When I start getting the feedback I turned into a jerk I try to stay home and off the wen, it's not too hard for me since I also usually think no one is a match for my superior thinking and can go days and nights writing, painting, sculpture on my current superior idea. I've burned so many bridges that somewhere in the back of my mind I know it's not a good idea to be around other people.
Maybe ask folks around you to distant themselves when you hit mania? I don't know what to say. Mania turns most of us into beings that are insensitive to those around us.