Ever had a black out on a coaster?

[RRollergod]

Silly Rabit... You drink it at home before you leave!

[spaminacan11]

I actually have never blacked out on a coaster, but I did see spots on the Ninja after my 5th power ride. Why I was powerriding Ninja, I don't know, but I didn't ride again after that.

[Worm]

May not be a roller coaster but i blacked out when i bungee jumped off a 700 foot bridge...

[mike541x]

I also blacked out on Two face before. And my unlce told me he blacked out on Drachen Fire before they took out the first corkscrew.

[apollo210]

I never blackout. I might have did on my first ride on Apollo's Chariot, but my eyes were shut during the first drop.

[Golfie]

On Batman: The Ride at SFGAm, it was my first time on a vertical loop... i saw sparkles. After that, I've been totally fine on all other roller coasters.

[goleafsgo]

i blacked out for the whole of 'Dragon Fire' at PCW apparently...

 

(when i say whole i mean from the loop after the drop to the brake run...

[pvcoasterguy]

I have grey-outs on some coasters, sometimes. (Less than a black out... you just see a bunch of grey.)

 

Hulk (base of first drop to end of cobra roll or loop)

Dragon (at Adventureland, IA- second loop)

Kumba (dive loop)

[mightypotato]

I blacked out after getting off TTD. I got off, sat down and then I woke up in a flower bed.

 

Good times.

[ECZenith]

The helix on SFMM's Goliath made me NEARLY black out, I guess what is known as a gray-out happened to me.

[weeow]

I've never blacked out but for some odd reason my eyes rolled up in my head my first time on Expedition Everest's drop.

[Darien Laker]

Vekoma Boomerangs make me grey out for a moment. Especially going through the loop backwards. Arrow vertical loops can do it do, but not the way those Boomerangs do.

[IwantRevenge]

The Helix on Nitro. If the res tof the ride wasn't full of insane Airtime I would never go on again. Also B:TR in SFgafv give me blackouts in 2 Places, Before the first loop, and during the first Corckscrew.

[vjgx]

Nope. The closest I had was blurred vision on Tatsu's pretzel loop, opening day, 3rd row (YES, I WAITED IN THAT DANG LINE BUT IT WAS WORTH IT).

[tinflowers]

I'm not sure if I have or not. What does 'blacking out' mean really? I'm usually just having a great time screaming my head off on coasters, so I don't think I've ever experienced anything odd.

[Chadley]

Had a grey-out moment on Millenium Force this year at Coastermania. Go figure, riding coasters for most of 19 hours that day, and that was my 5th consecutive ride on MF at around 12am.

 

It was a very strange feeling. I felt light-headed, and my eyes literally went grey for a moment during the overbanked pretzel turns. I chalked it up to overdoing it, and called it a night.

[Johnny Upsidedown]

Grey outs on Titan during Media Day. After many rides on it you would feel the grey out. Its so weird how the world just kinda fades away in your vision and how your brain just kinda forgets what its doing.

[neovortex2k]

Yeah on the hulk, my second ever coaster with inversions.

It happened just befor the loop and woke up just as we pulled into the station.

I get grey outs a lot though now!

[SimpleAndClean46]

I blacked out on Xcelerator at Knott's Berry Farm!

[Rollerholden]

I've never completely blacked out, but everything turned white on:

Goliath at SFMM

Double Loop at GL

any Boomerang

Millennium Force's first turn

[Bonkers]

Blanked out on Titan at SFOT about a year ago. I chalk it up to having ridden it about 8 times in a row (explained by having it be a "school party" day, and everyone else was at lunch.), and the staff were cool and let me and some pals just ride over and over.

 

Welp, about into the "extra" helix, my mind got really happy all of the sudden and I felt like I was in the third person. Next thing I know, Elaine is slapping me and telling me to get out, we're back and there's a line.

 

Weird, yes...

[erinys]

I've never 'blacked' or 'greyed' out on a ride.

 

At one time, I blacked & greyed out a lot just in general life, but I was borderline anorexic. The things I learned were: HYDRATE! You need fluids, even overpriced ones, more so in the heat and/or sun. If you don't have enough fluids your blood volume and your blood pressure drops, so your heart may not generate the force to get blood to your brain. Blood sugar: EAT something! If you haven't eaten significant food in hours, just a piece of gum can be the worst thing for you, because that sudden influx of sugar causes your body to expect more, so it secretes lots of insulin which then knocks your blood sugar down even lower. Despite an earlier post, I think gaining a couple pounds helps. Generally, you need to have enough, consistent blood pressure to pump it to your brain under high G's.

 

A grey out for me usually started as tunnel vision, and only occasionally went to a black out because it was enough to alert me that something was wrong and to hydrate and eat. During a black out, I would just go down (head + concrete = bad), sometimes with no warning.

 

Some people have minor vagus nerve disorders or sensitivities that can make them exceptionally prone to both, especially on changing physical positions. If you nearly pass out when you give blood, you probably have a vagus nerve disorder (or are too skinny).

[Rollerholden]

^ That happened to me 2 summers ago. I was at Target with my mom, I was wearing all black, hadn't eaten breakfast but I had a candy bar, and when we were checking out everything went gray and the next thing I knew I was sitting on the floor and my mom was saying "are you okay? you just fell to the floor" or something like that. I got up and was fine after that though.

[odene497]

I've never really blacked out but i don't remember the first 2 seconds of Top Thrill Dragsters launch, which makes it that much more fun!

[Rollerholden]

^ I agree with the second part of your signature.