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Misc Isn't there a drug that can help with anger or irritability?

Antipsychotics generally work to lower the frequency and intensity of angry outbursts and irritability. Benzos can calm and "restrain" you also.
 
I've heard of Mirtazapine helping with this.

Of course, the best course of action would be to speak with a psychiatrist about this. I don't like doctors at all and would prefer never to go but there are times when it is necessary.
 
What are the reasons for your anger? Are your parents also high-strung people as well?
 
Ive never had a drug solve my problems. Anytime I use drugs to solve issues that are tenporary I end up wishing I hadn't even nothered. No drug can help you more than mental Clarity. Clarity is one of the Nicest feelings ever in my honest opinion. If your upset just smoke some weed. Seriously no drugs going to treat you nicer than weed when your upset and angry...and the drugs that do are the worse ones to be taking imho. Stick to naturals. Chemicals are awful....especially rcs.
 
This may be irrelevant to you (since I've got bipolar disorder), but I've found diphenhydramine (a.k.a. Benadryl) works surprisingly well at combating rage. 50mg is enough to quell a turbulent mind, IME. Unfortunately, it fuzzes you out somewhat... but for me, keeping my cool is an absolute necessity, so it's worth it. I got the idea of using it to control my temper after having been prescribed the antihistamine, hydroxyzine, for anxiety. Diphenhydramine seems to work better than hydroxyzine.

DXM has also helped me to be less angry. It flattens my mood and allows me to view serious issues in a subjective manner, and the lessons gained last forever.

For me, cannabis is an unreliable antirage medication. I've been really stoned and really angry at the same time, and let me tell you, it's an ugly state :p Combine that with paranoia and delusional thinking, and you're well on your way to psychosis. But everyone is different, so I can't say it won't work for you.

Since I've started actively doing the right things to control my mood, I've become a less angry person. I no longer scream in fury, flip out, or do anything of the sort. I haven't for about 7 years now, though I'm still extremely careful.

I'm glad to hear that you're willing to overcome your anger; it gives me just a little more hope for humanity in general :)
 
mecaib said:
This may be irrelevant to you (since I've got bipolar disorder), but I've found diphenhydramine (a.k.a. Benadryl) works surprisingly well at combating rage. 50mg is enough to quell a turbulent mind, IME. Unfortunately, it fuzzes you out somewhat... but for me, keeping my cool is an absolute necessity, so it's worth it. I got the idea of using it to control my temper after having been prescribed the antihistamine, hydroxyzine, for anxiety. Diphenhydramine seems to work better than hydroxyzine.

DXM has also helped me to be less angry. It flattens my mood and allows me to view serious issues in a subjective manner, and the lessons gained last forever.

For me, cannabis is an unreliable antirage medication. I've been really stoned and really angry at the same time, and let me tell you, it's an ugly state :p Combine that with paranoia and delusional thinking, and you're well on your way to psychosis. But everyone is different, so I can't say it won't work for you.

Since I've started actively doing the right things to control my mood, I've become a less angry person. I no longer scream in fury, flip out, or do anything of the sort. I haven't for about 7 years now, though I'm still extremely careful.

I'm glad to hear that you're willing to overcome your anger; it gives me just a little more hope for humanity in general :)
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I find that very odd, dph gives me more psychotic symptoms if i take more than 150mgs (the dose that i need to sleep).

and dxm dosent really give me a mood... sort of like... an indifference to emotion, but definitely doesn't reduce anger, in fact i've never got any positive mood from dxm. could just be me though.

funny, if i get angry when im stoned i just start laughing at myself, followed by my friends who are in the room, until im i end up in a room full of stoned people laughing at something they can't remember, and then start laughing at that. only time ive been angry while stoned is when i combined it with speed, (i used to do that every day for about a year... until the psychosis started kicking in)

@OP although im not sure if your focus is to do this on your own time or during the course of the day, where you have to be functional, because (and this may just be me - everyone reacts to drugs differently) i find it incredibly difficult to be functional when im significantly high. my alternative would be a weak benzo like lorazepam or something.
 
i wouldnt say benzos are the best idea eg xanax because i had an episode on that which was 95% because of alcohol though , plus its a very addictive drug etc etc . alcohol probably isnt the best solution unless u can very much control it to very few drinks , which i cant i love being trashed :/ but hook up them buds man theyll do the trick , buds all the way .
whenever im mad or in a bad mood , i smoke some buds and i think why ... lol why was i angry its stupid to be angry over _____ . just generally raises my mood , helps with depression/stress/anger basically any problems to an extent .
 
