[Love&Toil]

Today I have felt mainly *****y, annoyed and irritable. It's been difficult to control my tone and temper, when I've barked at my children I've stopped to say, "Oops, I'm doing it again. My voice sounds very grumpy. I can try to speak in a nicer way." But two seconds later I'm growling again. It's been very difficult today. Anybody else feeling *****y or annoyed and wish to commiserate? Dh is giggling at me and thankfully keeping a lite tone, not taking it personally as he sometimes does. I think that's because he knows I am self-aware even though I'm having a hard time controlling it today.

[TheatreKid]

I am so irritable I'm ready to put my head through a wall.

[Oninna]

Luckily I'm on Lamictal which removed all traces of irritability (thank goodness) from my life. But I can feel your pain, irritability was one of my worst BP symptoms. Have you tried Lamictal?

[Love&Toil]

Not fun is it Theatre Kid?

[Tucson]

I started to become angry and irratible with my daughter. But I stopped myself before there was an explosion of words at her. This is not easy me to do.

defriended 3 or 4 people on facebook. i dont know them well and i just hated everything they had to say. just having them on my friends list was irritating the crap out of me.

[rollacoasta]

Off the Richter man!

[loophole]

I.do this all the time.. it's hard.sometime... very.. Dr tomorrow. (Another new one) therapist tuesday

[lilypup]

I get irritable when I am going into hypo. You know, though, sometimes i think i am too easy going when i am depressed. So my family gets away with a lot of stuff like not helping or being disrespectful. When I feel stronger, I call them on it. So some of my irritability has a little justification.

[Love&Toil]

Originally Posted by lilypup

I get irritable when I am going into hypo. You know, though, sometimes i think i am too easy going when i am depressed. So my family gets away with a lot of stuff like not helping or being disrespectful. When I feel stronger, I call them on it. So some of my irritability has a little justification.

I can so relate to this.

[tigersassy]

I'm irritable,on a really low dose of lamictal right now. My irritability is getting me into trouble at work so I'm going to ask my Pdoc to approve sorry term disability for me for a med adjustment to get this under control.

[Love&Toil]

Originally Posted by Oninna

Luckily I'm on Lamictal which removed all traces of irritability (thank goodness) from my life. But I can feel your pain, irritability was one of my worst BP symptoms. Have you tried Lamictal?

No I have never tried Lamictal... so far my med combination has been great but does not eliminate the irritability/*****iness, just takes the edge off so I'm not literally beating myself over the head.

Originally Posted by Tucson

I started to become angry and irratible with my daughter. But I stopped myself before there was an explosion of words at her. This is not easy me to do.

Yes, it can be very challenging to enact that bit of self control. Good for you.

[Love&Toil]

Originally Posted by tigersassy

I'm irritable,on a really low dose of lamictal right now. My irritability is getting me into trouble at work so I'm going to ask my Pdoc to approve sorry term disability for me for a med adjustment to get this under control.

I hope it works out for you. What dose of L are you on now?

[tigersassy]

Originally Posted by Love&Toil

I hope it works out for you. What dose of L are you on now?

I'm only on 100mg of lamictal one time a day. Hoping to start moving up again starting tomorrow.
But I'm also on 40mg of viibryd, 10mg of buspar 3x's a day, and 20mg of propranalol 2x's (for blood pressure). So who knows what is going to change tomorrow with my emergency Pdoc appt and follow up with my new regular Pdoc on the 13th. I need stability soon though.

[Love&Toil]

Originally Posted by Anonymous46777

defriended 3 or 4 people on facebook. i dont know them well and i just hated everything they had to say. just having them on my friends list was irritating the crap out of me.

That must have felt great! I hear you that you have to cull the FB friend stash from time to time.

[Love&Toil]

So in addition to the irritability, I also feel like having a smoke which is completely unlike me! Time to pull out the secret stash...

[rollacoasta]

Originally Posted by Love&Toil

So in addition to the irritability, I also feel like having a smoke which is completely unlike me! Time to pull out the secret stash...

If you're talking about the certain smoke I am talking about, I am so jealous! I used to really enjoy having some and then really enjoying and relaxing with my hobbies. But I can't do it anymore while I am being treated for BP. Well I could, but I decide not to risk it.

Enjoy your smoke

[Love&Toil]

Haha not that kind of smoke. Unfortunately drugs and I just do NOT mix! I ended up going out to 2a.m. instead. :-)

[Perfectllyflawed]

Feeling irritable today, it's been about 2 weeks since I've been this bad. I have terrible road rage uhhh!

[wiretwister]

does yelling and throwing at the tv count,,, lamictal 200mg helps, sleep helps more very regular bedtime...

[wildflowerchild25]

I'm checking in on the irritable side of things today. Been so for a couple of days. My son is going to be the death of me. He's three and a half and In a defiant stage. Just not listening to anything and saying no and doing crazy things like dumping his pee out of his potty into his bed...I'm so irritable that all I'm doing is yelling and screaming but I'm afraid I'm going to do worse, like hit him. I've swatted him on his bottom and smacked his hand but I don't even like doing that. I'm afraid that the rage will take over and I could really hurt him. Right now it's manageable so I'm not scared yet but that's usually my main fear when I'm irritable and rageful.

At least the meds are working enough to keep me somewhat contained.

[rollacoasta]

thank goodness for meds alright.

I spoke with my keyworker and split my Seroquel up so I had 100mg this morning to stop racing thoughts and irritability. It worked, finally my mind is calm.

So much going on in life that sometimes your tanks just overflow.

[InnovateYoung21]

Dumb question here, posters do you find that discussing and acknowledging your irritability makes it any better? Also what things do you do to help improve your state of mind when you're irritated?

[newtothis31]

When I'm irritable, I have this uncanny ability to throw verbal daggers at my loved ones. I know my loved ones where I know how to hurt them in the worst way imaginable. For a long time, I chalked it up to my ability to have a deep understanding of the human experience, a desire to be truthful and honest with others- but it really served as a mechanism to ensure that I could continue the upper hand. So for me- I have to recognize that I'm irritable and most of the time- getting myself to sleep is the only way I can get out of it. Fortunately- I am on medication that has greatly reduced the irritability- but I do have to keep an eye on my stress level and make sure that I'm taking good care of myself.

One of the hardest decisions that I had to make for managing my irritability long term was to distance myself from a family member. She has the mindset "fight fire with fire" and would go out of her way to provoke me since she has the same irritability issues that I have. I had to make it clear that I couldn't handle her negativity- and that I needed to keep myself healthy. She didn't take the news well, and has kept me from her kids. It hurts but I understand that she has every right to make that decision as a mother.

With irritability- you have to understand the behaviors that you are driven to do that you simply wouldn't do otherwise. Once you pinpoint those actions and behaviors, it gets easier to manage. Sometimes it can be as simple as having too much caffeine in your system- other people are driven to irritability by having compulsive thoughts.

[Skitz13]

Not very irritable these days but my anxiety is through the roof