Ask MetaFilter posts tagged with psychiatrist

Does that make me crazy?

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:44:44 -0800

In the past few months, I have found myself occasionally going into uncontrollable outbursts of rage and violence. Oddly, other than that I find that I am a happy and satisfied person. Help? Overall I would consider myself a very happy person. Generally I don't get stressed easily (which you might thing is paradoxical considering what I'm about to detail... but in my mind this makes sense), I'm liked by my friends and co-workers, I am content with my position in life, I have goals and aspirations, I love my job, etc., etc., etc. I could go on and on about how good my life is right now, but I am having this problem.

In the past few months, probably starting about six or seven months ago, I have suddenly developed some odd behaviors and outbursts. I'm really not sure how or when it started, but it kind of all happened at once and wasn't a gradual thing. Basically I just have these outbursts when I get angry or upset that something doesn't go my way. It could be as simple as rush hour traffic, an unpleasant task at work, or losing in a video game. This sounds silly, I know...

My outbursts are generally yelling, many times obscenities, and hitting things. I never do this while people are around, only when I am alone. I get the urges when I am around others, but I find it controllable. When I am alone it is much easier for me to release the feeling by just doing it.

The number one place this happens is probably my car, but it is sometimes in my apartment. At work I don't say anything or yell but I do still hit my desk or chair. When I say I hit things, often it's whatever's around, such as the arm of a couch or chair, punching a wall or door, or even hitting myself, often in the head (none of this is hard enough to really injure myself). The cursing is especially odd to me because overall I've never been one to curse. Up until these outbursts had started happening, I could probably count on one hand the number of times I had cursed out loud other than repeating something someone else said, and now I find myself saying some of the most vile things imaginable out loud. The last thing I would mention, and the most scary to myself, is that sometimes I get the urge to drive into oncoming traffic or into a wall or just slam the gas as hard as I can just to see what happens.

I don't know what any of this means. I don't do these things out of nowhere, it is generally something that frustrates or irks me that triggers it. I don't feel like I would even become violent to a person, or that I would hurt myself permanently in any way. I have not told my spouse or anyone close to me about this. What do I need to do?

I have only ever been to a psychiatrist once in my life, and it was when I was 14 and acting depressed so my parents would pay attention to me. Honestly I don't believe in all that stuff. I don't think it will help... but maybe I just need someone to encourage me to go and actually do it. So I guess that's what I'm asking. Who do I talk to about something like this? Is this normal? Should I be seriously concerned about my own physical or mental health? I know you are not my doctor, but maybe I really just need some perspective from someone outside of my little bubble of the world.

I'm in my early twenties. If it matters, I'm a male. I got married pretty recently. Let's say it was two years ago. That (involving moving in with my spouse) and a job change for the better are the only two major changes that have happened in my life recently.

amigoinginsane@gmail.com

Picking a psychiatrist

crapmatic — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:05:31 -0800

I have a minor psychiatric issue and I'd like to go see a professional. Question about picking one. The short version: last month I hit a moment of clarity and realized that most of the time I'm operating under some sort of cognitive fog; it's not just a mental energy issue but a little more complex. So I want to see someone.

Looking at psychiatrist listings in my large town, there are (A) psychiatrists listed at the hospital and (B) psychiatrists listed in their own clinics. What's the difference here, in regards to handling minor visits like this, taking time to evaluate me, and willingness to dispense a med if it's scheduled? (I'm already aware I may be in Adderall territory here)

I tried called one non-hospital psychiatrist. The receptionist said it was $300 for the initial evaluation, which is higher than the $200 that seems to be average. I asked what they specialize in and she said they mostly see people for medications. The receptionist said only the PA sees me on that first visit but has the ability to dispense. What do I make of that? A prescription mill? Or a psychiatrist that's valuable -and- wisely managing her time?

I looked at some medical ratings sites and found a scarce few ratings. Also I don't know anyone who's seeing any psychiatrists. So no help there. Any advice on picking a psychiatrist?

Need a psychiatrist in Toronto

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:31:04 -0800

I need a psychiatrist. In Toronto, needing a psychiatrist. No private insurance and no spare money, so it needs to be someone who takes OHIP only.

