[scatterbrained04]

Anyone else get angry and frustrated with having bipolar? We go through so much with it, and dealing with it just gets old. I find my emotions confusing as hell with all the mood shifts too. I periodically go through times where I'm just so pissed off and don't to deal with it anymore. I feel like the people around me wouldn't understand this or think I'm being a drama queen.

[swimmingly]

I've been feeling this a lot lately. To the point where I want to cry because I'm so angry and frustrated. The mania's been so rapid fire lately and I don't get a lot of break for clarity of thought. Even now, I have to read each sentence a few times before I move to the next and I'm not sure that spelling is correct. This morning I'm weepy about everything. I had to call the public courts to inquire about how to adopt my step-daughter and I'm pretty sure I forgot to ask 3 questions on a list that I wrote down because I just can't do anything right.

So yeah. I get you friend. It's just not easy at all. I hate feeling like a victim and don't want to play a victim from this disorder. But sometimes damnit I feel like I've been victimized when I can't function like a person. When I can't drive myself to get a haircut and have to ask my 20-year old son, or 16-year old daughter who has her learning permit.

Blegh.

[Soupe du jour]

Absolutely! There were times when "anger and frustration" were my two middle names. Really, anger and frustration can symptoms of my hypomania/mania/mixed episodes or they can be normal emotions born from stressful situations (stress involved with having a major mental illness, work-related stress, and all others we deal with in life). Though it isn't a major personality trait of mine, I can't say that I don't have a bit of a temper, sometimes. Everyone in my family does. That contributes, too.

Bp Magazine (or bphope.com) has had an article about bipolar disorder and anger in the past, and one new one just popped up in my email this morning. If you're interested, find it at Anger Management: 7 Tips to Calm Your Rage | bpHope.com

[FluffyDinosaur]

Yep, sad, angry, frustrated. Some days I just walk around hoping that someone will give me a reason to go ballistic on them so I can get some relief from the rage.

[bpcyclist]

Mostly sad.

[fern46]

I get frustrated that my family has to worry continually about me. I know what that is like. I was on the other side of it with my mom. I give them every comfort possible by doing all I can to manage it, but I know the fear is still there. That makes me sad and angry at times.

I also have frustration that I cannot control my own mind. I have spent so much time learning ways to control emotion and thought spiritually. I know no matter what I've learned, there are some things I just cannot control.

[Moose72]

M angry at myself for ruining things with my anxiety which begets more anxiety.