This happened to me a lot in the first 2 years! I got to where I'd bite the insides of my cheeks just to keep my mouth shut!

Sometimes I was right but I always went overboard on the anger...and that is never okay to me. I continued with many different ways to get rid of all that anger...and Lord knows we have many valid reasons it could be coming from.

I too...felt like 2 different people...Jekyll and Hyde so to speak. It did get better with time, practice and effort on my part.

Finally at 4 years post...I can control my anger. I still get angry but I have control over what comes out during that emotion. Don't get me wrong...I'm far from perfect, I still do lose it once in a while but a whole lot less than in the beginning.

Good luck to you on winning this one!!

I lost my job because of anger. Going to anger management classes right now for another incident. I don't feel anger just frustration and others assume that I am angry.

4+ years since TBI and I also only have partial use of my right side. I admit my behavior is bizarre especially when I am very tired.

Don't waste your time and money on anger management, the only own who profits from it are the ones we have to pay money to.

I try to avoid situations where I get 'angry'.

yeah been there and done that and lost many friends along the way because of it.
I found it was often because people just don't understand or make stupid remarks. I think i have just learned to accept people are as they are. Sometimes still and I am a few years out I still when on my own think about something someone said and I think of the things I could say back to them but thankfully now I can stop and just think they don't get it and thats life. I don't want to stoop to their level.
If people wanted to understand better I am sure they could make the effort and if they don't want too well thats too bad.
I can occasionally still snap but don't get so mad anymore and if I make a stupid remark I'll apologise when I can.
I think in time you will get better and will also learn that some people will just ever get it and what you do with them is up to you. I don't have too much time for these people and when I see them I almost expect something stupid to be said which stops me from getting angry. We can't do much about peoples ignorance.
You will get more control over your anger in time.

this happens to me sometimes several times through out the day, i have to understand it is not me, those are not my real actions and be positive, think positive, get up every morning and say "it is going to be a good day today"

Absolutely!!.....I went to my neurologist and asked for help as I called it being "perpetually pissed off". I have tried many tactics over the years and have certainly gotten better. "MIndfullness Based Stress Management" was my most therapeutic exercise. It was a 6week class of meditation (REAL meditation) and helped me gain perspective on things and use my breath to regain balance. Not a cure all but just one of many tools to take it down a notch. Pharmaceutically speaking, I have only responded to Lexapro. One of the cleanest of SSRIs out there that chilled me out a bit. No, I am not drooling on myself and looking medicated; I simply just no longer look like I am going to pounce on somebody for breathing wrong. Those were my 2 best tools to taper down the anger. Hope this helps.

Also, just to let ya know. I was discouraged at my 18month mark from my accident because my doctors told me that any improvement that I would make would be in the first 18months and what I had then is what I would be for the rest of my life. That was not true....I am 7 years post car accident and STILL improving and learning new coping mechanisms. (Pacing myself, pacing my stimuli, making sleep a priority, diet, medications, meditation, etc).

I don't know why doctors say anything about timing and getting better in the first year. We are always learning and changing.
Things won't improve as drastically as they did perhaps in the first year but they do still get better.
We can always improve and get better and learn new tricks new ways to do things. You will always find new ways to deal with yourself and handle yourself around others. You will get better and as someone else said you may well still have your moments you are only human lets not forget but you will find better ways to deal with your emotions. I promise