Dealing with severe depression (off and on lifelong), suicidal ideation, self-destructive behaviour.* Also queer, but that's not a contributing factor, but queer or queer-friendly would be good.

Anywhere in Toronto is fine.

Throwaway email: fixmeintoronto@gmail.com

* I am safe and secure. Not going to injure myself. This is more about fixing what's broken.

Help my brain!

Anonymous — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:41:03 -0800

I need a recommendation for either a psychiatrist or psychologist in NYC. Help my brain! Please help with some referrals for a mental health professional in NYC. I have a fairly typical set of disorders including depression, anxiety, social anxiety, fear of failure, perfectionism, and probably some sort of ADD. Ideally I would like to see someone who doesn't push the pills and focuses more on cognitive behavioral therapy and homework assignments. I am stricken with paralysis when it comes to "doing" anything, and as most of you know, life requires a lot of doing. Anywho, it would be helpful if the therapy focused on putting a little more motion into my life. Oh, and I have Empire Blue Cross if that matters.

I've done pure talk therapy before, and it was a great success. NOT!

If you'd like to post privately, please email me at helpmybrain@hotmail.com.

thanks guys!

How to find a good psychiatrist in LA??

toofan — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:39:11 -0800

I am looking for a competent psychiatrist in Los Angeles, CA area. My sister has serious emotional and alcohol issues. She had a bad experience with an incompetent psychiatrist. I am very worry about her. I need to get a name of a good psychiatrist that can change her attitude about psychiatry. Any referral or recommendations?

Help Me Prove I'm Not Crazy!

silkygreenbelly — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:09:08 -0800

Grand Rapids DoctorFilter: I need to find a (cheap) psychiatrist/doctor in or near Grand Rapids, Michigan. Have you or someone you know been to one that you could recommend? I had my doctor do a evaluation of my suitability for living and working overseas for two years. He gave me a great evaluation and he is a specialist in ADHD. However, the program sent me a letter back saying they need a second doctor's opinion. The area of concern is my ADHD (inattentive). Would like to keep appointment as cheap as possible. I have bare bones insurance and they will not cover a second appointment.

note: I am looking for specific recommendations not generic "here's a list of Grand Rapids psychiatrists"

OCD treatment questions

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:48:12 -0800

A few questions RE: OCD treatment Hi folks...so I had a relapse of what seems like OCD. In college about 8 years ago I had a few tough bouts with fears of being gay, or of being a pedophile - common OCD worries. They lasted a few months, finally I got some Buspar from the school doc and these worries eventually faded away. In 8 or so years since then I have not had OCD. I do tend to get very worried or anxious over real life problems, like expensive home repairs or work stuff, but that is occasional, although probably is excessive.

About 1 month ago I started to obsess over whether I thought my gf of almost a year is pretty enough. We're real serious and heading toward marriage. things are great. I worried over having thought to my self briefly in the past that "she not pretty in that pic" or such things. Before starting to date her i told someone "she's not the prettiest girl in the world." that all made me feel bad, i got obsessed with the thought then just looking at her made me anxious sometimes because i would focus on different parts of her, rather than just relax. i truly believe she is pretty, and am very attracted to her.

OK, so anxiety and hopelessness got worse and worse with this, and this past weekend got real bad. lots of anxiety, feeling it would never get better, made it hard to work. i went to my family doc yesterday and he said "sounds like anxiety and depression" and gave me lexapro. it may be placebo, but last night after taking it for the first time i felt less anxious and then today felt less anxious too. it almost seems like the thoughts have faded, but i still feel uneasy about them, and they are not intruding very much, and certainly not as strongly. this may be placebo

I saw the psychologist today, and he said sounds like OCD that I have. next week we go through some kind of tests to determine severity and details of teh obsession, then he says he'll make a 90 min tape for me to listen to every day, for what is called "flooding." after a few weeks of this i will not even want to think these thoughts, he said. then we do more cognitive stuff, helping me learn better thought processes etc.

i am a bit freaked about doctors as i had a few bad experiences in the past. Does anyone have experience with flooding, should i get a 2nd opinion? I don't want it to desensitize me to my gf, or to how she looks and the like. just guilty thoughts.

