[xRavenx]

Things are just building up, and I can't let things go anymore. Lately, most of what I feel is anger. Even though there's situations in my life that have led to some anger, my reaction to everything is really over the top. Because of it, my anxiety is so high and I keep raging towards random people in my head. It's intrusive, and these thoughts won't leave. When I'm driving, it's especially distracting and makes me feel on the verge of a panic attack. I know it's part of this mixed episode that I'm in, but I am not sure what to do about it. I can't get in to see my pdoc yet.

Just wondering what has helped you with anger, in terms of meds especially?? I don't want to be a zombie, but I just want to feel normal.

[Faltering]

APs have been particularly helpful for my anger: Zyprexa and Vraylar. Hopefully you can get in to see your pdoc soon.

[99fairies]

LAMICTAL!! Best thing for anger... for me anyway.

[*Laurie*]

Mood stabilizers. Lithium is helping me.

[~Christina]

I can't say what meds have helped me in the past, far to many to wade through but .....

I went out to a thrift store one day and bought some seriously ugly plates, I smashed a few and it really helped me blow off some anger, I place them in a garbage bag so I don't have a mess to clean up afterwards LOL

Originally Posted by xRavenx

Things are just building up, and I can't let things go anymore. Lately, most of what I feel is anger. Even though there's situations in my life that have led to some anger, my reaction to everything is really over the top. Because of it, my anxiety is so high and I keep raging towards random people in my head. It's intrusive, and these thoughts won't leave. When I'm driving, it's especially distracting and makes me feel on the verge of a panic attack. I know it's part of this mixed episode that I'm in, but I am not sure what to do about it. I can't get in to see my pdoc yet.

Just wondering what has helped you with anger, in terms of meds especially?? I don't want to be a zombie, but I just want to feel normal.

I rage at the injustice of real people, in their face and in public. Anger cleanses my wicked soul. I enjoy being angry. I’m not too keen on perfecting a wheelchair-bound lithium shuffle, these days.

Lithium. If you don’t mind the crap that accompanies the drug.

[xRavenx]

I'm taking Lamictal now at maximum dose.....so I guess that's not really doing it's job, although I know things would even more out of control without it. I might have to go back to high dose Seroquel since my current 300-400 isn't quite right, but that means all the physical side effects and everything else that goes with the higher doses. Never been on Lithium.....my pdoc has talked about it, but we are really trying to avoid the constant blood work. She also talked about Risperdal before. I am nervous about it, but if there's any positive experiences without horrendous side effects that would defeat the purpose and make me more angry, then at least that would be something to consider. Hmm....

While I can't stay on it, olanzapine helps quite a bit.

It makes me eat so much my stomach hurts, though. I'm trying lithium now, day 3

[Row Jimmy]

-Hiking and climbing mountains
-Meditation and mindfulness
-Music
-Building models
-Reading
-Vegetating
-Avoiding triggers like traffic, noise, and arguing with everyone I disagree with

[Guiness187055]

xanax helps me in a pinch

Originally Posted by Row Jimmy

-Hiking and climbing mountains
-Meditation and mindfulness
-Music
-Building models
-Reading
-Vegetating
-Avoiding triggers like traffic, noise, and arguing with everyone I disagree with

What in the world is ‘mindfulness’? That word pops up when Amazon thinks that, because I’m reading Otto Frank, I would like to read some god-damned self-help books.

I think of mountain memories, as I can no longer climb. Music. Reading. Kind rumination with no regrets, no regrets. The lovely girls and boys becoming even more lovely women and men.

Oh. And the one thing that cannot be told.

Originally Posted by Guiness187055

xanax helps me in a pinch

God-damn my soul.

You ‘won’t take Thorazine’? You god-damned will when your pendulum swings in a mental hospital. You don’t mind the lithium tremors? Are you proud of your medications? I cannot imagine a psychiatrist in these times prescribing all the shite you swallow.

Xanax has the same Good Name as opioids these days. And it’s just as cautiously prescribed. Xanax is indicated for those with anxiety and panic disorders; not for ‘anger’ issues.

I’m shocked that recommendations for so many controlled substances are being thrown out, willy-nilly-willy, as remedies for less-than-lethal concerns.

