Does anyone have outbursts of mad rage?

[dawsohs]

Hey does anyone else have outbursts of rage when they are perfectly fine one minute or quite happy in their own little worlld in their head, and then they think that someone or something is saying/thinking bad thoughts about them so they burst into a mad rage, telling people to f pff and leave them alone. I'm taking abit of a risk by asking this question as i don't want anyone to think i'm a super nasy person, but i was just wondering if that maybe relates to rapid cycling and paraniod thoughts?
I occassionally get so wound up over what others see as nothing and no big deal, but i see it as the hugest deal and sometimes don't deal with things very well. for example, someone i don't know looking at me and smiling, but i think they are plotting against me and the smile is not a nice smile it's a crafty sly smile and they are thinking that they want to get me .........................Would appreciate if someone can either tell me if it's a part of BP or if i'm just a nut?

[ApRiLGeTsAngry77]

These can all be symptoms of another illness including borderline personality disorder. I experience rages of anger due to my bpd. I would talk to your doctor and therapist about your symptoms. You could also need a med adjustment. Whatever the case, I hope you start to feel better soon and take care!

[dawsohs]

Thanks for everyone's input i now am aware that it's not just me in my personality there is obviously an underlying issue with bp. I'm waiting to see if i need to see a p doc again as ive just had an assesment with a p nurse. See if i get another appointment, when i saw the nurse bp was discussed and i'm feeling that they could be right as the stuff people talk about on here tend to decribe my feelings/thoughts and reactions quite well. I am just finding my feet with this illness and i'm looking at as much stuff i can on the internet to try and really educate  myself. It's just very frustrating aint it that you can't seem to control yourself? I am really very sorry i have this mad rage as i am hurting the people i love so much but i have no control and don't know when it's coming.. I'm hoping all you lot will support me and guide me along with meds if i get prescribed any to calm myself and control my mood x Thanks again for your help x Holly x

[wj74]

I rage when I'm overly frustrated. My son does it too, and he's not diagnosed bipolar.

[adel_ezz]

Hi
Those who answered you above are not the only ones to have had rage. The "majority" of BP have it and as ILADVOCATE told you it's called mixed state. The only difference between me and you is that you can have it in front of people when you get mad at them if they say something irritating you. With me it happens when I remember something in the past which occurred and i couldn't change it, i wish i can still change it but i know it's over, yet i can't forget about it and i keep thinking about it until i rage  

[paranoid_cataclysm]

This can be a part of anything which paranoia is involved.  I would not fly into fits of anger and "tell people to F off" except if it was someone really close to me, who knows I am mentally ill, because my trust has been abused a lot in the past but often I would suspect everyone's motives no matter how close I am to them and start panicking.  I don't do this for people who don't know normally because I don't want just anyone to know I am messed up in the head so I try to remain distant from most people I run in to.  I find on this new medicine I am on my paranoia is blunted a tiny bit as opposed to Geodon which only reduced the frequency but not the severity.  Before antipsychotics, I would have random bursts of rage and attack inanimate objects when something would set me off however, but this is because I have a lot of repressed rage from bottling up my anger constantly when I'm messed with.  Anyway, my point is this is not exclusive to bipolar disorder but can happen in it, since I have been diagnosed with schizophrenia.  My family members with bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder have had this happen for them as well.

[heyjude1]

Well, then you are not the only nut!!  Sudden rages are my  speciality!  They  come on so  suddenly without warning, I hate it.  I say stuff to  people I would normally never enter my mind and yes, alot of times because I am parinoid that they are talking about me and  planning against me.  There have been a few times that I  thought I was going to physically try  to hurt someone...it is very scary to think you could be capable of  such a thing.  My mania comes on just a quickly with elavated feeling of intense happiness and sudden on et of unlimited energy.  My p-doc has me on a antiphysotic for mood swings daily.  Are you taking  any mood stablizers?
Actually,I think our behavior is fairly  common with BP.  I am normally a very easy going and concerned of others feelings until the  rages hit.

[Xila31]

Oh, I have this, too. I do not get angry very often. But when I am hypomanic I am very irritable and on edge. I get very angry and defensive very easily. This happened to me just last night. There is a lot of stress right now in my household and I just exploded at my mother-in-law and brother-in-law because they are driving me crazy with their attitudes after we let them move in with us when we were struggling. So, I am still a bit hyped on that so I'm not going to say more.

But, yeah, screaming and yelling and just shaking on the inside like a valcano is exploding. That's pretty much me when I get pushed too far and I'm not doing well. You are not alone. I am not violent, but I do yell. And that is not normal for me because I'm usually a very calm person and I usually don't pick fights and freeze up when there is confrontation. Hypomania just drives me forward. Plus, that is when I get most paranoid, repetetive thoughts, and lack of judgement and concentration, so I just go blindly.

[ILADVOCATE]

Before my current recovery when I thought people were plotting against me (which I did experience before recovery) it was when I was having paranoid delusions but it depends with each person. When I felt angry at the world which still could occur if I were off a mood stabilizer that was an agitated mixed state which is very common where the person has the speeded up quality of mania but the down quality of depression. It would be worthwhile to ask your psychiatrist about all this and what is going on and how it could be treated.

[starbunny]

The whole paranoia thing - I can relate to as part of the bipolar, so your not a nut! I also go through really irritable periods and have got angry with people I'm close to:(
However I try not to react to paranoid thoughts, as it is hard to tell at times whether it is based in reality or not. A lot of times I look back and would have regretted confrontation if I'd have acted on my suspicions, but I can well understand you lashing out when the feeling is so strong.