He didn't seem to have much to say about the drug i'm on or how that might work with the treatment. it should reduce my anxiety and guilt over these thoughts. I wonder if i should see a psychiatrist to make sure i'm on the right drug while doing this treatment.

it's weird today, the thoughts seemed faded, but still there. i don't want to go through this treatment if the meds will interfere.... Just checking to see what the hive mind thinks! It's hard to relax and take the right steps when you're feeling worn out by this stuff!

How do I shop for a psychiatrist?

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:11:08 -0800

Is it appropriate to shop around for a psychiatrist? I am not sure I am as comfortable with my new psychiatrist as I was with my old (in my city of last residence), but unsure how to approach this with a putative new psychiatrist. Do I outright say that I'm not sure whether I'm compatible with my new choice of doctor? My main source of hesitation in shopping around is that I am looking for psychiatric care as opposed to, say, podiatric.

In case it helps, I am prescribed a couple of medications but nothing out of the ordinary for someone with anxiety/depression. My prescriptions are written monthly, which makes it awkward to shop around.

Can anyone recommend a psychiatrist in New York City who has experience with learning disabilities?

tweebiscuit — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:30:08 -0800

Can anyone recommend a psychiatrist in New York City who has experience with learning disabilities? (As opposed to, say, mood disorders.) There are a few thousand too many for cold-calling to be a useful narrowing strategy. Feel free to e-mail if you'd prefer, of course! Thanks!

How to help teenager with depression?

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:41:27 -0800

An adolescent relative in her senior year of high school is suffering depression, and recently spoke to a psychiatrist about suicide, which resulted in her near-hospitalization. She's taken Zoloft, and done some therapy -- what now? She became depressed over a year ago, and it looks to have been at least partly situational, with various family pressures to succeed and so on perhaps combining with some kind of genetic tendency towards depression.

This past summer she suffered a kind of nervous breakdown that caused her to briefly not complete a summer internship, and then she seemed better for a while. Now she told her psychiatrist she felt suicidal, and was nearly hospitalized.

She's been taking Zoloft for a year now, though she stopped for a month or something a few months ago. She's been in therapy with this psychiatrist for a month and a half, and feels a mild rapport with him.

She is otherwise quite functional: good grades, extracurriculars, etc. She claims not to know the cause of her depression, and she also claims that she knows it is irrational. She nevertheless maintains that there is a "black hole in her heart," and at various previous times has wanted: 1) to be away from everybody in some far away, anonymous place (though her internship was in such a place and did not help...though there *were* other people her age there), 2) to take a year off before college, 3) to have what she thinks is a more fit body (she feels that she is fat, and she probably is objectively overweight).

This is a random bunch of facts, but the question is: what else can we do to help her or she do to help herself?

Perhaps cognitive-behavioral therapy as opposed to the more traditional psychodynamic kind she's undergoing now?

An isolation yoga retreat (she likes yoga)? A trip around the world?

Some kind of major volunteer activity that would expose her to the plight of poor people elsewhere and enlarge her perspective?

The year off from college is no problem at this point, but what can she do now to better her depression and hopefully graduate from high school?

My NHS pdoc is evil. Can I get a new one?

happyturtle — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:07:55 -0800

NHS filter: I just had a horrible experience with an NHS psychiatrist consultant. Can I get a different doctor? I'm in the UK and I have depression. I've been on SSRI's for years, and occasionally they stop working and have to be replaced with a different pill. My GP referred me to the mental health clinic and I had the appointment today. I was insulted to the point that I've been in tears for two hours. All of the stereotypes that are held about depression were trotted out: 'You shouldn't count on a pill to fix you.' 'Why aren't you doing anything to change your situation?' 'Anti-depressants don't just stop working.' 'You shouldn't just go to bed in the evenings--you need to do something productive.'

She finally agreed to change my medication, but gave me a very low dose of a tricyclic with no plans to see me again until January. I suspect that she's using this as a placebo rather than because she thinks it will do anything, because it seems that despite being a psychiatrist, she doesn't believe in medicating depression.

Is it possible to see a different specialist on the NHS or am I stuck with this horrible woman?

A cognitive behavioral therapist and/or a psychiatrist in Northern NJ or NYC?

