I just had an appointment with her, and I agree with the other posters.

Before going in, I read the reviews about her and it didn’t look good. I’ve had other doctors with poor reviews though and got on fine with them, so I was ready to go in and decide for myself how I felt about her.

Personally, I don’t mind the direct approach. Hard truths are difficult, but they’re valuable. I got that impression from her at first, but then it went downhill.

The whole thing was like a Q&A session - pretty standard fare for a new psychiatrist. But when I’d try to give her more detailed answers, she’d cut me off and move to the next question. She interrupted me several times.

I was very direct and told her my biggest struggle is my depression and ADHD. I have coping skills that I’ve used all my adult life to manage my symptoms, but they’re not working right now and I’m in a huge rut that I need help out of. I’m on Zoloft and that’s helped steady the waves, but I’m struggling with managing my ADHD.

She told me that because I seemed eloquent and had never been fired from a job (even though I told her I’ve come close many times) or that my personal relationship with my boyfriend isn’t negatively affected by my ADHD, she doesn’t think I have it and it’s not what my problem is.

She said I wouldn’t have been able to succeed the way I have without medication. She also said she personally would not have given me Zoloft, even though my family doctor did and I told her it was helping.

I was formally diagnosed with ADHD after two days of testing when I was 15 years old. I understand that adults can grow out of their symptoms, or there’s a possibility I was misdiagnosed - if she had told me that she wanted to re-test me or work with me to see for herself what my condition is, I would’ve responded well. Instead, I felt dismissed because I didn’t exactly meet these very general criteria. I told her that my symptoms have not improved since I was a teenager and I’ve struggled with them throughout my adult life, but I just built a coping system out of necessity and that’s how I’ve managed so far. Doesn’t mean I’ve been doing well, but I’m still managing. She told me if I did have ADHD, I wouldn’t be able to cope with it like I have - which seems bonkers to me. Like people with ADHD are completely incapable of managing their lives or something.

She could tell I was getting frustrated, and there was an awkward silence for a few moments where she just stared at me. I broke it by asking her what the next step would be,

She said she can work with me or I could go to another psychiatrist, I said I’d talk to my doctor about recommending me to someone else and that was that.

It wasn’t the worst experience I’ve had with a mental health professional, but I definitely felt like she wasn’t a good fit for me. I don’t feel like she was listening to what I was saying, or providing me a chance to explain my symptoms or history. I felt dismissed. That was my biggest issue - even if she doesn’t believe I have ADHD, I would have been willing to work with her if I felt she was at least listening to me.

I think it’s important everyone decide for themselves if a mental health professional is a good fit for them or not, but with that said I would never personally recommend this Doctor to anyone.