feeling stupid

FEEL real stupid about this put am conceren so want to no your opinon. first med history, no heart problems,53 years old over weight(50 pounds ). LAST lip results toal col 160, hdl 41 ldl 61 tries 240. blood presure under controll with meds. hears what happen I am week end binge drinker, went to a party with nothing to eat at all,had several strong mix drinks felt fine went out side and did some thing I never do hit a joint twice (real stupid)  came back in sat at freinds bar and with in 4 or 5 minutes stated geting cold sweats no other symtons chest presuere or pain any where, no shortness of breath nothing. feeling kind  of faint went and sat on couch about 5 minutes later fainted. my freind said I  was out for at lest 1 minute face pale eyes rolled in back of head, could not tell if I was breathing or feel pause (he was doing same thing as me drinking ...) he pulled me off couch shook me hit my chest a couple of times I vomited and I regained consciousness they had all ready called 911, felt a little out of it but was okay. ems got there quick did vitales boold pressure 117 over 82, heart rate 138 blood sugar 185 ran 2 ekgs one siting one standing they seemed to think they were fine. wanted to take me to hospital to be safe, I refused and signed a waiver went home drank lots of water and felt fine the next day. went to my doctor the foloowing day he told not to worry not a heart attack proably the alochol and pot. needless to say IM done with both. MY BIGGEST CONCERN COULD OF THIS BEEN A HEART ATTACK BEING THE ONLY SYMTONS being cold sweats (not heavy) and faintng. thanks for your help.

[erijon]

I would add one thing, it is likely that the pot caused your heat to go into a form of tachycardia, or a fast inefficient heart rate. This would have been made more likely by the amount of alcohol in your system. Your arrhythmia cause a lack of blood flow to your brain which is most likely the reason you passed out. The fact that your heart rate was 138 when you came to makes this a very likely scenario.

You need to get control of your life. good luck,

Jon

[ed34]

Through alcohol it's more common than you think. Alcohol dilates your blood vessels and lowers blood pressure, and sometimes it can be too low, not allowing enough oxygen to get to the brain. I think you was probably on the border of alcohol poisoning which can kill, and you was certainly wise to drink water as dehydration is an added issue to alcohol. That would have given your body a better chance of keeping your blood pressure up.
What probably added to the incident was the lack of food. A large proportion of your blood would normally go to the gut for digestion, allowing alcohol filtering to be more efficient. You basically had all the alcohol go straight into your blood stream, where the filtering would have taken much longer, and it would have hit you like a ton of bricks.
When I used to binge drink in my younger days, I found that eating a large meal caused me to need to urinate much more frequently when drinking alcohol. My friends used to joke saying they would serve my drinks in the toilet. If I didn't eat before drinking, I felt fine and wouldn't feel drunk. Suddenly it would hit me in a wave, and not be a gradual thing. One minute you are fine, the next you are fighting for control.
Glad you have learned moderation is the key. A drink of alcohol a day is better than none, so you don't have to give up entirely.

[erijon]

I would add one thing, it is likely that the pot caused your heat to go into a form of tachycardia, or a fast inefficient heart rate. This would have been made more likely by the amount of alcohol in your system. Your arrhythmia cause a lack of blood flow to your brain which is most likely the reason you passed out. The fact that your heart rate was 138 when you came to makes this a very likely scenario.

You need to get control of your life. good luck,

Jon

[hobss57]

thanks for the answers guys they both proababley were the keys to the whole thing, and thanks jon its way over  time to take control.