Staying away from other whilst manic

My Husband wants me to stay away from public places at the moment particularly the choir. He is worried that my current over-joyousness will be seen a weird. We live in a small town he says If i am like i was yesterday they will probably have me locked up. They will definitely never talk to me again and I will be shunned , which also means I will bring shame on my family. What he has said really makes me hate myself. If I'm so awful I might as well call it quits.I can't stay away I have a mountain of work I have to finish for the above people. If, I'm really that bad why not take extra seroquel to calm things down. Yesterday I know I was bad but today all I want to do is cry and curl up in a ball. I can shut my mouth, I can. I can't stop thinking true or my heart from pounding. He says it's for my protection. I called a whole load of people yesterday. I'm fairly sure I was professional wow everything's just so slow.

Divorce that bastard! If anything, mania makes everything more fun, not weird. Sounds too much like he's trying to control you. Also quit worrying what people think, and worry only about what God might think.

Bumble,
Call your doctor or counselor right now and ask what you can do to improve this situation!
PrairieCat

Hi Bumble,

My husband does this as well, but I really do believe it is out of love and ignorance of bipolar. I get hateful and have said things/sent texts/facebook msg/emails etc that I completly regret when I was manic. The last bout I actually confronted a Pastor?! I've also verbally acousted complete strangers, and in retrospect they could have called the cops thinking I was on drugs.

I think your husband was way to harsh in the way he told you, and I disagree with him threatening hospitalization. That is bs! I do know that my husband is/was scared that I was going to piss off and run off all the people I know. The problem is when I'm in a manic state it's not like I'm going to believe him. I only see the red flags in retrospect.

I do agree that you should see a Dr asap

Well it is different for every person. Personally when I am manic I become very charming and friendly. I use this to my advantage to deepen my relationships through conversation and end up making many new friends. The only bad part about this is when I come back down to earth I have more friends/acquaintances than I know what to do with.

However if you tend to get agitated easily when manic it may be a good idea to shy away from others who don't understand the condition so they don't get confused.