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:46:47 -0800

A cognitive behavioral therapist and/or a psychiatrist in Northern NJ or NYC? I know a similar question was posted in April, but I think a lot of the replies were emailed directly to the poster. I would like to try cognitive behavioral therapy and the possibility of going on an anti-depressant / anti-anxiety / anti-being-frustrated-and-grumpy-and-pissy-all-the-time-regardless-of-the-situation type of medication. Does anyone have a recommendation for a doc/therapist near me? I'm in Fort Lee, NJ, which is just over the George Washington Bridge from Manhattan. It would be a bonus if he/she takes my insurance (Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ), but I'm willing to pay out of pocket if that's what it takes to get someone great. There are plenty of directories of psychiatrists and therapists on the web, including the one on my health insurance's website, but I would really like personal recommendations. If you're really feeling ambitious, you can go to the Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey provider directory. My plan is "Horizon EPO/EPO Plus" and my zip code is 07024. Northern New Jersey and The Upper West Side of Manhattan are both optimal but, again, I'm willing to go a bit out of my way for the right person.

Thanks everyone. You can email me directly at asknonymous at gmail dot com.

How do I find a good Psychiatrist in the Boise, Idaho area

doppler68 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:48:44 -0800

How do I go about finding a good psychiatrist in the Boise Idaho area? I am a reasonably well-managed bipolar patient. I am not happy with the side effects of my mood stabilizer and am suspicious that depression is interfering with my life. I haven't seen a psychiatrist for about 3 years. My GP prescribes my medicines since I am reasonably well-managed. However, I just moved to the Boise/Nampa/Caldwell Idaho area and would like to start seeing a psychiatrist and seeing about trying something different. I was really lucky how I found my last psychiatrist through the recommendation of a counselor that I trusted. But I don't have any contacts in the area. Does anyone have a recommendation of a good psychiatrist in the Boise area? Or how have you/would you go about finding a good one? Thanks

Attentionless in Seattle

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:12:08 -0800

Recommendations for a Seattle area doctor/psych/counselor who specialize in adult ADD/ADHD? I was diagnosed with ADD/ADHD in my early 20s, but I've never followed up with a good treatment plan. However, I've now hit a point where my inability to focus and follow through is impairing my work, so I need to address the issues.

I need a starting point -- a doctor/psych/coach here in Seattle that specializes in adult ADD/ADHD and can take me on. I know I'll need drugs again, but I also need coaching in how to manage this. I need someone who can help me formulate a game plan.

But I don't even know where to start. Any recommendations for good doctors/psychs/counselors in Seattle? Coaches, too. Thanks.

I need my meds, but I also need my ups and downs!

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:24:28 -0800

I need a Psychiatrist in NY - one that has experience dealing with artists and won't drug me into a straight-line mood. I need my meds, but I also need my ups and downs! I have been going to a psychiatrist for the past 5 years. She is very experienced in dealing with artists and fully understands and respects the fact that some people just cannot be put into too stable a mood.

Sounds crazy? Well, it's not. Artists, writers, maybe even philosophers need to have their ups and downs in order to produce their art, thoughts, get in touch with their emotions. After a few trials we finally found the med combination that keeps me fully functional, stable, happy - but doesn't kill my much needed spells of light melancoly and introspection.

Only now I'm moving to NY. I could just find a psychiatrist that would keep me on the meds I'm on now, but I really prefer one that understands and respects what I have explained above.

Recommendations can be e-mailed to need.a.shrink@gmail.com and would be really, really appreciated. Thanks!

Finding a Psychiatrist in New Jersey

Karmakaze — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:56:59 -0800

The meds the GP gives me don't work. How do I find a psychiatrist who's actually able to see me? I've been fighting depression all my life. In high school it manifested as mood swings, insomnia and crying jags, but I never got diagnosed until college. I spent a few weeks hospitalized (long enough to learn I don't belong in a mental institution) and wound up on Zoloft and Serzone and seeing a therapist, which worked out moderately well. I had enough trouble with side effects that I moved to Wellbutrin, which was somewhat less effective, but low enough on side effects that I'd actually take it. After some time, both my medical benefits and savings ran out and I stopped both meds and therapy.

