Manic episodes involve unusually elevated, expansive, or irritable moods lasting at least one week. Hypomania is similar but shorter in duration (at least four days) and does not include psychotic features.
Common symptoms of mania and hypomania include:
While there is currently no cure for bipolar disorder, effective treatment options exist. Mental health professionals can manage symptoms through medications, psychotherapy, and holistic lifestyle adjustments.
At Peak Wellness Psychiatry, we take a comprehensive telepsychiatry approach, blending medication management, lifestyle guidance, nutrition, and personalized care. Our goal is to move patients beyond day-to-day symptom control and toward long-term mental and emotional wellness.
Mood stabilizers are medications that help regulate mood swings and reduce the risk of manic or depressive episodes. They are considered a first-line treatment for acute mania and play an important role in long-term management of bipolar disorder.
Since some mood stabilizers take time to reach full effectiveness, they are often combined with atypical antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, or benzodiazepines during the early stages of treatment to provide faster relief.
Commonly prescribed mood stabilizers include:
Antipsychotics are medications that help manage symptoms by blocking the effects of dopamine, a brain chemical often linked to psychosis. Elevated dopamine activity can contribute to bipolar mania or hypomania, leading to changes in perception, mood, and behavior. By regulating dopamine, antipsychotics help restore stability and reduce severe symptoms.
These medications are frequently prescribed for acute manic episodes and may also be used as part of long-term treatment plans for bipolar disorder.
Common antipsychotics include:
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Here is the list of insurance that we take:
Aetna • Aetna Student Health • Anthem • Blue Cross • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) • Cigna and Evernorth • Government Employees Health Association (GEHA) • Humana • Meritain Health • Optum • Oxford • United Medical Resources (UMR) • UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH • RegalMed
Here is the list of insurance that we take:
Aetna • Aetna Student Health • Blue Shield • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) • First Choice Health | FCH • Cigna and Evernorth • Government Employees Health Association (GEHA) • Meritain Health • Optum • Oxford • United Medical Resources (UMR) • Regence • UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH • TriCare – TriWest
Here is the list of insurance that we take:
Aetna • Aetna Student Health • Anthem • Blue Cross • Blue Shield • BlueCross and BlueShield • Carelon Behavioral Health • Cigna and Evernorth • Government Employees Health Association (GEHA) • Meritain Health • Optum • Oxford • United Medical Resources (UMR) • UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
When using your insurance, you may sometimes have costs such as copay, coinsurance, or deductible.
We’ll call your insurance before your appointment. Based on what your insurance tells us, you will be charged according to your insurance benefits.
For self pay option, you can use your credit card or HSA/FSA.
Self pay rates are $289 for first visit and $169 for follow-up visits.
We apply a holistic approach tailored to your unique needs to help you get at the root cause of your problems. This helps the medications to work more effectively to help you to get the best possible outcome
Our expert psychiatric providers are carefully selected for their ability to deliver exceptional, evidence-based mental health care. Each clinician brings years of experience helping individuals manage anxiety,ADHD, depression, bipolar, and other mental health conditions.
All of our providers are:
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In most casts, we can see patients online without in person appointments. However, there are certain cases such as the ones below where in person would be a better option.
Online care may not be a good fit for people with certain disorders or situations such as these:
In these four cases, it’s better that you be seen in person for your visits.
Existing patients can contact their provider by clicking here through our Spruce App. For your convenience, we offer 24/7 messaging through our secure phone app.
You can also send us an email message at info@peakwellnesspsych.com
