Maybe the good stretches feel almost too good, and then something drops out from under you for reasons no one has ever explained. Maybe a past label calmed things for a while and then stopped fitting. Our Bipolar Disorder Evaluations in Fox Point, WI give you an accurate read of those cycles so the right support can hold. No referral is needed to begin.
Each evaluation opens with a baseline of cognitive and executive function, then layers in mood measures and a careful, lifetime history of your patterns. One licensed psychologist carries the entire process, from that first conversation to the final feedback, and screens along the way for the conditions bipolar so often hides behind.
In young children, mood swings can mean many things, so we move slowly and cautiously here. Rather than reaching for an early label, we work to understand the whole picture of your child before anything is named.
In teens, watch for distinct stretches of revved up or unusually irritable mood and energy that flip into low, flat periods. Sleep and activity shift noticeably, impulsive choices spike, and the swings feel bigger than ordinary teenage ups and downs.
In adults, look for episodes where mood, energy, and judgment climb or turn sharply irritable, then swing down into depression. Sleep and drive change with them, and there is often a long personal history that never quite matched any single explanation you were given.
We start with about an hour of conversation, tracing your mood, energy, and behavior from your earliest years through your current week. This history is where the cycling patterns that set bipolar apart from other mood conditions come into focus, and it guides which assessments your psychologist chooses next.
Your psychologist assembles a set of mood and psychological measures matched to what you have described, typically 2 to 6 hours of in person testing spread over one to two days. You take self report questionnaires home, and someone who knows you well can add their own view of your patterns over time. Signs of ADHD, anxiety, or depression are screened for as they surface.
Everything gathered, the testing data, the clinical observations, and the questionnaires, is pulled into one detailed diagnostic report. With bipolar, telling the pattern apart from look alike conditions is the whole point, so episode history and symptom presentation are weighed closely, and any co occurring conditions are written up in full.
Roughly two to three weeks later, you come back for a feedback session where your psychologist explains the findings in plain terms. You leave with individualized recommendations spanning treatment planning, evidence based therapy, medication considerations, lifestyle strategies, and clear next steps for your situation.
No. A referral is never required to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You are welcome to reach out to us directly, for any reason and at any point.
It brings together a detailed interview and history, a cognitive and executive function baseline, targeted mood measures, and careful screening for the conditions bipolar resembles, all handled by one psychologist.
Because bipolar patterns are so easily read as depression, anxiety, ADHD, or trauma, and the support that helps depends entirely on which one you are actually dealing with. A thorough history and evaluation are what tell them apart.
Yes. We evaluate both teens and adults, and with younger clients we read mood patterns cautiously, since so many conditions overlap early in life.
Call us at (414) 387-2100 and we will walk you through the next steps. There is nothing you need to arrange in advance and no referral to track down first.
A report written in plain language and a feedback session that lays out individualized recommendations and a clear direction toward the right support.
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