IT all depends what you feel like you can honestly handle. I think that ideally people would be able to help whenever the person with bipolar is ready but that's not realistic. I may be tough for her to accept help right now, even if she kind of wants it. I've been in that place before. In fact just weeks ago I argued with every point my therapist made trying to help me until he finally said I wasn't going to agree with anything and we should come back to that topic next time. He was right. I wanted help but I was too manic to deal with rational answers.

Others may vary. That's just my experience. But you really can't push someone into getting help and doing so may make them reject help forever.