Is there a drug that can help with pure and simple anger or constant irritability that's not caused by something more serious underlying it like psychosis or depression? .
What difference does it make? And who do you think is in the best position to be able to determine what kind of treatment a person with anger and constant irritibility needs? My guess (and I could be wrong, as I often am) is that at some point you have come across some professional as a patient. Another guess is that underlying causes, or the possibility of them, have also been mentioned. If not, the existance of them, or lack thereof, have probably been contemplated by you to one degree or another, or why mention it?
If you're pissed off easily and fly off the handle at the drop of the hat and find it difficult to keep your cool, is there a medication you can take to prevent this? In this day and age there must be something.
If your " pissed off easily and fly off the handle at the drop of the hat and find it difficult to keep your cool" you are almost certainly at some risk of causing unplesantness, to some degree, to either people you know or strangers. This obviously will put yourself at risk as well. If you asking about meds to controll it you are obviously concerned about the seriousness of your problem.
My question, or one of them is: WHAT THE FUCK DIFFERENCE DOES IT REALLY MAKE whether or not there is an undlerlying cause? And why in the hell would you ever assume there is NOT an 'underlying cause'? Do you think that anger and irritibility pixie dust is being sprinkled on you throughout the day every day, which would mean there is no 'internal' cause (I'm assuming that 'underlying' cause and 'internal' cause are the SAME, for all intents and purposes. Do we agree it's something that is happening IN you?
Do you want to 'fix it'? If so, how badly? Why put conditions on how this may or may not be fixed without first understanding from professionals in this area recommend? I can certainly understand people not wanting to have extreme forms of treatment like ECT or being locked in a psych ward against their will.
But people don't walk around constantly irritible and angry, fearing they may fly off the handle at the drop of a hat, with some minor provocation, or possibly no provocation at all. And there is ALWAYS going to be a reason, or reasons, for this. There is never going to be NO reason.
In this day and age there are shitloads of ways to deal with anger and there are shitloads of professionals who specialize in treating this type of thing. There are even teams of people who work in conjunction to treat this stuff.
You are aware you have a problem. This is good.
You are seeking help. This is good.
But I'm sensing that there is something more to the picture your not being forthright about. People don't say "I don't want anti-dpressants and I don't want ...bla bla...." for no reason. Maybe their reasons are great ones. Maybe they are (in MY opionon, SUCKY ones). At the end of the day it's you and your body and your problem. But with anger and irritibility it's pretty much IMPOSSIBLE to have it not spill over and have it be made other people's problems too. LIke family and friends. and strangers.
I think (and could be wrong, as I often am) you are resistant to learning or exploring the possible reasons for the anger/irritibility. Cool, no problem. But if this interferes with solving your problem...well that complicates things for you and your friends and family and everyone else (because of the way that anger and irritibility manifest). This is a problem that is much moreso of this nature than many other problems.
I have had fucking extreme anger issues in my past. I have had lifelong despression, which some will say is 'anger turned inwards'. It's also a very touchy (potentially) problem, with potentially very, very severe consequences.
I seriously think you need to be talking to people not on illicit drug harm reduction forums but more appropriate places about this issue of yours. I'm a libertarian so believe people should be able to do whatever the hell they want as long as they are not hurting others. So I don't mean to be on your ass telling you what to do but have first hand experience with 'anger' and 'irritibility' and have come close to dying many times because of this. I have also come close to killing others (through reckless behavior, which was connected to me NOT dealing with my anger appropriately- the shit will come out one way or another).
Mike Tyson was an angry guy. He had someone take him under his wing and channel his anger and he became a world champion and multi-millionaire. Figure that would be enough and he would be content and life would be good. But he bit someone's ear off and went off on some random dude over some little bs traffic accident or something. I happen to know the pyschiatrist who evaluated him following this and happen to know the medication he was put on. It was one of the one's you ruled out as not for you.
You need to figure out a way to trust someone enough to be honest with them about what's going on with you. I say this because I don't want you to wind up dead or wind up hurting some innocent person, or going way overboard on someone not completely innocent but not deserving of this ongoing issue you have and do not have control over. I don't want it to be someone here or someone's wife or kid, as I said, this shit comes out sideways and if your a walking irritibility bomb this is not a good thing.
Feel free to pm me (hell, feel free to pm me and tell me to fuck off if you want). But this is like your playing with fire, but actually much worse. Fire is playing with YOU. Your living your life and are contstantly surrounded by burning flames. YOur in situations where other people are calm and relaxed and your on edge, on edge enough to come to a drug forum and ask drug users and abusers for advice.
Ask some people who are trained to deal with people in your situation. If you find a drug that solves the problem, great. If there is an underlying cause and you never know it, who cares (if you don't), so long as you get the problem solved. But it seems to me like you want a solution and I'm pretty figgin sure your not in the best place to find it.
My guess is that the solution will be best one that encompasses more than simply taking one pill and that's it. There are dozens of possible solutions, and they are different for different people.
I simply suggest you widen your 'there must be a drug out there in this day and age to help' to "there must be a shit fuck ton of ways out there in this day and age to help". Good luck.
Peace,
Titus
