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Memory Blackout, Possibly Drugged?
palmagranite
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I went to a friend's party last night and specifically remember drinking only four beers (2 National Bohemians and 2 Rolling Rocks) within a 2-3 hour time frame and don't remember anything until waking up at another friend's house early this morning. I was shocked to not know how I got there but after waking up my friend he said I was acting crazy out of my mind so he let me crash at his place a couple blocks away from the party.
I've never had this happen to me before, could I have possibly been drugged? Or can 4 beers cause memory blackout?
I've never had this happen to me before, could I have possibly been drugged? Or can 4 beers cause memory blackout?
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If it was just last night, and you were drugged, there should still be some in your system.
H/A is probably not going to help much.
Memory loss doesn't necessarily start AFTER the event that causes it. I went over the handlebars of a bike once... well I only know this because someone saw it. I don't remember it even happening.
This. And I feel like we're getting one of these threads a month now.
Also, don't take drinks you haven't seen prepared and don't leave your drink unattended.
I ask because I had my first blackout ever this weekend and it was pretty scary. I only had 3 hours sleep the night before and got up at 5am, was on my feet all day, then went to a party at 9pm. I don't remember anything after midnight, and apparently I was up until 3am doing stupid shit. Unlike you, I had much more than 3-4 beers though.
Usually if I drink way too much too fast, I might puke or pass out on a couch or something, but this time it was really different.
Conspiracy!
Are you a guy or a girl?
Did you eat anything before the party or were you drinking on an empty stomach?
4 beers *can* cause blackout.
And Wassermelone is right: any cause of memory loss can prevent the retention of memories leading up the event, usually up to about a half-hour.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
The actual incidence of date rape drugs is much much much less then reported by the media, and is mostly people being caught off-guard by intoxication. Intoxication is a funny fucking thing, and just being slightly dehydrated and hungry can get you really really drunk much faster then you'd expect. Four beers and a couple of shots of hard alcohol in quick succession could have put you into a "black out".
That being said, if you're really concerned, go to the hospital and get your blood/urine tested. But I'd personally chalk this one up to life experience unless your friends saw you disappear for any stretch of time. If they did, then get your blood/urine checked, and get an STD check. Hell, get one anyways, because people don't do them nearly often enough.