Hi Moose. I can have elated joyful manias, ferociously rageful/ranting ones, and ones that combine both (elated then one teeny trigger sets me off in the other direction...then back to elated again.) I've always had a bit of a temper, as have both parents and both siblings, but again, we can also be very upbeat happy types, too.

During manic rages, I can get quite scary. It has resulted in cops being called (or threatened to be called) and people crying. One therapist quit me out of fear, and yet I have never ever threatened any living creature/person, physically. My mouth has been the main cause and/or how I look during rages. [Steam coming from my ears, fire from mouth, red face, laser beam eyes.]

Most of my manic rages were caused by feeling threatened/cornered, under extreme stress, or very frustrated.

I call those times my "Tasmanian Devil" periods. Remember Looney Tunes?