Maybe but there is one way to tell she needs to get help and if she is she needs to get on meds. But most people i know who bipolar gets bad latter in life dont get help unless they are force to.Odds are if you do she will hate you for it. Bipolar sucks it sucks for the people that have it and it sucks for the people that love and care for them .Most bipolars end up alone on drugs or drinking and completey %#@&#! up in the head.There are some of us who get help but it a very very long and hard road and you have to really wont it .