Looking for the perfect psychiatrist
October 24, 2011 5:29 PM Subscribe
Looking for the perfect psychiatrist in NYC
Looking for someone who:
1. has office in East side/midtown
2. Takes UHC insurance
3. Is a brilliant diagnostician
4. Really good with mood disorders / ADHD
The last psychiatrist I saw asked me a few questions and then gave me meds. I know it's very common to use response to medication as a diagnostic tool, but I would have liked a little more effort on the figuring things out front before just tossing meds at me. (One made me jittery, one made me too sleepy to function.)
Advice welcome. You can memail me if you'd rather not post here.
Looking for someone who:
1. has office in East side/midtown
2. Takes UHC insurance
3. Is a brilliant diagnostician
4. Really good with mood disorders / ADHD
The last psychiatrist I saw asked me a few questions and then gave me meds. I know it's very common to use response to medication as a diagnostic tool, but I would have liked a little more effort on the figuring things out front before just tossing meds at me. (One made me jittery, one made me too sleepy to function.)
Advice welcome. You can memail me if you'd rather not post here.
I have the world's best NYC psychiatrist but it only meets two of your criteria, and not the insurance one (he'll give you the paperwork for billing your insurance, I believe). Email me if you want to spend a LOT of money (but also get fixed up right). (Yes, I mean a LOT of money.)
posted by RJ Reynolds at 8:43 AM on October 25, 2011
posted by RJ Reynolds at 8:43 AM on October 25, 2011
Unfortunately, to find a halfway decent psychiatrist in New York you are going to have to go out of network, pay the doctor directly, and file for partial reimbursement from your insurance company. The sad truth is that the few psychiatrists who are in-network are in-network because they aren't good enough to do otherwise.
posted by foxy_hedgehog at 12:08 PM on October 25, 2011
posted by foxy_hedgehog at 12:08 PM on October 25, 2011
Response by poster: Well, 3 and 4 are most important. 2 is second. 1 is nice to have but not essential.
I appreciate the suggestions.
posted by bunderful at 5:04 PM on October 25, 2011
I appreciate the suggestions.
posted by bunderful at 5:04 PM on October 25, 2011
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If you have any out of network coverage and you're willing to use your deductible, I can recommend someone great and relatively reasonably priced in midtown. Feel free to memail me. If you do find someone brilliant who takes insurance, pretty please memail me!
posted by Salamandrous at 4:27 AM on October 25, 2011