Dr. Vijayalakshmi Appareddy, MD

Yes, she doesn't give controlled meds and my husband needed them but he really liked the fact she listened and genuinely cared.

I was assigned to Appareddy after an in-patient stay at Valley in 2015. I stopped seeing her about a year and a half ago. She did give me my bi-polar diagnosis, for which I am grateful. But it was more a self-diagnosis that she just started prescribing for. She always seemed distant and condescending. She seemed to have no interest at all in hearing about any progress or relapses. I began keeping a mood chart and took a copy to her and my therapist. Appareddy wouldn't even take it from hand. She didn't fully explain to me why I was taking the medications that she was prescribing. The last straw was when I realized that my pharmacy did not a script on file to refill my psych meds. One med has an incredibly short half-life. I'll begin experiencing withdrawal within 24-48 hours without the med. It's like extreme motion sickness with constant waves of dizziness and nausea. I'm unable to work, to drive, to just think and make basic decisions. She's aware of this. So to deny me a script… really seems to violate the Hippocratic Oath. I went into her office to request a copy of the previously written script that never made it to my pharmacy. I have mental illness. I have brain fog. I have no idea what happened to first script. I didn't think that would matter. The receptionist needed proof that my pharmacy didn't have the script on file. I stepped out of the office and called the pharmacy. I stepped back into office just in time to see the receptionist ripping the form that the pharmacy had just faxed. Then she pulled my file to show me that the script was already written, so they weren't going to write it again. I never saw the doc that day, but I'm certain that it wouldn't have mattered. If I had I likely would have been charged another $45 for 5 mins of her distracted time. I know that a good psych is difficult to find in this area. But keep looking.

Sometimes people chose a gift that is not her gift she is not good at it.I think she needs help or a vacation she has signs of depression she doesn't have good bedside manner.Dont go to her if you want someone to listen plus she had dead flowers her place was ugly going to her I said I will do without go to God that is my healer I don't have anxiety God say put your care in his hand I don't need the pills

Sometimes people chose a gift that is not her gift she is not good at it.I think she needs help or a vacation she has signs of depression she doesn't have good bedside manner.Dont go to her if you want someone to listen plus she had dead flowers her place was ugly going to her I said I will do without go to God that is my healer I don't have anxiety God say put your care in his hand I don't need the pills

Sometimes people chose a gift that is not her gift she is not good at it.I think she needs help or a vacation she has signs of depression she doesn't have good bedside manner.Dont go to her if you want someone to listen plus she had dead flowers her place was ugly going to her I said I will do without go to God that is my healer I don't have anxiety God say put your care in his hand I don't need the pills

She has such a limited world view. She will claim you are a drug addict if you fit a profile that is out side of her accepted normal range. Don't go to her for answers. If your symptoms are clomplex she will slap a bipolar diagnosis on your chart, prescribe a med, and send you on your way. Does not even look at you when you're talking AND acts very condescending towards patients.

She refused to refill my Prozac and my mood stabilizer just because I had to reschedule my appointment for one week later due to my work schedule. I suffer from PTSD., Bipolar depression and anxiety with panic attacks.She is cold and uncaring and doesn't care about her patients whatsoever. The fact that I can become ill from stopping my psyche meds so abruptly means nothing to her. Now I am stuck making another trip to the emergency room. Even her ratings and reviews are deplorable. I wish I had seen those reviews before I chose her as my doctor!

Loved t he experience there til the last six months. They have become rude. No bedside manner and careless.

I've been seeing Dr. Appareddy for at LEAST 6 months now. I only go to her because my previous insurance made it impossible to find another provider, and I will be finding a new one ASAP. First of all, I have to agree with everyone else. My appointments are never more than 5 minutes. I've never seen a psychiatrist before, but I imagine this isn't normal. She essentially asks you what is wrong with you, and then gives you meds, which are generally the wrong ones. I've been on so much different crap from her that didn't work before we finally found something. I have severe depression and anxiety, and the mix of the two of them cause me to not be able to sleep. She has put me on like 5 different "old SSRIs" for sleep that left me feeling WORSE than ever before. During my last visit, I told her my anxiety medication wasn't working for me and I wanted to try something else and she said that we were on the last one to try, so I asked her what would happen if it didn't work, and her response… was that she wouldn't be able to help me then because she refused to switch me to even close to the actual clinical dosage. I asked her five times to write me a script for 90 days instead of 3 30 day ones, and she said she was going to, but guess what? She didn't and I didn't find out until I got to the pharmacy because I trusted her. I left feeling worse than ever, still having severe panic attacks and angry. If you know what you need to take, go see her. If you have had issues with medications and side effects in the past and aren't sure what you need to be on, don't. It's been horrible for me, and the only reason I'm going back on Tuesday is because I haven't found another doctor yet and need a refill. She doesn't listen, so don't plan on actually telling her your problems, and make sure you know what you're taking because she won't remember, or even look at what she has written down. She asked me last appointment what I was on. REALLY? So unprofessional. I've heard the woman at the front desk be rude to people, but she's never been rude to me personally before.

she saw me for 10 minutes for a first appointment.did not help me i would advise others to go someplace else.