Violent mood swings

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About 2 weeks ago, I was diagnosed with Asepergers.
I've not been told a lot about it, and was just wondering if mood swings were a part of it?

I constantly have violent mood swings, one second being completely normal happy, and the other seething with rage.
It happens for very minuscule things, like someone walking too close to me, or someone not doing something at exactly the right time.
I'm not sure why it makes me angry, but I cant stop it.

But it isn't just anger.
It's sadness and loneliness, out of nowhere.

P.S - My full diagnosis is Aspergers with the possibility of PDA.
Any advice or information would be much appreciated.

Aspergers is really interesting because it varies a lot between each case, but I think you could say that of HFA as a whole. We all share some key symptoms with each other, well others will have different ones, but we have at least several..but I've found I have totally different sensations and problems than many posters here etc. I think its because aspergers is neurological and not just something purely social, derived from being an "Awkward geek in school". I believe social stimuli and situations can aggravate or possibly improve it, but if you're having mood swings its probably related to your own brain's functions/imbalances but not necessarily something other people experience.

Does that make sense at all?

It does. But I was just wondering if anyone else on the forum shared these mood swings, and possibly a way of dealing with them.
I like to think I can think rationally at all times, but when I become angry or sad, all rationality jumps out of the window.

NeueZiel, that made sense.

I have a short fuse.

It's like, ok, I'm normal and happy, but do something to overwhelm me or let my plans go wrong and that mood changes quick.
I think the anger issue might be your reaction to being over-stimulated? It gets that way for me, and then I end up in a meltdown.

So, here's how it goes for me - maybe this will be helpful for you:
1. Normal mood.
2. Sudden over-stimulation
3. I snap emotionally
4. I start stimming, but if the over-stimulation continues. . .
5. Stimming worse, and worse, and then melt-down. Who knows what happens from there? I lose it.

Maybe that helps?

I have mood swings a lot, and I feel like a sulky teenager. I know everybody gets moody, but I find my mood changes at the most inappropriate times, affecting other people around me and spoiling their fun if we're out somewhere. I find I suddenly go aloof, and become very snappy and huffy and impatient, just for no reason really.

Same here. Antidepressants help somewhat. So do vitamin B6 and B2 supplements. Cats help even more. Sufficient sleep and regular meals are extremely important I've noticed.

Yeah, I find the smallest problems can send me into shut-down mode or make me disproportionally agitated. I had some serious mood swing issues during college and again a couple years ago when I was really stressed about various things.

Thanks. I'll keep those things in mind. <3

My mother jokes that I was born with PMS because my moods are constantly all over the place. Usually I hold them inside, or at least the "negative" ones like anger and sadness, so most people don't realize how much my moods fluctuate on any given day. They only notice when my moods are extreme. BiPolar runs in my family, so I always thought it was related to that. That and over stimulation.

Yes!

Yep mine fluctuate quite hugely. I relate to what you said about sadness and lonliness being there too. I think the amount of input and expectations of me have a big impact too. I havnt found any really good solutions, but some things help. Though some people seem to have a very calming effect if I spend a bit of time around them, sometimes just sitting near to one of them is enough. I also got given a flow chart for anger management which I will follow when I recognise anger is starting to get way out of hand, that has been useful. I use music A LOT to help manage how I am feeling. Exercise is good, just to smash myself physically, leaves me emotionally and mentally tired too if I smash myself enough - though smashing yourself is not usually good for your body or effective training. Hmm, distraction also works sometimes. Trying to identify what the emotion is and what triggered it and what will help make it feel a bit better now and what can help prevent it too - looking at the emotion from an intellectual view.

That describes me, except for the stimming.

I am the same.

i also have mood swings. for me, they mostly come from disturbed routines/rituals.

The changes in mood are something I have to deal with. I am typically very even-tempered (many consider me too removed or unemotional), but some small thing will set me off into a rage or depression. The trigger will usually be a interruption to my plans or something environmental, usually noise or inconsiderate behavior from another.

What I am starting to teach myself to do is recognize when one of my mood changes has been triggered and look for ways to distract myself until the trigger is gone. I am not yet often successful, but I am getting better at noticing what is likely to set me off and decide ahead of time to ignore it (works sometimes) or avoid it (not always possible). I have tried to force myself to just calm down or cheer up, but it doesn't work for me nearly as well as removing or recognizing/eliminating the trigger.