What happens if a guy takes 5 sleeping pills and whiskey at the same time?

Answer 1

Depending on your body weight, most likely you'll first be slightly over the legal blood alcohol limit for driving, then soon after you'll be asleep AND over the blood alcohol limit for driving.

A very dangerous combination for driving. Otherwise not wise but not likely to be deadly.

(One assumes modern sleeping aids).

Answer 2

Well -- depending on the amount of whiskey and your body size, you may or may not get high on the liquor you mentioned. Then, assuming you're living in the 21st century and using modern sleeping aids, you fall into a deep sleep, and sleep for quite a while. Then, according to all records I've seen, after a time, you wake up.

With the implementation of newer, safer sleeping pills, this combination, while not safe and not advisable, is also not typically lethal, barring other medical complications you haven't mentioned.

That doesn't mean this is safe. The newer sleeping pills have some odd side effects, including dizziness, amnesia, sleep walking (and sleep-eating!). Mixed with alcohol, the effects may be even more bizarre (as no-one has really studied this combination in depth at this time, at least as far as I've read).

You're advised (a) not to exceed recommended dosage and (b) not to mix pills with booze.

Answer 3

This can slow your heart rate down and you could possibly die.