Difficulty controlling emotions?

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Is this normal for someone with autism? I mean my friend was telling me that I seem more bipolar when it comes to controlling my emotions. She has bipolar disorder diagnosed and most of what she says relates to me. I always feel like wanting to die when my emotions because so highly elevated that I can't seem to control them no matter what I do.

Yet one moment I'm really hyperactive, confident and in a good mood and then the next I feel totally upset about absolutely nothing and I just want to die... because the emotions are so hard for me to control. I also have terrible sleep disturbances... like when my body wants to sleep but my mind is the opposite because my emotions keep me from getting any sleep. I have to force myself to sleep just to actually get the sleep I need.... which seems to make the emotions worse.

I was just wondering if its normal for someone with autism to have this behavior... or if it seems more bipolar.

i can't sleep and have strong emotions. my emotions don't keep me awake, stimming does.

I stim a lot during the day but I really hardly stim at all... unless you count me fidgeting with my necklace unconciously as stimming since I'm pretty much doing it out of comfort and whatever.

Yes I have this "intense" emotion lately it's driving me nuts!
It's like an unlabelled emotion like a mixture of anger and sadness...
I have to walk out a lot but find I can't cry until I get home and when I do it's an all day event...

I always have a hard time crying... I usually just end up laying on my bed trying to die. I mean its so much harder to deal with and then afterwards, it goes away when I'm with friends or pretending to be happy like I usually am... and then I forget about it.

Are you talking about emotional dysregulation? I've come across this in regard to asd.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_dysregulation

I'm not sure this is a stim, I've been told it's perseveration (but I've also read that persevarating is a name for stimming), but I spent a considerable amount of time thinking about, looking up and watching blenders, juicers, dehumidifiers, workout equipment and now lawn equipment. It's often like spinning my wheels because it's hard to go from idea to doing. Looking at it now, it looks like da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, but it's calming.

i had an emotion that was like a mixture of dread and euphoria... also hard to describe.

That actually doesn't really sound like me... I mean I did have Psychological trauma in elementary school but... I'm not one to really throw things unless I am really angry at my mom or something. What I'm talking about is when I'm suffering anxiety and depression all at once. Like, I try to watch something to calm myself or fidget with my necklace... which is a stimming object for me... but nothing seems to help. The only thing I usually end up doing is cutting myself or rubbing my nail over my skin until it leaves a sore... and then the emotions go away.

I mean when I'm in these episodes, I pretty much get the hopelessness, despair and pretty much everything else that comes into my mind. I can't think of anything good because its like... there isn't anything good and my emotions become so out of control that I'm laying on my bed wishing I could just die. I used to be sucidal or at least had sucidal tendencies but most of the time its all it usually is.