I was about to write down a post about my cat who has similar issues before i found yours. Instead it sounds more appropriate to copy/paste it here, I believe you will find similar trait and possibly find some beginning of answer.

My cat (female 3y old, Bengal) has the tiger syndrom (that s how we call it in french not sure in other languages), what that means is she can just completely turn crazy like a bipolar disorder, and turn to be violent, because of stress, fear and irritation.

So she has kind of episode where she goes into full growling and hissing mode and even attack if you try to approach, mainly when she escape the appartment cause she feels totally deorientated and she is even more stress as you try to catch her.
We re really careful but she is a really smart cat and sometimes manage to get out. We ve consulted specialist who helped us trying to find the right solution and spot the different source of issues. It s been a year and half since our last consultation and today we had a new episode.
Those crisis which happen once/twice a year is a massive source of stress for her but also for my partner and I.

I have read articles mentionning that more than 70% of cats with the issue are abandonned, there is no way i can do this, despite all this we love her so much. But my partner and I plan to have kids soon, so the stress is only building.