Hi all. Am new to here. Only found site today. Is just over a year on from having been spiked. I wasn't sexually assaulted but am still dealing with the trauma of the event. feel like I shouldn't be as I know it could have all been much worse but am now facing some very difficult times and I need to tell someone what has happened and how it has affected me. if only so others don't suffer the same fate in silence and think they are all alone. OK, so here goes...

I was out in my local town for a drink with my boyfriend and had nipped to the loo. I always look after my drink but as I had left it on the bar in full view of staff and my bloke was there also, didn't have any reason to believe it had been spiked.
I left the bar as about 10 mins after coming back from the toilet I had been unable to find my boyfriend and it transpired that the bouncers had asked him to leave without telling me as he was in work clothes (no other reason). I have reason to believe it was one of the bouncers who actually spiked me...
I walked out of pub, at the time feeling fine, but couldn't get hold of boyfriend as his mobile had no charge. He got home about 5 mins later and tried to phone me but by that time I had been arrested by the police as being drunk and disorderly, after I went to them and asked for help as just after I left the pub I felt very unwell, frightened and disoriented and not because I was drunk.
I spent over 12 hours in police custody of which I have no recollection. I was covered in bruises because of this and had been very violently sick.
During my time in police custody I was refused even a drink of water for over 12 hours. I was hallucinating and unwell when I did come round for several more hours.
I was charged, interviewed and released only after being in custody for over 16 hours and was blamed as being a criminal even though I was a victim of a crime. I was not allowed any phone call, even though I should have been able to inform someone, until I had been in custody about 14 hours.
I explained that I believed I had been spiked but the police would take no action, nor would they take blood or urine tests that may have confirmed I had been spiked.
I feel very let down and have no confidence in people right now because of this, and all because of some idiot who thought it was fun to watch what happened if they got someone out of it. I have since heard of a number of people this happened to in my area (including some in the same bar) at around the same time as me. Though as far as I am aware none have taken the matter to the police. If they had done so though I am sure the police would have dismissed them as they did me.
This also has negative consequences for me now for my future even though I have done nothing wrong I may be unable to gain work in my chosen field because of the police handling of the situation.
I feel broken.
Don't know what else to say. For someone else's sick idea of a joke my future hopes and dreams may well have been destroyed.