my friend is in crisis again!

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ok well i have a small group of close friends i haven't seen any of them for about a moth or so due to starting work/lack of money... so i talk to my friend who is schitzophrenic, but somehow one of the most down to earth and cogniszant of the group. he tells me that he had seen our other friend recently and that he is not well. he ha aspergers but also bipolar and apparently when they talked he was emaciated, talking in fragments and generally not there. he has changed since i met him. he seems to be going insane. all he does when i talk to him is say he wants revenge on a kid who wronged him he dwells on it to no end. he also claims to be a doctor and a mask sculptor and spends weeks in his room doing god knows what. he is obsessed with house and i am thinking might idolize him. i feel like i can't even connect with him anymore because everything he says is so outrageous. i also know i am one of his only friends. i want to give him company and help but i don't know what to do. he talks and does not listen. he also cannot acknowledge that he is ever wrong. he thinks of himslf as a mad scientist. he recently said "thanks to my therapist i am smarter than ever, and doing thing with my mind that you wouldn't beleive!!"

i just dont know what to say to these things. they make no sense. what do i say? and how can i be a good friend to him?

Help him get to a doctor. Lead him by the hand if you have to. He's bipolar and it seems like he's not thinking straight, confused. The best way to help him is to get him some treatment, so that he can start to think more clearly again. The state you describe sounds like it would be very frustrating and even painful to him, since he can't seem to put this person who wronged him out of his mind.

You and your friend from group could get him to a doctor together. You both care about him, and you hate seeing him so confused. If he hasn't got a doctor or you can't get medical care, then take him to an emergency room--they have to see you if you go there. Stay in touch with the guy, make sure he knows he can always ask you for help, and contact him regularly in case he doesn't have the energy/initiative to contact you.