PeacePipeChief said:
i wouldnt say benzos are the best idea eg xanax because i had an episode on that which was 95% because of alcohol though , plus its a very addictive drug etc etc . alcohol probably isnt the best solution unless u can very much control it to very few drinks , which i cant i love being trashed :/ but hook up them buds man theyll do the trick , buds all the way .
whenever im mad or in a bad mood , i smoke some buds and i think why ... lol why was i angry its stupid to be angry over _____ . just generally raises my mood , helps with depression/stress/anger basically any problems to an extent .
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yeah people do stupid things on benzos, people with rage issues should avoid them unless prescribed under the supervision of their doctor.
 
Depends on if the anger has a mental origin (i.e. specific issues that drive you nuts) vs. hormones that are out of control. If the latter, I would investigate your liver's health. The liver breaks down hormones and if it's backed up or ailing, this can throw off the whole hormone system. I know that might sound like a strange idea but it's a theory I've put into practice many times with the patients I've seen, with great results. Sadness and depression can also have liver causes.

If your anger is related to stress, address your adrenal system with adaptogens like rhodiola so stress doesn't get to you as much. If it's due to hypertension at all (i.e. if you get red in the face when you get angry), then look into increasing your magnesium/calcium/phosphate levels as this will relax your body.

Anger often has physical roots, but if you have a history of mental health problems then don't rule that out either. The most common reason for anger is feeling "stuck". Exercise can help get your body flowing so you feel less stagnant.
 
I'd say smoke hash or high cbd strains of weed ...

Also there are drugs that help with anger but they're not necessarily safe ...
-tobacco
-opiods
-benzoooos
 
Well I'm actually bipolar but I also have anger issues. I actually take Seroquel which is an anti-psychotic it helps me calm down to sleep and I start my day a little more mellow. There's also mood stabilizers, I've taken lithium and it does help, right now I'm taking lamictal. Most anti-psychotics and mood stabilizers help overall but not in a pinch. I've gotten a little carried away and ended up in jail twice. Benzos help, xanax might be a little extreme. I think klonopin and valium give you a nice, "don't care if the world is ending" buzz. I think someone said opiates, but while heroin will make you happy it's addictive. I've actually been on methadone for 3 years and I'm getting ready to finish detoxing off in a month, but when I first started going to the clinic I was happy go lucky. I wouldn't recommend actually going to a methadone clinic unless you need to because it's also addictive and after a few months you build up a resistance and all it does is keep you from getting sick. However if you're having a bad day, liquid methadone lasts a while and it'll keep you mellow for alot longer than most opiate pills. But I also need to mention, you don't want to mix benzos and methadone I've known people to kill themselves doing that. It's like drinking and taking sleeping pills. You want to be careful using strong downers like benzos and opiates (especially heroin). Use just a little so you know what you're dealing with and what to expect and only use one downer at a time.
 
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When I smoke bud, weekend addiction and possible others, I look back on mistakes during the day, for example, things like yellin/arguing with relatives, being mean to a girlfriend, occasional mini-thefts from buddies like pinchin bud, just basically minor moral mistakes throughout the day.

But I'm dependent on cannabis and have been going on four years soon, I've taken like 6 months breaks, once or twice, but for the most part maximum 2 months then smoke everyday another on average 6 months, missing a day here, a day there.

