Quote: If she scared the !@#$ out of you as you said...then what constitutes a medical emergency...to you? As you said your friend weighs 350lbs and this was not normal for her...it was a chance to be there for her, a chance to be a knight in shining armour...well thankfully she is okay.
Ok, for those who are more interested in judging my reaction to the situation, here is my 'incident report':
She wasn't sweating, she wasn't falling down, she was walking around the house on her own, she didn't throw up, She said she felt 'a little dizzy', she drank a large glass of water I gave her with no problems, she didn't have a fever, she could see and describe any object I showed her, She wasn't having heart palpitations, her heart rate was just up. I GUESSED about 100-120 which is not anywhere near 'fatal'. After sitting 15 minutes with her she was back to normal heart rate and calmed down but was clearly high. I have felt the same way MANY times after drinking a lot of vodka in a short period of time. I used to wake up all the time in the middle of the night feeling just like that from drinking too much. I would get up and pace around until I calmed down.
It scared the crap out of me because I had not seen her drink or get high in 15 years. And she was being very dramatic and wouldn't sit down. I didn't take her to an emergency room because there was NO EMERGENCY and if I had taken her to placate her it, would have been simply a legal problem that wasn't necessary and it would have scared the kids. She was over reacting BECAUSE she was high. If I (who was not drunk or high but was clear headed and grounded) thought it WAS an emergency I would have taken her and not cared about the kids feelings or any legal issues! Do you think I'm here DB'ing because I want her to die???
I believe I said I had gotten a DUI a few years back. In California you HAVE to go to drug education classes. Since I am the type of person who absorbs knowledge I believe I know a LOT about the effects of various drugs on people. Especially alcohol and marijuana. Probably much more than I really wanted to know.
And while she was sitting I got on line (easy to do, there are 7 computers in our house in various rooms on a network and they are always on line) and looked up the negative side effects of THC to refresh my memory which are:
"Increased heart rate, depersonalization, disorientation and acute panic reactions or severe paranoia."
Sure sounded like her, and it matched my own experiences with these drugs. None of the symptoms she showed we excessive and I monitored her VERY closely to get a handle on things until I felt that she was going to be OK.
These posts of 'you should have done this!!!' 'And 'she could have died!!!' are not helpful, nor are they ACCURATE. They are judgemental, after the fact, opinions from people who simply were not there and did not experience the situation.
How do you think attacking my choices is helping?
I was SCARED because I had not seen HER this way in years. I was SCARED because for her to do something like this is very very UNLIKE her? I wasn't scared while I was IN the situation, I was scared after I knew she was going to be alright. I was SCARED because when she first told me,] she was panicing and her heart was beating fast, I did NOT KNOW she was on drugs at the time till she finaly told me and I knew what was going on.
The whole 'emergency' lasted 15 minutes. I checked on her every 1/2 hour or so in case she THREW UP so I could take care of her.
And as far as SHE was concerned this morning I WAS her knight in shining armor because I WAS calm and did NOT overreact. She was GLAD I called it right and she didn't have to be humiliated in front of the kids by going to the hospital and scaring them.
I can't believe I have to defend myself for being calm, examining the situation and not overreacting.
