The amount of misconceptions in this thread... Bipolar disorder is categorized by at one moment, being very depressed, then the next, being very manic (happy or ecstatic). Bipolar does not include anger management problems or really any other emotions (this might have changed in the DSM V, I have not looked it up yet). It's a disorder that the person suffering from it can not control. It would be equivalent to calling a child with downs syndrome a bad child. It is a serious mental disorder that needs to be handled by a trained professional. Now, do people that do not have bipolar disorder claim they do and use it as an excuse, yes. Those people need to be properly educated and need to see a trained professional for their anger management and other possible personality or mental disorders they might have.