A little (funny?) story, not sure if it belongs here?
snorted some meth, ate some opium. Went to cinema. Felt a bit funny on transport, monitoring my pulse and my left foot and arm a bit numb/tingly as well as a tight chest.
got to cinema - told them "I've been suffering vertigo and dizzyness, in case something happens just need to let you know"
sat down to watch the film.
3 dudes at the back keep whispering. This is probably my number one hate in the world ever, it will make me angry for days afterwards if it doesn't stop (1st world problems). I'm a film guy, studied it, love it, critique it, etc.
For the first time in my life I stood up and asked them to stop whispering - ASKED them. No confrontation. In some ways, that was a major breakthrough for me, except....
My heart rate went so sky high I felt like I was gonna have a heart attack, chest pain, left leg and arm felt more weird. Hot, sweaty, disoriented. The guys didn't stop talking either. I realised I had to get out, couldn't even bring myself to say anything to them on the way out in case it pushed my heart over the edge. Almost wanted to collapse in front of them, just to punish them
Told the cinema staff, sat down did some deep breathing, got a refund, left.
Called up drugs helpline, then was forwarded to non emergency services for a chat, then was persuaded to get picked up in an ambulance. I did ask them to just give me some advice and let me sit with it for a bit.
Get to A&E - get ECG, blood pressure, all the works. The meth wore off, the opium still going strong, the chest pain goes and all I want to do is fall asleep. To literally take a bed for the sake of comfort in a hospital where people are on the edge of death and in desperate need.
ECG normal, everything normal, chest pain gone..... blank faced nurse gets me to sign myself out before the doctor came, she was very unimpressed.
Turns out I was just having a panic attack cos I was so scared to confront those dudes in the cinema.
EDIT: and I will never even know if they were actually talking over the film or I was imagining it....
True story
Don't do meth kids (or just don't go cinema)