With my new job, I have some coverage again, and my General Practitioner put me back on Wellbutrin, because it was the last thing I was on that worked. This spring, though, I've been feeling just wrong. I have a deep feeling of unease and that there's something wrong with me but I don't know what it is. I've started having crying jags again and I flip between sleeping to much and not sleeping. I figure I need a psychiatrist to either adjust the meds or work out what to do instead.

In May, I tried to find a doctor. I went to my insurance website and got a list of doctors on my plan and even called to confirm I'm eligible. According to my insurance plan, any doctor on the list should be able to see me within two weeks. In practice, two of the doctors I called don't take my insurance anymore, most of the rest never answered my voicemails, and the only one that I did hear back from couldn't see me for two months. I gave up.

I prefer a female doctor, but don't insist on it. I also prefer evening or weekend appointments, but I'll use up my vacation time if I have to. At this point, I'll even pay out of pocket for a doctor who's not on my plan. I just need this to stop. I'm in Central Jersey (exact location in my profile). Anyone know a decent shrink in the area? Or how to find someone who'll actually see me?

does therapy work?

timory — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:20:03 -0800

I think I need to get back into therapy, but I also think that therapy doesn't work. I have had major depressive disorder since I was a teenager (granted, not all that long ago). Although I've been able to lead a relatively happy and sane existence thanks to medication, I feel like I'm going through a particularly rough patch right now, and that it would probably be best for me to seek therapy.

I've had therapy before, of course - I wouldn't be medicated without it - but it's only the drugs that have ever helped me. I am a very rational person, so it is not too difficult for me to understand on my own what exactly is wrong with me (I know, self-diagnosis is a bad thing...), but just because I understand it doesn't mean I can do anything about it. It seems to me that this is all therapy is; that is, rationalizing depressive feelings and thoughts in order to realize the root of the problem, thus eradicating it. For me, it just seems like I'm rehashing things I already know about myself.

I've never had any kind of horrible traumas or anything like that. This is just chemical, genetic depression, as far as anybody has been able to tell. Should I forgo the head shrinking and try for a new medication instead? Is it worth trying therapy again, or is my mental block going to guarantee fruitlessness? Or is that in itself something that should be worked through... in therapy?

How can I see a therapist on my parents' insurance without my parents finding out?

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:30:54 -0800

I would like to see a therapist. I am 19 years old, in the U.S., and on my parents' insurance (Blue Cross Blue Shield), but I don't want them to find out. How can I see a therapist on their insurance without them finding out? A very close friend of mine died in a car accident last year, and I still have lots of things that I haven't dealt with. Hearing or seeing certain reminders will ruin my day; I can't stand driving; and I've made plans for my life so that the family I have (in the future) and I will never have to drive (like living in New York and taking the subway everywhere). I'd like to work through these things with somebody.

I don't want my parents to know I am seeing a therapist because I feel they would treat me differently for the rest of my life if they knew. I know that becoming more open with them would obviate the need to hide this from them, but that is a longer-term thing, and I would like to see a therapist soon without having to deal with my relationship with my parents first.

The area I live (top 5 metro area) in probably has tons of low-cost counseling places, but I want to leave those for people who truly have no way of paying. My university has lots of therapists, but they're only free for short-term counseling. I don't care whether I go to somebody at the university health center (as long as it's one-on-one initially, not group) or just somebody in the area.

I have never been to anyone before, so I might even be using the wrong terms. I don't really understand the differences between therapists, psychiatrists ("shrinks," I think), and psychologists, but I mean the kind where you sit down on a couch in their office and talk through things with them.

My health insurance is a PPO, and I believe that this sort of thing would be covered. But my parents would see the charges on the statement (even if they don't have to pay for it) unless there is some way to block them from showing up.

So, how can I see a therapist without having my parents find out? What have other people done in my situation?

Can my shrink be a reference?

greatgefilte — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:35:00 -0800

Is it completely absurd to use one's psychiatrist as a reference for admission to medical school? I saw a psychiatrist weekly for a few years for treatment of mild depression and a significant degree of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. He certainly knows me well (as demanded by the medical schools), and could write a fine letter of reference. Plus, he's a doctor!

