with one another, enhancing each other’s effects and leaving you incoherent. But what if you didn’t mix the two yourself? In many cases, people don’t know they’ve received a drugged drink until the next morning when they can’t remember anything. So here’s a few drugged drink signs you or your friends may notice before it’s too late.
Drugged Drink: Signs and Symptoms
You’ve Barely Had Alcohol but Your Feel Drunk
One of the first signs of a drugged drink is that it makes you feel drunk. It could be your first drink, you’ve not had any other alcohol. So there’s no way you should feel buzzed, much less drunk. However, you feel that that “one drink hit you”. This can be a sign that someone’s given you a drugged drink so you should seek help.
You’re Having Trouble Talking
When some people become drunk, they have trouble saying words. Their begin mixing their words or slurring their speech. For most people, this begins taking place after multiple drinks and fairly heavy intoxication. But trouble talking can also be a symptoms of a drugged drink. So if you don’t normally slur your words when drunk or if you haven’t had enough to drink to begin slurring your words, this could be a sign someone has slipped something in your drink. Also, most victims of drugged drinks have trouble thinking of words or using the right one. This tends to be more common than slurring their words.
You Can’t Remember Anything From Minute To Minute
Another sign of drugged drinking is rapid short term memory loss. In some cases, victims of a drugged drink will completely forget what’s happening from minute to minute. You may try having a conversation, only to realize they don’t remember what you’re talking about or what you’ve said. They may forget what bar their at or who’s having the party. Then just moments after you tell them those answers, they forget the conversation and ask you again. If your friend is showing signs of this type of behavior it could mean they’ve received a drugged drink.
The hard part about recognizing signs of drugged drinks is that they share symptoms with intoxication. So you may think you’ve just become too drunk when really, you’ve been a victim of a drugged drink. If you or your friend experience these symptoms you should seek medical attention right away.