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

Sounds very much like a vertigo attack, the symptoms are, the room spinning, sweating, shaking, vomiting and diarrhoea.

Had you had an ear infection recently? Or it can be related to migraines?

Mixing your drinks is probably what did it - I have to stick to the same thing once I start or I feel absolutely horrendous.

I just had a bit of a flash back - the only time I had a reaction like yours after a night out it was actually a gallstone issue. I had 2 glasses of wine and a meal - was shattered as had a v long week little sleep and had a violent reaction with as you say V&D that was extreme. (have to say this was 25yrs ago hence forgotten about) and later the Gall bladder issues were diagnosed and a small stone had passed through. I couldn't figure out at the time why I was so ill

Sounds like food poisoning or spiking too me, definitely not the paracetamol unless you have liver problems which I’m assuming you would know about

Alcohol is SO ingrained in Western society.

If it was to be 'discovered' as a drug these days, no way would it be legal.

It is a toxin, revolting.

Half a lager shandy on a hot day is acceptable, but people in UK especially binge drink.

OP I had your symptoms once after a trip to the cinema, bad pick and mix food safety standards.

Far, far more likely it was food poisoning. The vomiting and diarrhoea is your body's way of expelling the toxin.

I have done this too. I didn’t realise it was not recommended.

People take heroin after drinking too and loads of cocaine, what you did was not that bad. Have a dioralyte for yourself and put it behind you.

I feel exactly like that after drinking, that’s why I don’t drink! It makes me so unwell for days.

Sounds FAR more like a Norovirus type thing {so say doing the rounds at the moment} - Norovirus can come on hard and fast {within half an hour} -
I don't drink alcohol, but have known people who do drink take paracetamol?

Haven’t RTFT from here on but this applies to people with livers severely compromised by liver disease. People who definitely shouldn’t be drinking alcohol. It doesn’t apply to healthy livers. Don’t believe everything you read on Google!

if your liver is overloaded itching is def a thing that happens.

Sounds like you could do with a liver check up and see if there is damage either from prior or post paracetamol incident. I wouldn't say its normal reaction unless other things are at play.

I unfortunately have indicators of two autoimmune diseases that mean my liver is particularly vulnerable both to drinking in the first place but also the amount of damage I would sustain if anything went wrong (missing protective proteins for liver and lungs so no smoking either) so I just stopped alcohol, its just not worth it for the damage it could do, even a small amount.

This might be something you have to consider, but def go and speak to GP about what it could mean and see if they will do some bloods for you

I hate our drinking culture - does so much damage

Probably one of stupider NDE's the staff have seen, and I don't remember anything about it (no bright lights, no dead relatives, just a blank like time skipped) but I later read that apparently 700 people a year in the UK actually die from falling down the stairs so I guess its not that unusual.

The terrible employer didn't have the nerve to charge me for the laptop and I got a really great job not long after.

Yes. It sounds very much like a hangover from alcohol - mixed in with still being a bit drunk.

I used to get the spinning and vomitting. Can't drink enough now to.get the spinning because I can't handle that much alcohol without being violently sick and having a massive headache before I reach that stage.

Since I've got.older my hangovers r much worse. I can vomit after just one drink.

You drank too much and your body reacted. I doubt it was anything to do with the paracetamol.

Disappointed. I love an NDE story. This is not remotely an NDE. Sounds like a bug.

I would say from what you describe it's more likely that it was a bacterial infection like staphylococcus probably one of the people making your cocktail didn't wash their hands properly or something.

The itching you described in your OP could be linked to the liver. You’ve had health issues in the past so it’s no unfeasible you could have an undiagnosed liver problem that, when combining paracetamol with alcohol, meant your liver was overwhelmed. I would get a liver check to be sure to be honest. It was likely the effects of alcohol alone, but could be a warning something isn’t quite right.

I think near death experience is a bit excessive 🤣

Sounds like your body just didn't react well to alcohol if you don't really drink. My mum never drank so anything more than a glass she would get very tipsy and feel terrible.

Also Prosecco and just mixing drinks generally can make you feel horrendous. All those bubbles and the sugar too. Though I wouldn't say 4 drinks over 6 hours is excessive.

If taking paracetamol with alcohol killed people half the population of England would be dead!

The reason not to take paracetamol with/after alcohol is because both can put a strain on the liver

If your liver is healthy, the paracetamol will not have affected you badly

The sickness was probably caused by excess alcohol (for you) or a tummy bug

Did you really nearly die?

It was standard procedure to take two paracetamol and a pint of water after drinking when I was younger, that reaction sounds more like you were spiked maybe or an allergy

Didn't magazine's like Cosmo and Glamour run an article every year through the 90's along the lines of 'how to survive the party season'? It was mostly guff about remembering to take your makeup off before bed no matter how late you got home and advising which (ridiculously expensive) moisturizer would plump up your over tired skin.
One of the tips was to make sure you left a couple of paracetamol and a pint of water by your bed so you would remember to take them last thing before you went to sleep!
I swore by this method for years as I always woke up fresh as a daisy .....turns out it was because I was young and the paracetamol did just about jack shit. I feel like death now no matter how much water I drink etc, the joy of being over 40!

Agree with a previous poster too - if it's crappy cheap wine or cocktails it could well be like an allergy or intolerance

Sounds like you got norovirus. Paracetamol after drinking wouldn’t do those things.

It wasn't the paracetamol, you weren't spiked. You drank more than your body is used to. Your reaction is exactly the reaction my body has if I drink similar amounts. Especially cocktails. You'd probably have been ok with a few proseccos.

I felt like this after my lemonade was spiked once. I doubt it was the paracetamol.

I once had terrible vertigo with the severest vomiting in my life during the night after I had been at a wedding reception. I had drunk a fair bit of cheap red wine and eaten grotty buffet food. It was nothing at all like the kind of sickness you get simply from too much alcohol (and in any case I hadn't drunk enough to cause that sort of problem). My feeling was that it was either an intolerance from something in the wine (sulphites??) or the food, or food poisoning.