Would doing this be detrimental to my application? Is it just odd? Are there any issues from the psychiatrist's point of view about being a reference?

Am I deeply traumatized without realizing it?

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:28:49 -0800

I recently went to a therapist for the first time ever, for a screening for ADD. She told me that I had a severely traumatic childhood because of things like "My father wasn't around much." I don't feel severely traumatized... Is she crazy? I feel like this lady must be exaggerating the situation, and possibly misinterpreting things. She also said that I'm not really passionate about anything, and I strongly disagree with that statement. But then I think, "Wait, what if I really am severely traumatized? What if I'm so traumatized that I can't even tell I lack passion?"

So... How common is it for a therapist to exaggerate a patient's problems on the first visit? Is she trying to get me hooked on therapy or something?

what do you think of seattle mental health?

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:50:05 -0800

Does anyone have experience with Seattle Mental Health's Northwest Counseling Institute in Redmond, Washington? I'm trying to deal with depression and stress issues (I've been having trouble with them for years, really) and finding a therapist is intimidating. Seattle Mental Health (website) has a counseling center with different types of professionals all in one place, which seems convenient. Has anyone had any experiences with the place, positive or negative?

Also, are there any reasons you'd suggest picking an individual therapist instead?

If anyone has input they don't want to post here, you can send it to me at tiredofbeingtired@gmail.com

Finding a competent psychiatrist.

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 04:44:31 -0800

How do I find a psychiatrist that doesn't suck? I have suffered from depression and anxiety all my life, but it's gotten really bad lately to the point where I am avoiding social contact and have great difficulty carrying on verbal conversation. I've been on and off various medication for years, without much permanent success. Having recently moved, and started a new health plan, I need lots of help from someone competent and compassionate.

Therein lies the rub. Everyone I have been to has, in one way or another, failed to help: invariably I am accused of narcissism, or faking it; get bewildered comments about why I am there in the first place; gotten offended when I requested medication in lieu of talk therapy; been told "I don't really know how I can help you - I only prescribe drugs;" been admonished for not taking responsibility for my own problems; been told to just sit tight for a few months because they don't know how long the medication will begin to work; and generally been made to feel even more out of place than I do in my daily life, which is why I'm in the damn psychiatrist's office to begin with.

Am I being punk'd on a huge scale? Starring unwittingly in Malpractice Candid Camera? Or am I doing something wrong myself? I do not light things on fire, nor do I hurl feces at bystanders, nor do I run naked through parks. I'm a normal, smart guy with a lot of emotional and mental problems that I need addressed before I start my career.

So how do I go about finding someone competent? I have a clean slate now, and need to start over with a person who I can trust and will help me through this compassionately and professionally. I have a list of twenty doctors from my health plan who have offices within a reasonable distance. I have no idea where to start and no peers who I can ask about these specific doctors. My other doctors are useless and just refer me back to the names on the list without any specific recommendations.

Please help me manage this maze and get me started on the path to recovery.

Finding the Right Therapist

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:15:57 -0800

ShrinkFilter: I've been increasingly stressed, self-loathing and distracted for years, and (since my spouse and I are having a baby in a few months) have decided I need to Get Professional Help--mostly to figure out what's wrong with me and deal with it, so I don't pass it on to our kid. But "professional help" is a very big category, and I need to narrow it down. I want to find somebody whose perspective is "let's figure out the big problems and how you can fix them, as efficiently as possible," rather than "there's nothing wrong with you that years of expensive chatting can't prolong." I'd also like to avoid medication. How do I find the right... therapist? counselor? I don't even know what the right word is.

Recommend a Boston therapist

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:34:22 -0800

I need a therapist. I recently moved to the Boston area, I don't really know anybody, and Psychology Today isn't doing it for me. I know that I'm clinically depressed (runs in the family, and relatives who are docs say so), and it's gotten worse of late. It's ruining my job, my life, and my sleep. Where do I find a top notch psychiatrist/psychologist?

NYC psychiatrist needed

grumblebee — Sun, 11 Apr 2004 08:49:33 -0800

Anyone know a good psychiatrist in NYC? Not a psychotherapist, but an MD who can proscribe drugs. I have a friend who thinks he may be clinically depressed but is mistrustful of doctors.