hehe…hot food typically KILLS my highs. If I’m about to drive after a long night of partying, I’ll eat a couple chili peppers…and maybe have a couple during the drive just to be safe.
IIRC, you actually can get a mild high from spicy food. It triggers the release of endorphin’s in your brain or something like that. Really mild, similar to a good workout, but a measurable “high” nonetheless.
It looks lik what your are experiencing is a side effect of capzacin, the chemical in peppers and curry that makes it hot. The initial reaction is a mild to moderate chemical “burn”, this is what we peceive as hot. A side effect that some people encounter is the jittery kind of light headed feeling you are experiencing.