I take opiates 2-4 day a week, mostly methadone and roxy. I'm much more outgoing, loving, apolegetic, relaxed in general. I'm on a mix of 10 mg methadone and 15 mg roxy a couple hours ago, 4 hours after dosing the methadone so I would peak and I obtained a free 1.5 of dank tonight, so I have smoked about .4 and am feeling great
:P
 
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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? 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.
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There are many different classes of pharmacuticals that 'treat' anger. Some are associaled with psychosis and depression, which you rule out in your OP. You also rule out mood stabilizers in another post in your thread. Should I take this to mean that you also rule out drugs that are sometimes used as mood stabilizers but where not developed as mood stabilzers, or are not necessarilly primarilly used as mood stabilizers? Oxcarbazepine, an anti-seizure medication, has shown in patients with anger issues it helps them feel calmer on it. Lamotrigine is another. This is one I have used myself. I have PTSD and found it helpful in diminishing homicidial Ideation (guess that might be a one clinical way of describing anger, sort of- and don't worry folks, it was only towards my daddy and toward child molestors, the general public is at no risk from me... although I suppose if you do very bad things to children and I happen to know the child it might be in your best to not make yourself known to me). There are a couple other meds that fit into this sort of sub-catagory catagory as well, I think Gabapentin is one of them.

YOu seem to be open to MJ as an option. Another is beta blockers. As are benzodiazapines.

Although not designed to treat anger, considering using MDMA in the context of talk therapy with someone experienced in doing this, and brave enough to do so despite it being highly illegal, could be worth considering. I would't recommend going to some random dude/lady therapist though and popping MDMA and just engaging in therapy talk therapy, that is. I suggest it only if you were able to locate one of the rare individuals who provide such therapy in secret without government approaval and from what I hear have very good success, and this is short term, resolution oriented, not medicatioin maintenance. I"ve never tried this an not sure if I would as at one point I did try to explore the initial experiences I encountered as a small child that were 'upsetting' to say the least, sitting with the psychologist, and trying to stay in the moment, re-experiencing the feeling and holding onto it for more than a few seconds... sort of addressing the underlying 'causes' of my problems from an emotional place rather than continuing to rely on other coping mechanisms I have developed over the years such as intellectualization, etc.... this triggered nightmares and the homicidial ideation toareds child molestores and I started fantasizing for hours daily on the torture, etc of such individuals. It became obsessive and fortunately I was no longer a drinker and also had done a lot of work on myself over the previous 20 years or a real shitstorm could have happened. Digging around in the brains of people who were exposed to severe abuse and neglect is not something to be taken lightly.

I'ts my understanding that drugs used to tread ADHD also are used at least sometimes to treat irritibility (ritalin, etc).

Heroin, subutex, benzo's, lamicatal (Lamotrigine), and clonodine all help me (although I would not, nor do not, use all of them at the same time). I have been und the care of dr's in the past but currently self-prescribe/self-medicate and will likely be trying (I have used for recreational purposes on an expirimental basis very short term in the past) meds that treat ADHD with the specific goal to see the impact it has on my irritibility based on a bit of research and thinking I did thanks to your OP. So thanks for that bro, and good luck!
 
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Marijuana would probably be your best bet. Try to find a nice blend that has a relaxing body high. But some people don't like weed (like me) and I find that benzos are great for keeping anger at bay. Opiates will work also but marijuana is by far the safest route to go. I wouldn't travel down the opiate road, its a very long, winding, dangerous path that always spirals out of control.

Drugs can only do so much. If you really have anger issues, you should see a therapist about it. I have to go to mandatory group meetings at my suboxone doctor's office and the group leader/counselor is very helpful. They have gone through the same things everyone else has, but they are older and have been sober for years.
 
I personally think if we knew why OP has anger issues, it would make it a lot easier to suggest a solution. Otherwise, just about any substance can make someone irritable/angry.
 
Renz Envy said:
I personally think if we knew why OP has anger issues, it would make it a lot easier to suggest a solution. Otherwise, just about any substance can make someone irritable/angry.
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I basically agree, or have similar concerns.

OP, if you decide at some point, or come to the realization a tsome oin, at wnat mah be at the root of your anger and feelcomfortable sharing that, one or more of us may be able t ob more felfpu in our suggestions for a particular medication over aother, or have some other type of more specific info that you may find helpful that we can not provide at present since this info is not availible to us.
Peace,
Tutus
 
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