A Merryland Health Center

AVOID AT ALL COSTS! This review is about the psychiatric «professionals» that work at this clinic.
I don’t even know where to begin with this review. For some reason, on my second visit ever to this clinic I was scheduled to see Dr. Nidhiry instead of Dr. Reyes, who is the one I saw on my first appointment a couple months earlier. Dr. Nidhiry decided to lower the dose of the medication I have been taking as needed for years abruptly after talking to me for 2 minutes and unilaterally deciding my dose «was too high» –her own words-​, but it was ok to prescribe me two other different meds like as Lyrica and some antidepressant (that I did not buy or need to take because I am not depressed) to mix with the only prescription drug I actually needed… She didn’t even look at my medical history, was extremely bossy and interrupted me when I tried to explain why I needed that specific prescription, so I took the 150% lower dose instead of nothing, because she and her assistant (middle eastern looking lady) clearly judged me because I look young and healthy and could not possibly be living with a chronic illness that causes me lots of anxiety. The whole thing was infuriating but nothing compared with what was going to come next.
Thanks to her negligence, I ended up in the ER a couple weeks later with TERRIBLE withdrawal symptoms and I am very lucky I didn’t die, because you should never lower or discontinue benzodiazepine dosages abruptly like this Mrs. Kevorkian did to me (only Dr. Kevorkian was compassionate and actually helped sick people in need).
I wonder where she got her degree… I am not a doctor and I know that. I was so sick I spent a week at home alone and unable to eat, sleep, work, or even call and ambulance. My body hurt everywhere and I was nauseous all the time. I really thought I was going to die, and one time I laid down on my couch and I remember things getting blurry and when they opened again my mouth tasted like blood and I had bitten my tongue terribly, I think I had a seizure but I was too sick to do anything about it, I was just waiting for a slow and terrible death at this point. I have never done heroin or any illegal drugs, but from what I’ve seen in documentaries and movies, a cold turkey withdrawal from heroin is less dangerous –you don’t get seizures or die from the lack of it in your system– and perhaps even less painful than a benzo one, go figure.
When my partner returned from his business trip he instantly took me to the ER. The doctors at the ER had to give me anti-​seizure drugs that helped a bit with the body pain and the whole experience was horrible. They never checked if I had a seizure despite my tongue still being really sore and bloody with teeth marks all over. I am extremely traumatized and I don’t think I will ever trust a psychiatrist ever again. Dr. Nidhiry has zero bedside manner and I wouldn’t recommend her to my worst enemy.
As a doctor she is pretty negligent and careless, to say the least, and I wonder why she is still practicing, because I can’t be the only one that has had to deal with her negligent behaviour. She is well into her 70s so I really hope she retires before she kills someone or causes someone to have a huge mental breakdown.
Dr. Reyes, while she did not put me in the ER, follows her colleague’s school of prescribing as much junk as possible. She doesn’t answer your questions, doesn’t believe the crap she prescribes has side effects, and can barely answer a question or do simple math to calculate how many pills per day she should prescribe (the nurse assistant had to correct her several times). I had to wait 3 long days after the ER visit to get and appointment with her, still in withdrawal mode, and then I had to wait 6 hours, while going through withdrawal symptoms, for them to get my prescription right and be able to pick up my medication at the pharmacy. She had to rewrite my prescription 3 times!!! The last time she even forgot to stamp it and when I came back the front door of the clinic was closed! I basically spent the whole day there. She couldn’t even be bothered to call the insurance herself and you could see the frustration in her assistant’s face (the latina lady with tattooed eyebrows, who got mad at me for asking how much longer this would take and told me to call the insurance myself). The whole situation was extremely kafkian. When I mentioned that I wanted to quit this medication, for obvious reasons, all she did was prescribe me other meds that are equally addictive! I am not a psychiatrist and I know the best method to stop using benzodiazepines is to taper down slowly with the Ashton Manual. Instead, she told me that «it would take me 20 years to stop that way». A very professional, well-​informed and compassionate answer.
The only positive thing I have to say about this place is that the ladies that work in the front office are mostly nice. Other than that this is the worst doctor/​clinic I’ve ever been to.