Bipolar or aspie meltdown?

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How does one know if your a teenager (hormonal and all) having aspie meltdowns or is it bipolar rages? They talk about extremes - but it's not like I can go buy a car or something. I usually end of doing impulsive extreme dumb stuff and don't know why or I get mad, like rage in zero to ten seconds flat? Anyone got thoughts?

There's always the possibility that it's regular teenage hormones. Hard to tell without more details.

I know, my behaviour is probably just because I'm a teenager.

Things to look at regarding the meltdowns...
1. Is the person being asked to do too many things at once (multitasking)
2. Is the person being asked to do something while still engaged in another activity
3. Is the person being forced to do something he/she has internal rules against or bothers their senses (i.e taking smelly trash out, cleaning room etc.)
4. Are you yelling? How is the request being worded?

When behaviors occur, one must look at what immediately preceded the behavior and also look at what happened after the behavior, with that person or whomever has placed a demand on that person.

for example... Mom asked son to take out the trash, son walks out of room or says no or just ignores, Mom repeats louder following son, son has meltdown.

In this example the son is obviously not complying with the demand; so there is probably an underlying reason. If your son is verbal (once he calms down) ask him why... You could say... I noticed you avoided taking out the trash, is there a reason? Or you could come out and say does it bother you to take the trash out? Then ask him what bothers him about it. You cannot simply say why didn't you take out the trash b/c his answer will most likely be because I didn't want to... You have to be very specific on your wording...
You will have to probably weed through the I don't lnows but if you phrase your question right you may find out what is causing the meltdown. Having relatives with BiP their rages happen generally without provocation. Like out of nowhere they snap. With ASD meltdowns there is most always an antecedent (cause)..I and my two sons are on the spectrum...

I hope this helps..apologies for the long reply.

It sounds like bipolar disorder is deifnitely something to consider. You will need to see a psychiatrist to find out for sure and get proper treatment for whatever the case may be.

1 So in what forms do meltdowns happen?
2 And how do you all cope with them?
3 And what triggers them?