This was my most recent outburst, which I am not proud of.

Recently I bought a brand new jar of peanut butter. There were three jars in the cupboard that needed to be finished up. Finished up in my eyes means you get a rubber scraper and you scrape every last bit out. Probably barely enough to cover one piece of bread. If it were anyone else they would have chucked those jars into the garbage.

Then my 13 yr. old randomly said later that day, "I had the best sandwich earlier. I love fresh peanut butter out of the jar." My eyes grew wide, I checked the jar and sure enough it had been opened. I went ballistic. I threw the other three jars that were pretty much empty - hard across the room, breaking a thing or two and obliterating everything in their path and scaring the crap out of my kids.

Over peanut butter.

So when I get like that consistently and fess up to my psych, my seroquel gets bumped up temporarily, otherwise I spin into a mixed state. And I use xanax temporarily. I hate that stuff. I had a friend that was addicted to it, so I use it very, very sparingly. Have had the same bottle for 6 months.

So fess up. What are you like when you are over the top irritable?

I start off feeling like everybody is SLOW, even checking my voice mail makes me angry. Then I yell then I cry. Then horrible guilt, then if I'm still out of it I go in my room and tell my son pls just leave me alone for an hour. Sometimes though I will call my sister (I have many) who is completely opposite of me and tell her how unsupportive she is. Oh I hate when I get like that.....

[~Christina]

I use to fling things and yell at anyone and anything that was in my vicinity.. Then self harm happens.

This is what I have learned.. Coping skills and meditation needs to be done daily not just when all hell breaks loose. Yes it is not easy, not at all.

When whatever has happened to trigger a blow up....

Stop.

Breathe deep, feel how the air feels flowing into your bronchial tubes and further into your lungs.. Yeah sounds weird but it works.

If you feel like you are just going lose it .. Remove yourself from what is causing the irritation.

Take a fast walk,jog,run.. situps, pushups any exercise that will burn off the anger.

90 % of the time I can bring down a blow up before it happens.

I'm funny about food being wasted , and I don't even really like food , go figure .

Good luck!

When I think about it, I do EFT tapping. Works well, just have to be consistent about it.
I have tried getting away from thhe situation. Then the brain gets amped up and I get obsessive about it until I do something about it good or bad.

Thanks for the suggestions!

[Kristiemarie]

I get irrational. I cry at the drop of a hat and then yell at everyone. I get antsy and agitated. I yell at the dog for licking too loudly. I feel like I want to run away.

[Anneinside]

I don't act out when irritable, but one time I was driving and waiting at a stop light. The driver in front of me was wearing her sunglasses on top of her head. I wanted to scream at her because that is now how you wear sunglasses. Silly I know but at the time it really bothered me! Definitely came from my mania.

[cocoabeans]

I just get really snappy and sensitive and instead of laughing at most things that make me laugh, I might go into an angry rant.

I'm not a violent person so I don't throw things or act out like that when I want to take it out on others. All impulsive like I use words and can say just the right thing to upset others if I want. Words are mightier than peanut butter jars.

[BlueInanna]

I have yelled at the peanut butter... and the celery... fessing up to everything else, would take too long If I yelled at my child for eating the wrong jar of peanut butter, I would probably apologize fairly quickly. I feel horrible when the kids have to see my insanity. (Not calling you insane hun, but I feel insane when I do this stuff.)

I have not yelled at the "sunny butter" yet (sunflower seed butter is allowed at school, most schools around here outlaw peanut butter because many kids have allergies).

My irritability gets bad, mostly manifest as a lot of crying spells.

[faerie_moon_x]

For me my skin feels weird. Like it's stretched too tight or tingly or something. I just have this weird physical discomfort. My thoughts can't seem to really connect onto one thing. So, if something is even mildly annoying, it is like dropping mentos into a diet soda.... I have yelled, smashed stuff, torn up paper, cried... I get snappy and snippy. I'm not always aware that I'm annoyed or irritable, either. or that it's worse than I realize.

yesterday I twisted a paperclip until it snapped in half I was so irritated about having to give out the address to the office. I is 100% illogical.

[Victoria'smom]

It goes from every thing slow to yelling and aggression to wanting to strangle people.

I get very ocd about everything. Highly sensitive to noise. Get snappy with everyone around me including my child. I do try to tell her when I feel this way and I don't mean to get snappy with her but kinda warn her that mommy is snappy so please mind your manners and be a better listener. Then I remind her how much I love her. Trying to teach her about my mood swings and how they have nothing to do with her.

[faerie_moon_x]

Originally Posted by triste1

I get very ocd about everything. Highly sensitive to noise. Get snappy with everyone around me including my child. I do try to tell her when I feel this way and I don't mean to get snappy with her but kinda warn her that mommy is snappy so please mind your manners and be a better listener. Then I remind her how much I love her. Trying to teach her about my mood swings and how they have nothing to do with her.

This is a good idea. Starting at an early age teaching that sometimes mommy doesn't feel good and it's not your fault is a good idea. My husband thinks when I'm depressed it means I'm unhappy with him, which is completely not true. but I can't figure out how to convince him of that.

Originally Posted by dark_heart_x

For me my skin feels weird. Like it's stretched too tight or tingly or something. I just have this weird physical discomfort. My thoughts can't seem to really connect onto one thing. So, if something is even mildly annoying, it is like dropping mentos into a diet soda.... I have yelled, smashed stuff, torn up paper, cried... I get snappy and snippy. I'm not always aware that I'm annoyed or irritable, either. or that it's worse than I realize.

yesterday I twisted a paperclip until it snapped in half I was so irritated about having to give out the address to the office. I is 100% illogical.

I thought the paper clip thing was hysterical. Thanks for the laugh. I am sorry I thought it was so funny, but it was. You're awesome!

[faerie_moon_x]

Originally Posted by Frenetic47

I thought the paper clip thing was hysterical. Thanks for the laugh. I am sorry I thought it was so funny, but it was. You're awesome!

No, I'm glad you had a laugh at that! It makes me feel like the Hulk or something, I was shocked when it broke. (You won't like me when I'm angry, paperclips tremble at my approach!) And it is pretty funny, when you think about it. I even texted my husband that I had just destroyed a whole paperclip, and I am keeping the piece in my desk to remind me of being irrational. LOL.

[loudpipes]

For me I feel an intense rage and paranoia that everyone is out to get me. The last time I lost it was one week ago. I landed myself in jail and am now facing felony battery charges. Need to learn to control my rage. My court date is April 3rd and I pray the judge lets me off with no jail time. I've never been to a therapist, do they really help?

[Victoria'smom]

I've never been to a therapist, do they really help? It depends on a lot of things. True trust is needed for if to work.

usually end up swearing at people, throwing things, and then just go in to some rant not even related to the subject- and it's usually something totally stupid like.. why is magic not real, something really un important

[faerie_moon_x]

Originally Posted by loudpipes

For me I feel an intense rage and paranoia that everyone is out to get me. The last time I lost it was one week ago. I landed myself in jail and am now facing felony battery charges. Need to learn to control my rage. My court date is April 3rd and I pray the judge lets me off with no jail time. I've never been to a therapist, do they really help?

It depends on the therapist and it depends on you. I had one therapist after my mom died, for grief, and she was terrible! She would roll her eyes at me, etc. I was just a kid!

But other therapists have really helped me. My old psychologist was wonderful. She used to actually listen to me and trust what I was saying. She wasn't one of those "happy puppy rainbow people," (if you just think of happy puppy rainbows all the troubles go away!) Sometimes just having a logical, objective person listen to you and believe in what you say, and give you practical advice is amazingly helpful.