I have felt angry for no reason at people I did not even know. I have BP1 but that does not matter. Feelings are feelings.

Anger is a good thing to work out in therapy, most definitely. I don’t even think it’s a bipolar trait …. But definitely worth understanding the anger to be conscious/mindful of behaviors relating to it.

Definitely on feeling anger for no reason! (BP unspecified) In my teens and twenties I tried to pin this on anyone and anything around me. I just listen to the anger now, breathe through it, and know it's because of bipolar. It's just a feeling, and feelings don't control your actions.

I found out years later that being depressed and being angry at the same time is dysphoria or mixed states.

It made a lot more sense to me. Depression is supposed to be enervating, unable to move, do self care, etc.

Anger is more likely with hypomania. You need energy to be mad. But it is a very black sort of anger.

You might want to look into it more, talk to your pdoc about it. My pdoc had diagnosed me with it, but never bothered to tell me that is what it was!

I remember when I got my bipolar diagnosis in my late 30's. It was such a wonderful thing to have a name & an answer for all the ups & downs, and the craziness, and why I had to be committed when I was 22. I think my bipolar jumped out when I hit puberty, or a few years later, maybe age 12. So 25 years I had no answers. Some doctors refused to diagnose me, because they knew my father, and didn't want to make him look bad, in a town where he was a hero, and everyone knew him. I could have saved 15 years of getting worse if he had given me a diagnosis and some meds. Glad that is over!

I was wondering about a mixed state as well??.... Have you discussed this with your pdoc sweetie?

I get rage. For bipolar, I think you may be "normal"! lol I am new here, just signed up today, and yours was the first truly relatable post I've seen. HUGS, my brother! Thank you for saying this and giving me the feeling of my first common bond here.