Yeah this is what I always assumed and the manic behavior I am used to. But with that one night with my wife, it seemed like she was faking how much pain she was in to draw extra attention/reaction from me. For example, she would get this jolts of pain and need me to get things for her. She would always be angry at my slow response or not following orders exactly and berate me (physically and verbally). The tipping point was that she needed icepacks for pain on her abdomen because she felt they were on fire. Then she needed help going to the toilet, barely able to move because of the pain. While on the toilet, she felt a jolt of pain and wanted another icepack. Then she looked like she stopped breathing and was going to seizure. I got scared and called 911. I told her if it doesn't stop soon I am calling 911. She looked at me and said "do it". I called. When talking to 911, I said my wife needs medical attention and also said that she is manic and was abusive all night. Literally the second I said that, my wife stopped the seizure, dropped the icepacks, got of the toilet easily, and screamed "hang up, i'm fine!!!". I wouldn't hang up so she screamed "fuck you" and started packing around with no pain or anything - she look 1000% healthy. She then locked herself in the bathroom until the cops and paramedics came. All the pain, the discomfort, etc was all gone. She was pain free, easily mobile, and just angry from that point on. I was wondering... what happened? Was all that pain and the seizure something that her manic mind made her body imagine? Or was it some ploy to get extra attention and fear from me so that I would be extra attentive and put up with more abuse. It was weird. That was the only night she acted like that. Ever since, she seemed in good physical health and seemed to shift to more classic manic behavior I am used to (ultra high energy, speaks fast, does what she wants, etc). It is like I called her bluff by calling 911 and that part of her mania went away to something else.
I'm still trying to understand that night.