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 Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 1:09 pm
This happened to me today, and I've noticed other people in this community talking about it happening to them, too.
"Freakouts." Something triggers me, a minor put-down from someone, a screwup on my part, something goes wrong, and I get really, REALLY upset. I start crying, often very loudly, like a baby. I scream at everyone, everything they say makes me angry, even if they're trying to calm me down or just saying something totally innocuous. If someone touches me to try to calm me I want to lash out physically. I get an overwhelming urge to hurt myself or break things. I want to die or at least pass out--sometimes I've tried to will myself to do this, just to make whatever this is stop. Eventually--far too gradually--it goes away.
What the hell IS this?! It's nothing I've ever seen described in literature about depression or anxiety. Though it sometimes accompanies a panic attack, it's definitely not the same. It doesn't fit the description of any type of schizophrenic or manic episode. Prozac and Zoloft made these events all but nonexistant for me, but Lexapro, which I'm currently on, doesn't seem to keep them away.
*sigh* I just want to know what the hell is going on. I've never gotten an answer from any kind of shrink.
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:26 pm
Sounds like a temper tantrum to me! Maybe some of those anger management type techniques might help? But I don't think that you need to chalk "being really pissed off" up to any kind of disease. Then again, it might be anxiety related. I suppose it depends on how often it happens, what triggers it, what makes it go away and how much it interferes with your life.
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:59 pm
[Kudzu] Sounds like a temper tantrum to me! Wow. ...All I can say is thank god no one's ever said that to my face. I suppose I have Munchausen's syndrome. Sometimes I wish I were really sick so people would care about me.
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:18 pm
La Veuve Zin Kudzu Sounds like a temper tantrum to me! Wow. ...All I can say is thank god no one's ever said that to my face. I suppose I have Munchausen's syndrome. Sometimes I wish I were really sick so people would care about me. I don't think it's Munchausen's syndrome. And I'm sure plenty of people love you! I don't even think it's a bad thing for adults to have temper tantrums once in a while. Being pissed off is part of the human condition. You shouldn't have to feel bad about it! And I'm sorry if I made you feel worse about it than you already do. I meant to just find a term that would help you relax and accept something that I don't perceive as an illness. *shrugs* I'm sorry if I was rude and if I seemed like I was just blowing off something that is important to you. I guess that's just a coping mechanism for me, too!
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:52 pm
The same thing happens to me, only with me yelling and being violent and angry, rather than crying ,etc.
I've rarely ever taken it out on a person( only in extreme cases, usually with alcohol involved stare ), so I take it out on the nearest wall/tree/house. etc.
I've dislocated a finger twice and sprained a wrist, but it's better than facing assault charges.
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Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 12:03 pm
It sounds... kind of like a panic attack to me. Kind of.
I used to get the same way all the time, but I dunno. It used to happen every morning, I'd get the urge to run and so I'd go around the block sometimes six or seven times in a morning. Usually I got so scared I'd be throwing up. However, going to school always distracted me. Hey, I was in fifth grade at the time stare . Zoloft worked for me, but I don't even know if what you have is anxiety.
My friend gets the same symptoms as you sometimes when she's having or about to have a huge mood swing (she's bipolar). I guess you really could be anything....
That was comforting, wasn't it? Eh, sorry... The only way to know for sure is to talk to a phsychologist or psychiatrist.
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