I get that way sometimes too. I haven't figured out what it is either. I either feel angry, or upset. It doesn't happen very often anymore. But I've been taking 5-htp. I think that might have something to do with it. The serotonin levels can get low for us and that can make a person moody. Do you take that? If you don't, maybe you might want to try taking some. I take 100mg twice a day and it's helped me.

Other than that I don't know what else it could be. Maybe someone else would have a better idea.
Blessings and hugs
Cathy

Well it is a full moon. At least it was yesterday.

Some meds can do this to you; Lyrica, anti-depressants, etc. Check the side effects and see if mood swings are from your meds.

Having this condition is overwhelming and can cause depression. But if you are angry and can't control it there is something going on that you need to check out. Have you talked to your doctor about it?

Hope you feel better soon.

I find myself angry at night too lately
the cold, the darkness can cause depression....but I really get mad when its pms time
I just think night might be bad cause sometimes out days are just so long and exhausting.....enough is enough

I have been angry lately too...not normal for me. I don't know if it's exhaustion or situation or combination of things.

all of the above, its a bad time of year for pain and depression and well the moon thing hey why not give us something else to screw with our already messed up bodies. get well hugs polly

Have you heard of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)?

Seasonal affective disorder, appropriately referred to by the acronym "S.A.D", is a form of depression that occurs only during certain periods of the year. In some cases, an existing depression may become more severe during certain times of year. By far the most common and recognized form of seasonal affective disorder is "winter depression". This is characterized by recurrent episodes of depressed mood, over-sleeping or the urge to "hibernate", cravings for carbohydrate rich foods, and associated overeating and weight gain. Symptoms typically begin to appear in September and don't abate until spring comes around at the end of March or beginning of April. Since winter depression is the most common form of seasonal affective disorder and the type that almost everyone is familiar with, we will be concentrating on this and for simplicity will refer to it as SAD.

Like all forms of depressive illness, SAD can vary greatly in severity and can be a severely debilitating condition. Many sufferers can be perfectly healthy during the spring and summer months but unable to function during the winter. This leads to obvious problems with work and family life.

I get upset and angry when I don't feel good. Let me rephrase that because I never feel good.

Here we go again....I get upset and emotional when I feel exceptionally bad. I have no patience and tend to be irrational. Many times when get like this my teenagers will ask me if I'm in pain or exhausted. They will tell me to go lay down or take a break. They both know not to take it personally that it is just a bad day. When they tell me that I am being irrational, I try my hardest to not take how bad I feeling out on them.

Thank you all so much. I always feel so much better just posting on DS, you all are the most wonderful people I have ever met.

It just seems so strange, I work so hard to stay calm. I practice meditation, yoga, prayer, positive affirmations. This anger, actually it is more like I lack any patience, it is just so out of character it catches me off guard.

SAD is something I should look into. Of course life has a cruel sense of humor sometimes, DH left the end of Sept, for work, to go to India. Returned for 12 days over Christmas/New Years. And is scheduled to return home in April.

I really hate having to deal with all this crap by myself. I just want to go to sleep and forget it exists. At times I feel like no one understands, I just cannot handle the stress. If I could deal with this kind of stress easily, I would still be working.

Sorry, my depression does seem worse lately. I hate telling the doctor I need to adjust my meds, Im already on the max dosage for Cymbalta, Lyrica 150mg nightly & pain meds. It always seems things get bad before we can find a good combination again.

Thank you all again for all you support

I think it's mainly the pain. There's only so much you can take. We put our pain aside because we have obligations that we think take priority. We just keep pushing on. After a day of this we just snap.

I think that if you're dealing with crap all day pretty well, then it comes to the point in the evening when you've done all you can of that! You've stuffed it all down, and you have to bring it back up and get rid of it. Hence the impatient anger and intolerance. BTDT, yes.

I do take meds now for mood... it's been helpful!

You've gotten a whole lot of good suggestions - I'll just add one more - in the evening you are probably tired from dealing with things all day. I find the time I'm most apt to lose control of my emotions is when I'm tired.

Other than that, the combination of time of day, time of year, maybe time of month, full moon - all of those things may be contributing.

Hang in - these moods usually pass and some have given you some good suggestions to work with too.

my temper sometimes goes from 0-60 without appropriate cause. I think it is part of our bodies going haywire...I have now recognized it and have tried to explain to my family I can not control it sometimes, so I forewarn them by saying leave the room or I have to leave the room I am about to boil over. They know that means my temper is going to go heywire for a bit...if I bitch about what ever is getting to me, on my own. Then atleast I do not offend anyone and I can get it under control.
They are sending me to a shrink for "depression" I told them i don't get sad i get mad...apparently chronic pain causes that and anger is often a form of depression...some of us just don't like being criers so we resort to anger instead.
No worries, just recognize it when it happens and remove yourself from the situation before you say or do something you will let regret. That's the only advice I can offer.

Great advice given...
Maybe see if they would be willing to do some blood work - full panel. Thyriod, Hormones etc... But most important check your Cortisol level . Because you're so overwhelmed - too much to do in a day, stress etc... that at the end of the day when you get a chance to decompress just a bit and unwind... maybe you feel angry or irritated because your body is literally drained out of "fuel" (running on Cortisol) all day and now your adrenals are overtaxed and exhausted... (just a thought) ... maybe look up Cortisol / adrenals ... it might fit. Easy to test for and pretty easy to treat.