You have probably heard a few explanations by now, and none fully accounted for the way your energy and mood keep swinging. Maybe you burn bright for a stretch and then lose whole weeks to a heaviness you cannot shake. Our Bipolar Disorder Evaluations in Wauwatosa, WI give you an honest, careful read on those patterns. No referral is required to begin.
We start where every evaluation starts, with a baseline of cognitive and executive function, then layer in mood measures and a detailed history of how your ups and downs have played out over the years. The same licensed psychologist stays with you the entire way, and since bipolar patterns overlap so heavily with other conditions, we screen intentionally for what might be hiding underneath or standing alongside them.
With young children we hold back from labels on purpose, because at that age a great many conditions present in similar ways. The work centers on seeing the full picture of the child over time rather than reaching for a quick answer.
You might see your teen swing between periods of restless, sped up energy with little sleep and stretches of low, checked out mood. Reckless decisions and changes that outrun the usual teenage rollercoaster warrant a closer, careful look.
You may recognize seasons of expansive, revved up energy and racing thoughts that give way to depleted, low periods. Perhaps your sleep, spending, and decision making tracked with your mood, and no single diagnosis ever held the whole story.
Your first hour is a focused conversation in which your psychologist maps your mood, energy, and behavior from your earliest years through daily life now. Tracing that arc is how the cycling patterns unique to bipolar disorder become visible, and it guides which assessments will tell us the most.
Next, your psychologist builds a battery of mood and psychological measures tailored to what you have described. Testing typically spans 2 to 6 hours over one to two days. You will leave with self report questionnaires, and someone close to you may fill out their own to round out the view of your mood across time. Should signs of ADHD, anxiety, or depression appear, we screen for them too.
Everything gathered, the scores, the clinical observations, and the questionnaires, is drawn together into a thorough diagnostic report. Differential accuracy carries real weight with bipolar disorder, so your psychologist examines episode history and symptom presentation closely, and documents any conditions that are occurring alongside it.
Roughly two to three weeks after testing, you come back for feedback. Your psychologist explains the diagnosis in language that makes sense and offers individualized recommendations, from therapy approaches and medication considerations to discuss with a prescriber, to lifestyle strategies and the practical next steps that suit your life.
No. A referral is never needed at Core Spring Diagnostics. You are welcome to contact us on your own, for whatever reason brought you here.
You will sit for an in depth interview and history, complete a cognitive and executive function baseline and mood measures, and be screened for the conditions that mimic bipolar patterns, all with one consistent psychologist.
Bipolar patterns shadow depression, anxiety, ADHD, and trauma very closely, and the support that helps depends entirely on which is which. A careful evaluation and history are how we tell them apart.
Yes. Teens and adults are both welcome, and with younger clients we stay cautious about mood, because so much overlaps in presentation early on.
Reach us at (414) 387 2100. We will listen to what is going on and set up a time. You do not need a referral to schedule.
A clear, plain language report and a feedback session with recommendations built around you and a defined path toward the right kind of support.
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