I need help finding a doctor. Does anyone have personal recommendations, names or offices you've had positive experiences with?
There has to be a better way then muddling through google or my insurance provider's website and going on seemingly endless, costly appointments until I find someone who's a fit, right?
For a long time I've either neglected or intermittently addressed my mental health needs, but over the last couple years I've come to suspect that on top of chronic severe depression, anxiety, and adhd (all diagnosed by professionals and medicated, to a degree, off and on) that I'm truly bipolar, rather than my first hunch of bipolar II. I've had some episodes, with increasing intensity and frequency lately, that have truly frightened me. So someone who has some specialty in that area would be wonderful.
My current psychiatrist is largely perfunctory and distant, is happy to write prescriptions but not much else. My mind feels like a minefield of ugly surprises these days that have been dizzying to navigate, needless to say it's not been all that helpful to have side effects without support or much improvement.
I live in New York (Brooklyn/Manhattan, but also willing to travel), any other fellow city-dwellers reading this know someone?
Personal experiences finding doctors/therapists/etc. would also be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
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