I have irritability in depression AND hypomania so maybe I'm just a ***** lol. But when I am hypo/manic I definitely get rageful. I've hit my husband, thrown my things including my phone, and I scream my head off. GOD HELP YOU if you're driving like an idiot and I'm manic behind you.

Yeah it's not good. I did well on trileptal for awhile but the irritability was worse I think. Especially because my mood was relatively stable.

I find that walking away from the situation if I can and taking deep breaths before responding can help me. Sometimes that pause gives me time to evaluate my initial response for validity.

And I forgot that if I don't have any benzos I will take two Benadryl and that will chill me out.