In my experience, the anger and rage is a component of mania. I also notice that I get severely grumpy for a few days after I use a tranquilizer. I'd say that part of it is you and part of it is caused by meds. But that's just my experience and it might not have anything to do with you.

Thats what happens to me a few days or bad crankyness, followed by the ragey, angry irritable me.

A good friend of mine said my moods switch too much, they can daily for me, or weekly, to be BP.
But my sister and father who are BP have the same issue, she called it rapid cycling or something along those lines. He of course isn't a doc, but said the daily difference's in moods is BPD instead. I disagree, what you do you think?

I too like tommymott, get grumpier after taking xanax, in fact, I get way whack if I take too much of it.
I am angry very often and have had friends tell me I destroy good things unpurpose. I want to stop this.
Not sure what to tell you that will help, other than you are not alone.
Yes to the rage, and over stupid stuff too.
I am morning the death though of a 25 year marriage a divorce I did not want though. I wanted some kind of councelling and never got any.
So I am pissed off at the world.

Funny that you should bring this up. I was just brushing my hair out (it was very tangly) and I got so mad and was stomping and grunting around the place. Yes, it ispart of BP.

Oh man, the anger and rage and irritability. Was the the main component of mania. I have been like this for years and was misdiagnosed with depression. This has cost me my marriage.
I am on zyprexa and lithium now and I have no anger or rage anymore at all. It is such a relief, but too late for my marriage :(

I can get cranky and irritable over something that should mean nothing. AND I'M LIKE A BULLDOG...I don't let it go, I just keep going ang going like the Durcell Bunny until my daughter says, "Mom, will you please just stop!" Sometimes I don't even realize how much I go off over nothing! It's like I have to be right, I have to have the last word, the other person has to acknowledge I'm right. It's BS, it's a part of me I HATE!!! I try to control it as best I can. I take Xanax...could this be contributing I wonder? I need it for my anxiety though. When my anxiety takes off I can't be near anyone.

I snap at people quite a bit and my tolerance is quite low. I even seem to get angry without realising it.

yes i get the rage but i get the mania more but i know what u mean

I am just trying to make sense of it all, but can't come up with anything.
Most of the time my anger and irritability is not logical. I get angry over the dumbest things. I am not medicated as of right now, I will find out on Tuesday when I see my tdoc.
I don't know if she will suggest I see a pdoc, or work with my PCM for meds... Any experiences you want to share when you first went on meds?

I only really get the irritability and anger in a mixed state, with the hypomania it is pure euphoria. My symptoms are not usually due to external triggers, so they don't make any sense to me either, but I accept thats just the way it is sometimes. But it sure is scary when you are first introduced to it all. Things do get better, both with meds and lifestyle changes. I am not the best person to give comment on meds, quite a few haven't worked for me, but this isn't exactly the norm for everyone. I hope you find some peace with it all

i get irritable and angry after i've been hypo for a while. its usually the predicesor for bad impulsive things for me.

My mania isnt usually euphoric, and I rarely get hypo. I have dysphoric mania so I rage, curse, scream and just go off my rocker. Anti psychotics really helped me cap the mania and keep my thinking clear so I don't jump to ill formed conclusions. Helps keep the anger at bay.

yes i also curse, scream, and have a strong desire to hit and hurt things.

Rage, grumpiness, and irritability is all part of the mania when you have Bipolar II. It's called Hypomania, and you can still experience the racing thoughts and other forms of mania, but they will most likely be suppressed by the irrritability. Talk with your doctor about it and he/she should be able to put you on meds. This is the exact same thing that I was experiencing and I told my doctor about it. he diagnosed me with Bipolar II Disorder, and he put me on Abilify for it. It seems to help with the grumpiness and the mood swings. Now all I have to do is get something to work on the depression.

TY everyone.

Zack, that is what I thought. Your post clarifies it for me.