It's hard for me to sometimes know the limits of medication. So, it's hard to know whether something works. How much does medication help control things like angry outbursts? If your meds are working do they control those things 100 % of the time? I guess what I'm asking is how much is attributed to meds and how much is behavioral?

Meds help adhd a lot. As far as angry outbursts go, it might help a bit in that impulsivity is reduced and an improved ability to focus helps improve processing and will reduce frustration.
BUT. A lot depends on you . Meds help but you have to make some effort towards managing your condition.

One problem that pops up a lot with adhd is anxiety. If your outbursts are anxiety related you may need to address your anxiety issues with therapy, and/or an add-on medicatiom, in addition to treating your adhd.

The bugger is that stimulants can make anxiety worse for some people, so a lot of ADDers end up having to take a med for their adhd and a med for anxiety.

ME :D

It's hard for me to sometimes know the limits of medication. So, it's hard to know whether something works. How much does medication help control things like angry outbursts? If your meds are working do they control those things 100 % of the time? I guess what I'm asking is how much is attributed to meds and how much is behavioral?

My outbursts are related to bipolar ii. I was referring more to how much medication helps for controlling symptoms of bipolar or bipolar ii. I should have specified that. My anger really isn't related to ADHD. It is related to bipolar much more.

I currently take trileptal and adderall xr. I don't think that my anger is related to anxiety. I think that it is related to feeling frustrated and feeling treated unfairly in part. It is also triggered by feeling misunderstood. I think it is also partly caused by a chemical imbalance because bipolar is biological.

Anyways, I think that the meds that will best treat my anger are meds that are prescribed for bipolar. Trileptal is one of those meds.

I have been to years of therapy and I'm simply not interested in going back right now. No matter what the therapist would say or what techniques they would advise, all of it went out the minute the second my anger triggers hit. ]

Thank you, but I'm afraid you didn't really answer this question. I don't fault you for that though.