About three years ago, I was diagnosed with depression. I stayed on my meds for a year and weened myself off of them. About three months ago, I had an episode of extreme anger, where I totally lost it and beat someone up. This was totally unlike me. Now I feel as though little things are making me mad, like yesterday I got furious because my boyfriend was in my way and couldnt get out of my way fast enough.

Is there a condition with characteristics like this?

Im afraid of hurting others, I broke our phone yesterday throwing it at the floor. Even this morning, I was doing dishes and got mad because the dish wouldnt sit the way i wanted it too.

Please help.

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I'm very new here. I used to know that word 'furious' all too well. People are idiots! People are so stupid! They bugged me so bad I couldn't stand it! I just want to SCREAM!!! I want to just SLAM you thru a wall!!! Or put my fists thru a wall. Sound right?
I would feel just SO FRUSTRATED!
I used to go off on my Pshychiatrist and fire her so many times and then she put me on Seroquel and it worked pretty much right away! That was 3 years ago. I was already on Paxil for Death Anxiety and stuff. Anyway...I rarely feel furiouse anymore. I think they should give Seroquel to people in prison.
It's a Anti-Psychotic medication that worked brilliantly for ME.

I think you should get to a good Psychiatrist ASAP and ask them what they think. What were you given 3 years ago for depression? Have you seen a Psychiatrist since 3 years ago?

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Carol

Say, I just thought of something I should add about MY case. I have a damaged frontal lobe, basically I am brain damaged. It's biological my condition. Some people including me would maybe suggest 'Anger Management' or something like that. But in my case I can't very well control my feelings. Therefore Medication has been the answer for ME. I just want to make that clear. Some people frown upon making Medication being the answer to everything. I totally understand that too. But when nothing else obviously will work for ME Meds have taken care of so much that was making my Life a Living Hell.

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Carol

Three years ago I was put on Zoloft, then paxil, then prozac, then paxil again. None of them worked for me. About anger management classes, I dont think they would help, because its like my brain can't function at all, all I feel is anger anger anger. Grrr.

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This is my first time on this board. I finally after years in therapy admitted to myself that I have an anger problem. My father used to go into fits of RAGE when things were stressful for him. My mother worked very hard to make me hold in my emotions so she would not feel upset and fought with me when I displayed any sign of frustration. Naturally I am a time bomb and feel anxious and irritated with people all the time so that I don't feel like being around anyone anytime. I need to get this demon out of me and it is so lonely to have a problem with anger because people seem to instantly punish me for expressing it and I never seem to get to the root of it and just yang it out by the roots. I'm sure you all know how frustrating it feels to be an angry person. I've tried Paxil, Prozal and Lorazepam and have not found relief in any of these medications. Help.

Have you had a thorough physical/neurological check-up to rule out anything organic (brain tumors etc)? That might be your first step, though its prolly only a remote chance.

You might want to check out info on Bipolar Disorder, depending on how cyclically you feel angry.

Another thing might be Borderline Personality Disorder -- if the anger is one symptom along with things like difficulty trusting other people, constant depression, self-injury, addiction, lack of a sense of your own identity, suicidal fantasies. There's been some great progress in research on BPD in the past coupla years and there's great therapy you can try as an adjunct to the meds.

Run an internet search and you'll find tons of info on both, and there are good books out there as well.

best of luck!