Narcosis Triggers

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Jerome's Sock Puppet - 24 Jan 2004 21:14 GMT

So the new guy at work is Vietnamese, and since it's lunar new year, he
brought in a ton of good food, and I spent most of the day snacking on spicy
yummieness.

That night I head out to Seacrest to fall in before I go home. The plan is
the samesame plan. Swim to bouy, submerge, I-beams, honeybear, cold-or out
of air, beach, home. Same plan I've dove a zillion times.

So we get to the i-beams, which were sitting at about 100' today. And I
notice that I'm narced off my gourd. Whacky narc. I'm looking at my guages
for a long time, then immediately forgetting what I read there. I can't
concentrate. Things are funny. I signal that I'm koo-koo, so we begin to
rise, and I clear up at about 90'.

I've been on the i-beams at 100' countless times, and I've been narced.
This day, pow. So, I remember a fairly decent discussion here regarding
narcosis, and some triggers. People mentioned things like blood sugar,
hydration, and thermal protection. Anyone think vietnameese food can
trigger narc?

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Submergo ergo sum

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Scott - 24 Jan 2004 21:28 GMT

> So the new guy at work is Vietnamese, and since it's lunar new year, he
> brought in a ton of good food, and I spent most of the day snacking on spicy
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> hydration, and thermal protection. Anyone think vietnameese food can
> trigger narc?

Any chance any of it was fermented, but covered up by spices?

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Jerome's Sock Puppet - 24 Jan 2004 22:00 GMT

> Any chance any of it was fermented, but covered up by spices?

Mabey. There was a sweet rice roll wrapped around a pork loin. They wrap
it in bananna leaves and slow cook it for 10 hours, so it's possible.

I didn't feel anything like alcohol intoxication, though. I was thinking it
may have been something my body was producing to process the gut full of
spice.

I'd eat it again in a minute, and just limit my bottom to 90".

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Submergo ergo sum

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gjw - 25 Jan 2004 04:44 GMT

In the past I have noticed that if I eat a lot of spicy food, I tend to
become slightly dehydrated. Dehydration could lead to nitrogen narcosis
symptoms starting at a shallower depth.

;-> gjw

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Greg Mossman - 25 Jan 2004 20:50 GMT

> In the past I have noticed that if I eat a lot of spicy food, I tend to
> become slightly dehydrated. Dehydration could lead to nitrogen narcosis
> symptoms starting at a shallower depth.

I've found that too, but realized it was due to the beer. Beer always leads
to nitrogen narcosis symptoms starting at shallower depth.

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Scott - 25 Jan 2004 21:00 GMT

> > In the past I have noticed that if I eat a lot of spicy food, I tend to
> > become slightly dehydrated. Dehydration could lead to nitrogen narcosis
> > symptoms starting at a shallower depth.
>
> I've found that too, but realized it was due to the beer. Beer always leads
> to nitrogen narcosis symptoms starting at shallower depth.

So does pullin a big hit off a fatty, sitting on the transom, immediately
before flopping off.

Not that I know.

It's kinda like that theory that repeated exposure acclimates you to
narcosis.

If you are narced at the surface....

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Grumman-581 - 08 Mar 2004 07:39 GMT

> Beer always leads to nitrogen narcosis symptoms
> starting at shallower depth.

Quite a bit shallower... Like at the surface... <grin>

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