Thank you everyone for your understanding. I am sorry we all face these kinds of false assumptions and misinformation about the condition. It isn't fair and being honest certainly can come with a price.

I was thinking about it some more.... of course.... hard to shake over thinking stuff sometimes.... but I was thinking about a time when I was at bingo and people are suppose to turn off their cell phones but many ignore the curteousy rule and phones are always ringing. This particular time there were three people around a table of 6 with cell phones buzzing (vibrating) contantly. The women beside me was texting her husband every few minutes. Cell phones are my pet peeve at the best of times but at bingo they really bug me.

The woman on the other side of me was equally irritated. Every time the phone would buzz one of us would say 'what is that buzzing?'. We knew it was the phone but wanted to show our annoyance with the hope they would shut off their phones. Neither of us was willing to confront directly. One of the women did shut her phone off but the one beside me was oblivious. Her phone continued to buzz every few minutes.

Why I mention this story now is because one of the things I said loud enough for all to hear was "She might want to shut that thing off before some menopausal rage is set off around here." Everyone at the table but the one busy texting laughed at my comment.

I wonder if they would have laughed if I had said bi polar rage. They probably would have stared at me with fearful eyes instead. Maybe the texter would have left the table at the intermission instead of me. I moved three times before I found a spot out of earshot of a damned phone that night.