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MEDICAL INFO FROM ONLOOKER
Got an email from a very cool and helpful person called Onlooker earlier today, who fwd'd me an article on something called intermittent explosive disorder. It doesn't sound exactly like what happens to me, but it's probalby the closest thing ive come to in terms of finding out info. The symptoms sound pretty darn close:
"destroys property, has repeated acts of sudden verbal or physical aggression, is unable to stop or control the impulsive, aggressive actions. A person who has this disorder is not violent or aggressive most of the time. The outbreaks of severe rage and anger are usually isolated. The amount of aggression is out of proportion with the incident that triggered the outburst."
--That last part is what gets me though, because I can't seem to find ANY incident that really triggers these outbursts. Apparently not a whole lot is known about this disorder, especiallly the causes. Did a little more reading on it, but couldn't find any info on people passing out or having memory lapses because of it, but I want to do some more reading on it. Maybe this could be a step in the right direction.
Thanks, Onlooker! :)
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Posted by beta-7 at August 11, 2003 10:43 PM
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