A mod is really needed, I suppose, to define ‘support.’ My suggestion, should the OP reside in a more enlightened State, is some form of medicinal marijuana. Controlled, yes. Federally illegal? Oh, yes. Soothing and calming and helpful for many - but not all - types of pain? A-1.

But cannabis is not as addictive as alprazolam. A user won’t die from seizures going through cannabis withdrawal.

I should delete my account. Nothing but my ire is raised when I read of those wallowing in their symptoms and wishing to drag others along, diagnosing and dispensing psychotropic medications.

[Trippin2.0]

DBT... Particularly the Distress Tolerance module.

Before that Risperdal helped to suppress it, mask it.

I prefer the non chemical way of dealing.

[winter loneliness]

The best thing for me to do is remove myself from the situation, and not speak.

Not optimal.

what helps me is a good scream.

perhaps not the healthiest way of dealing with it, but it helps.

I second lithium

****ing amazing.

oh right

and loud music.. the louder it is, the more I want to just get lost in it

[Wild Coyote]

If it's more like Bipolar agitation which cannot be helped without a med, I have found Depakote helpful.

If it's an angry response to something in life, it may well be a healthy response. If the angry response seems too unruly, I use breathing exercises to help to shift emotions.

I hope you feel more comfortable soon.


WC

snapping cds.

snapping my best albums in to 2

[Shazerac]

It's impossible to completely avoid anger, and even if we could it's not a good idea. Anger is an emotional barometer. Its telling us that something is going on that we need to address.

The best solution is to deal directly with the source of your feelings of anger. If you can't, then expressing anger in safe way like Cristina said is helpful.

Break some cheap dishes, scream into a pillow, beat up your sofa..... there is a cuss thread on this forum. I go there when I feel pissed off and just want to cuss my head off.

[WildcatVet]

Lithium and Vraylar, but before that I put my fist through a wall. Felt good, but NOT a suggestion!

[xRavenx]

Thanks everyone!! As far as a couple of the questions go, some of the anger is situational, but some of it is either just out-of-nowhere extreme agitation related to mood swings. Certain sounds and settings bother me. I know some stuff can naturally be irritating, but it feels like x100. The situational stuff includes certain things I cannot control anymore. Therapy didn't really help, because it was more "process" related, rather than giving me much of a direction to go in. I can't afford therapy anymore anyway and feel I re-hashed a lot of different subjects. I don't have much to talk about with them either way....it became mostly free-floating anger, where it is hard to articulate how I feel. A lot of therapists can't really follow my thought process for whatever reason. I'm not sure why.

[winter loneliness]

When I get that kind of overly, agitated, supremely irritated anger, it is time for my PRN anti-psychotics. That means I am entering the dysphoria of mania.

[xRavenx]

Originally Posted by winter loneliness

When I get that kind of overly, agitated, supremely irritated anger, it is time for my PRN anti-psychotics. That means I am entering the dysphoria of mania.

Same when I enter dysphoric mania. I wonder if a PRN would work out well for me. I have a PRN plan for the anxiety, and I'm already on an AP, but wonder if maybe even a second AP for a period of time would help. I don't want to act like I am able to treat myself, but just thinking.

[winter loneliness]

Originally Posted by xRavenx

Same when I enter dysphoric mania. I wonder if a PRN would work out well for me. I have a PRN plan for the anxiety, and I'm already on an AP, but wonder if maybe even a second AP for a period of time would help. I don't want to act like I am able to treat myself, but just thinking.

What are you on now?

I am on laminate, lexipro and zolpidem. I take ativan or risperidone as needed.

[xRavenx]

Originally Posted by winter loneliness

What are you on now?

I am on laminate, lexipro and zolpidem. I take ativan or risperidone as needed.

I'm on Gabapentin (3x daily), Lamictal (400 mg daily), Seroquel (dose is always up and down, depending on mood and risking side effects, at minimum 300 mg. I've been on much higher.), Klonopin .5 mg daily or as needed. I cannot take any SSRIs, they've induced very awful dysphoric manic states w/paranoia. Similar with Wellbutrin (caused severe anxiety and agitation).