Not sure what to do

I have been very close to a wonderful girl for almost ten years now. She was diagnosed Bipolar and constantly talks about having visions and signs. I really care for her and I would like to persue a relationship with her, I am just not sure how much of these visions and signs I can take. Is there anything I do to help control these visions or make her understand that they arent real?

Is she currently seeing a Therapist, and on meds?
Angie

Yes she is seeing a therapist and she is currently taking depakote. She is also taking aderol for her ADHD however the depakote and aderol combination is giving her some complications so they are backing her off of the aderol slowly.

I have seen some drastic changes in her over the past couple of years, all for the better too. I believe that it may be several of her peers that are contributing to her belief that her visions are real, but I cant be sure, I have never met them. Thank you for your help.

I'm bipolar and I don't think anyone could convince me that the visions, prophetic dreams and messages from voices are not real. Mainly because so many of them later turn out to be accurate. I too have peers and family that believe this is true as well, because they have seen it happen. I find that even though I recognize these as symptoms of a disease, like the audio hallucinations and voices, I can not convince my self that they do not exist, and I suppose having other people believe in their vlidity does not help me push them aside.
Granted, some of them are just silly, for instance I was instructed to take my safety shoes home from work for Christmas. I forgot, and worried about it a little, even though I understand these are just symptoms of a disease. But I've never been told anything that I'd consider harmful. Sometimes it just makes me mad when people try to deconstruct the prophecies. Everybody has at least one wierd belief in their life that other people may find ignorant or really strange. I bet you've got some too. If it aint broke, don't fix it. Unless your friend is being harmed by these things, I don't know if you should worry. If she is being made paranoid by visions of bad things, or warning messages that make her afraid to conduct her normal daily life, then she should talk to her therapist about it.

I also put toothpaste in my ears. I probably put more toothpaste in my ears on a regular basis than I put in my mouth. My room mate finds this slightly disturbing, but also recognizes that it's not really harmful and doesn't require an "Intervention". Choose your battles, is what I'm saying. Sometimes we just have to have respect for others beliefs, even if they are totally illogical to us. Religion is illogical, yet 85% of the planet is religious. Go fig.

allautumn, thank you for the input, it is good to get views from other people. You definately put things into a different light. Her visions dont cause her any harm, most of them are preminitions of where she will be in in the time to come, it is just very difficult for me to believe in it. I am just not sure, I guess it is just too strange for me but it will have to be something for me to overcome if I ever want to bring our relationship closer.