To think I had a near death experience because of my own stupidity?

Near death experience due to taking some paracetamol after a few drinks?

Jesus take the wheel, that beats my cardiac arrest.

If Paracetamol after alcohol was THAT dangerous you would only be able to get it on prescription!

OTOH my DH must NEVER take Paracetamol because he has advanced liver disease from his alcoholism.

The panic, stomach pain, vomiting, headache sounds like alcohol tbh.

At most id expect that your liver might have worked a bit harder due to paracetamol but it all sounds within range of what a healthy body can deal with as a one off without the need for medical support.

Look at it this way, plenty of people have a skinful on a Friday night, lounge around with a hangover and taking paracetamol all day on Saturday and then go out again Saturday night and take paracetamol all day on Sunday.

It's not ideal or healthy or something I'd encourage but I'm just giving you context of what many people did 20 years ago before times changed.

And unlike norovirus, the symptoms are gone once everything is purged from your body. I had the worst time once and was fine for a grand dinner next night.

Your symptoms sound like food poisoning rather than norovirus. FP can cause chills, shaking, diarrhoea and/or loose motions until all of it is out of your system. You could've got it from the alcohol or food you consumed. Looks like it has nothing to do with the paracetamol.

We went out for lunch one day. Everyone normal. That night my dh was vomiting, had diarrhoea, shivering etc. 4 days. He just happened to come down with noro. We had initially thought food poisoning but it was just unfortunate timing

If it was alcohol poisoning, OP would have still felt horrendous the next day - as it was, she said she went back to sleep and was fine apart from a bit of nausea.

Unless her Prosecco glasses were huge and the cocktails were Long Island iced teas, she didn't actually drink that much - especially as it was over a six hour period, rather than all at once.

It reads to me like she mixed her alcohol and it made her feel sick - it's very common.

@Sleeplessworried
‘I went to bed and jolted awake at around 2.30am. What followed was room spinning, struggling to see, the worst diarrhoea of my life, rounds of vomiting, stomach pain and hours of lying sweating on a bed while itching and shivering’

this part is exactly my symptoms of vestibular migraine so if it happens again this is something you should consider. I didn’t have any obvious trigger for mine (suspected hormonal, I know of women starting to get these during menopause) but alcohol, food etc can trigger migraines. It would often come on in the night.

It does not sound like a small amount of alcohol to me. Esp with the cocktails which can have unpredictable effects. I guess everyone’s perception of this is different.

I never knew you weren't supposed to take paracetamol after drinking

Seems unlikely.

Spiking drinks is generally done to gain sexual advantage. Unless you have a REALLY specific kink, most men aren't going to want to be having sex with a woman who his having uncontrolled diarrhoea and vomiting....

Honestly as a dr, sounds like a bug rather than any reaction between paracetamol and alcohol (the thing about the interaction is that in paracetamol overdose, it's higher risk for liver damage if alcohol is taken with it).

You could have been unlucky and have a bug/food poisoning....

Plenty of people take paracaetoml when drunk (I dont! But know many that have).

Also, you did not drink THAT much....as long as you had food as well. If not food, then you probably were sick from the alcohol. But if you eat and have water then that amount should be fine.....in the space of time....but hangover inducing for sure.

Stay hydrated and feel better.

2 paracetamol after drinking will not cause your experience. Think you just drank too much or have a bug

Sounds to me like you may have been spiked. Exact same symptoms as my friend when it happened to her

@DismissiveAgain I don't think it was either, I think it was mixing drinks that did it, or a low tolerance to alcohol.

Alcohol poisoning is pretty serious and you take a good few days to recover - it's unlikely to happen after two cocktails, two glasses of Prosecco and one shot.

I’d never heard of the paracetamol thing either. I don’t think you’re stupid and hope you are ok today.

You had a lot to drink.
Without knowing the size of the Proseccos and how much spirit was in the cocktails, you could have had anything from 6 to 10 units in 5 hours.

That's a lot for a woman. Being drunk can also mean you lose control of your bodily functions. Or you had food poisoning.

Making yourself sick isn't a good idea. You'd be better drinking water. (but not too much.)

You're assuming the wrong thing.

You can take paracetamol with alcohol.

Either you were drunk or you were drunk and had a tummy bug.

You weren't near death. What an odd thing to say.

People react to alcohol in different ways and this can change as we get older. Also you mixed your drinks. Sometimes there is a kind of allergic reaction that makes the person very ill. The paracetamol straining your liver won’t have helped. Thank goodness you are OK and managed to throw it all up.

Two of my children recently had a 5-6 hour sickness and diarrhea bug. So it's entirely plausible. It was intense, but once it was over that was it. I found it quite bizarre.

Prosecco is one alcohol I cannot drink
It gives me an appalling headache and THE worst hangovers from very moderate consumption. Combining it with cocktails and shots and I, too, would have been on the toilet and vomiting.

It's the worst drink known to humankind!

Sounds more like a virus.

I may be missing something here but when I’ve been out for drinks I often drink a large glass of water and take two paracetamol before bed. Always means barely any hangover.