icesktr189 Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 i just got done watching law abiding citizen and now my POTS is horrible. i was feeling good before the movie but the adreneline from watching it makes me feel way worse. so now i cant even watch a movie! haha.i gave up scary/adrenaline movies which i used to loveanyone else with this problem??i noticed i have this feeling for hours after i watch one of those types of movies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitsakatsa Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 I was nearly kilt by the movie Cars. I feel bad because I either go to the fun movies and feel horrible or I go to the boring movies so that I can feel halfway normal afterwards. Plus, do you have a hard time smelling the popcorn and all and sitting that long? I just think the whole experience is difficult. My family likes to go to a stadium thing on the 4th of July. I dread it all year long!!Just think- if more people had POTS, the theatres would let you lay down and it would be projected on the ceiling! Also, there would be breaks and I'm pretty sure there would be free licorice ropes!!Kits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icesktr189 Posted February 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 oh i would LOVE a movie theatre that let us lie down! haha. sad part is that i was watching this movie at home while laying down! i usually stick to romantic/boring ones that dont get me to have those surges but its so frustrating see all these movies i have from when i was "normal" that i cant watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 I have the exact same problem, I used to often complain that I was no longer able to play some of my favourite video games or watch movies that contain exciting scenes. I found myself getting too engaged and my body flipping out from it, especially with video games my heart would become too rapid so I had to give it up unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firewatcher Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Yeah, I'd love to go see Avatar, but I think that the graphics will give me a migraine, not to mention the whole POTS thing. I have to wait for everything to come out on video. I feel so crazy sometimes, I'll get tachy and sweaty palms just from watching TV. I can't get a new TV because the flat-screens all produce a strobe effect that worsens my headaches. I don't know what I'm going to do when my 19 year old TV kicks the bucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icesktr189 Posted February 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 oh i totally know what you mean with the plasma screen tvs. my mom just bought one and I hate it. i feel like i cant focus my eyes and i get light headed when i watch it.oh and dont let me gets started on when my fiance convinced me to go see "a Christmas carol" in 3D! felt like i was dying after wards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikki Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Yup, it happens to me too. I went to go see Quantum of Solace (that James Bond movie) with my fiance when it first came out in theaters and I felt horrible the entire time..There was WAY too much stuff going on for my brain to keep up! I also kind of get that same feeling when they do like an aerial shots in movies. I don't know if that part is weird or if that happens to other people too..It definitely gets frustrating though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakentesh Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 The old overstim... I used to drink a light beer to counteract this and it worked for a while. A drink before a movie or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemons2lemonade Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I agree with rama, I think that this happens because our "excitement" hormones are already high and the stress of these stimuli push us over the threshold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icesktr189 Posted January 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Wow cant believe its been almost a year since I posted this and Im still having the same annoying issues. LOL. I swear once i get into Mayo I am going to try every med even if it kills me haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icesktr189 Posted January 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I wont even chance alcohol at this point...I think it would send me right to the ER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissy Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 LOL my kids got a playstation for Xmas and I remember my good'ol teen years of playing myself (secretly I was hooked on adventure games) SO I decided hey it might give me something to enjoy while laying and sitting all the time right....Well I was dead wrong!!!!! I begin playing and everytime I fall off of something or get killed my heart jumps, after playing for about an hour my hands are sooo sweaty. I start thinking its just a coincidence but the next day I try again by that time I have invested alot of time into this game I'm trying to beat it, I began having the same symptoms but worse I start having more palps and scary chest pain! After 3 days of this I finally quit playing! SO it is some weird stimulation that affects me and action packed movies do the same to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abnel Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Dani, I am exactly the same. Last scary movie I watched was Shutter Island. Quite a scary, suspense movie. Bad idea! I had tachycardia all night until 6am after watching that. Was feeling great until after the movie. I'm relieved to know I'm not the only one who suffers with this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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