Bipolar Disorder Treatment
Bipolar disorder brings shifts between manic or hypomanic highs and depressive lows that can disrupt sleep, work, and relationships. Our Oak Creek, WI psychiatric team provides accurate diagnosis, medication management, and therapy built around your specific symptoms and mood history. We track how you respond to treatment and adjust your plan based on what’s actually happening, not a fixed schedule. Schedule an evaluation today and start building toward steadier, more predictable moods.
What Is Bipolar Disorder
Understanding Bipolar Disorder, Treatment Built On An Accurate Diagnosis
Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder that causes shifts between manic or hypomanic episodes and depressive episodes. Mania and hypomania can bring less need for sleep, racing thoughts, and impulsive decisions, while depressive episodes bring low energy, low motivation, and changes in sleep and appetite. At our Oak Creek, WI practice, Dr. Vassar diagnoses and treats bipolar disorder using mood stabilizers, antipsychotic medication when appropriate, and ongoing therapy. Your medication plan is reviewed regularly and adjusted based on how your mood actually responds, not left unchanged for months at a time.
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TYPES OF BIPOLAR DISORDER WE TREAT
Bipolar I Disorder
At least one manic episode lasting seven days or longer, or severe enough to require hospitalization. Depressive episodes often follow but aren’t required for diagnosis.
Bipolar II Disorder
Hypomanic episodes lasting four days or longer combined with at least one major depressive episode. No full manic episode occurs, but depression often lasts longer than in Bipolar I.
Cyclothymic Disorder
Milder mood swings that continue for two years or more without meeting full criteria for a manic or major depressive episode. Symptoms are real but less severe.
Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorder
Four or more mood episodes within a single year. Rapid cycling can occur with either Bipolar I or Bipolar II and often needs a more active medication approach.
Bipolar Disorder With Mixed Features
Manic and depressive symptoms occurring at the same time, such as high energy combined with low mood. Mixed episodes carry a higher risk and need close monitoring.
Bipolar Disorder With Psychotic Features
Severe manic or depressive episodes that include a break from reality, such as delusions or hallucinations. This presentation usually requires antipsychotic medication alongside a mood stabilizer.
How We Diagnose Bipolar Disorder
Getting the right diagnosis is the first step toward real stability. During your evaluation, Dr. Vassar reviews your mood history, sleep patterns, and family history to determine whether you meet criteria for Bipolar I, Bipolar II, or cyclothymic disorder. Because symptoms can overlap with depression, anxiety, or ADHD, other conditions are ruled out before a bipolar diagnosis is confirmed.
Some patients are asked to track their mood daily for a few weeks, which helps confirm patterns that are hard to recall accurately after the fact. Once a diagnosis is confirmed, you’ll get a clear explanation of which type of bipolar disorder fits your symptoms and what treatment options are available.
Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder
- Feeling like you barely need sleep and still have energy to spare
- Thoughts moving so fast it's hard to finish a sentence
- Making spending or life decisions you wouldn't normally make
- Feeling unstoppable, like nothing can slow you down
- Irritability that flares up faster than usual
- Talking faster than people can follow, jumping between topics
- Losing interest in things that used to feel worth doing
- Sleeping far more or far less than usual
- Feeling drained even after a full night's rest
- Trouble concentrating on tasks that used to feel simple
- A heaviness that makes basic tasks feel harder than they should
- Thoughts of death or suicide (call or text 988 if this happens)
Meet Codie Jordan Vassar, MD, MS
Codie Jordan Vassar, MD, MS, is a board-certified adult psychiatrist and the founder and medical director of NEH Psychiatry, the physician-led outpatient psychiatric practice of Nuestra Esperanza Health. He provides comprehensive ADHD evaluation, diagnostic, clarification, individualized medication management, and ongoing treatment planning for adults.
Dr. Vassar’s approach is warm, collaborative, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive. He emphasizes careful listening, clear explanations, and shared decisionmaking so patients can understand their options and participate confidently in care. His experience spans outpatient, integrated-care, addiction, emergency, consultationliaison, and telepsychiatry settings. He earned his MD and completed adult psychiatry residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin and holds an MS in Clinical Informatics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Care is available in English and Spanish.
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Bipolar Disorder Treatment
NEH Psychiatry provides flexible in-person and telehealth bipolar disorder treatment options for individuals in Oak Creek, keeping diagnosis, medication management, and follow up care accessible.
In-Person Appointments
In-person appointments allow you to meet directly with your provider in a private clinical environment. This option may be preferred by patients who value face to face communication or who feel more comfortable receiving care in an office setting.
Telehealth Appointments
Telehealth can make ongoing bipolar disorder treatment more convenient by allowing eligible patients to meet with their provider from a private location. Virtual appointments can reduce commuting, transportation difficulties, parking concerns, and scheduling barriers that may interfere with consistent follow-up care.
WHY CHOOSE US
Finding the right psychiatric provider for bipolar disorder in Oak Creek, WI starts with an accurate diagnosis. Dr. Vassar completes a full clinical evaluation to confirm which type of bipolar disorder you have before recommending medication, so treatment targets the episodes you actually experience instead of guessing. From your first appointment, you’ll work with a provider who reviews your mood history in detail and adjusts your plan as your symptoms change.
Accurate Diagnosis First
Get a full evaluation that identifies Bipolar I, Bipolar II, or cyclothymic disorder before starting medication.
Medication Monitored Over Time
Receive regular follow up so your medication plan adjusts as your symptoms and side effects change.
In Person and Telehealth Access
Choose office visits in Oak Creek or telehealth appointments anywhere in Wisconsin.
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