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>>309
たまらない is 堪らない technically but you'll almost never see it in kanji. The negative form is somewhat idiomatic, and it's used to mean "can't stand it" or "can't take it". It can also be used in a positive way, but in this case it probably has a more negative meaning.

Note that とまる and たまる are two completely different things, you'll never see one become the other due to phonetic shifts.