Anger sucks

Hi all. First post. I figure this is a good place to start. I have my theories about where my anger originated from. Im no expert but I have a few good guesses. But fforward to the present. I have been seeing a Dr about my anger/hatred and just down right mean personality. Of course when I get there I am in an ok mood. Its kinda like trying to catch a thief .....you dont know when he will steal, but its going to happen. Last time I was there I was talking calmly but telling her the answers to her questions. She started tearing up. How does that happen. She knows I do have a kind side which she has seen so I think its hard for her to imagine me being such the opposite.
I tell her that I go into tunnel vision when I get angry and these rages last for days on end. And the best thing anyone can do is just leave me alone or they have stepped into the lions den. I think its crazy that I can snap so often for no reason and that I can be so heartless in my bad times.
Right now I am taking xanxax basically as needed throughout the day. Prozac in the morning. Going to add Tegretol in the mix tonight. I am so tired of meds. I just got off Lithium cause it made things so much worse. Counselors are a joke to me.
Any thoughts?

Hi,

I managed to control my anger by taking an anti-depressant. It's main tas was to make me 'happier', of course, but it also took away my anger. How it did that was by slowing down my mind and allowing me to think about my anger episodes. You have to know what makes you angry, so that you can then predict when you are likely to get angry the next time. If you can do that, then you will be well on te way to controlling it.

Chucky wrote:Hi,

I managed to control my anger by taking an anti-depressant. It's main tas was to make me 'happier', of course, but it also took away my anger. How it did that was by slowing down my mind and allowing me to think about my anger episodes. You have to know what makes you angry, so that you can then predict when you are likely to get angry the next time. If you can do that, then you will be well on te way to controlling it.

HI Chucky,

Man, I have tried almost everything that I know of. My latest mix was the xanax, prozac, lithium. Before lithium I was on seroquel, prozac, and xanax. Friday I plan on starting the Tegretol *again*, xanax, prozac. I go from perfect contentment to plain hateful like that. The other day I tried to fight someone in the courthouse. It took my girlfriend hitting me in the shoulders with her palms for me to snap out of my tunnelvision on that guy. (he apologized when he saw he obviously was about to get it). I dont know. I am just losing/or lost hope I guess.

Hi again,

How long do you stay on each medication? It can take time for these things to become effective, and the ideal approach is to use medication in combination with therapy. That's what I did. I used to be a raging bull but now I'm like a feather floating in the summer breeze.

Hi,
I don't know what your anger stems from, but if it is from child abuse, here is a website that may help. It has sure helped me. www.faceoftheabuser.com

dewberryz, I know that you mean well but please don't go around advertising your website in 'all' of the posts that you make. You have already advertised it in the Child Abuse Forum, and that is sufficient.

Take care,
Kevin

Chucky wrote:dewberryz, I know that you mean well but please don't go around advertising your website in 'all' of the posts that you make. You have already advertised it in the Child Abuse Forum, and that is sufficient.

Take care,
Kevin

Kevin,
I wish it was my website. I just came across it, and found it to be very helpful. The reason that I put it in other forums was because not everyone I'm sure looks at all the different forums...besides, the last time I checked we still had freedom of speech in this country. I am sorry if I affended you or anyone else.

Wow, most moderators aren't so nice when people post links to other sites. Freedom of speech is one thing, but it's never right to post links everywhere.

Oh, I do apologise. It is just that I feel overworked here and we get a lot of spam everyday. Therefore, my instant reaction to a link is: Spam. Sorry, I should have been reading your other posts. If I had, then I would have inferred that you are just a normal user and not a spammer.

On another note, Incorrigible, I believe that freedom of speech/expression is playing a small part in the degradation of society these days; but that's for another topic.

tAke care,
Kevin

Chucky wrote:Oh, I do apologise. It is just that I feel overworked here and we get a lot of spam everyday. Therefore, my instant reaction to a link is: Spam. Sorry, I should have been reading your other posts. If I had, then I would have inferred that you are just a normal user and not a spammer.

On another note, Incorrigible, I believe that freedom of speech/expression is playing a small part in the degradation of society these days; but that's for another topic.

tAke care,
Kevin

I didn't do it to help that site out, it's just that the site really moved me and I felt compelled to share it. I am sorry that I placed the link. I won't do anything like that again, thank you for your understanding.