Like Bipolar nurse, It depends on my mood but a lot of the time I do feel very overwhelmed being around others (and listening to them lol). I feel like I'm overstimulated, there is always back round noise and other stuff going around.
That said, I also hate being alone. I guess being with only 1 or 2 people is best for me.

On the other hand, when I am manic, I love being around people am the life of the party- at least with people I don't know, (the people I do know think I'm acting very strangely), I make friends easily when manic and am very talkative, social, outgoing, promiscuous etc.