Anoop Thakur, MD

I've been going to Dr. A. Thakur for 6 years. I have always been treated with respect and dignity. She is very warm and friendly. She even came out to my car to see my new puppy. She is ready to change her course of treatment any time I don't feel it's working. The staff is quick to respond to my problems over the phone.

I was met in the waiting room...it was me and another person waiting for appointments...she came out and very unenthusiastically said "One of you has an appointment with me?" Not even a smile... The session started with: "So you are Deborah? OK. This how this appointment will go. I ask you questions, you answer the question as asked and I will repeat your answer into this microphone for documentation." She had no warmth to her demeanor. 20 minutes at least was spent with her reciting my "answers" to her line of questioning, which were incorrectly interpreted and when I would try to correct her interpretation or add any further clarifying details to the questions asked she often cut me off and became visibly annoyed. After 45 min, she stated the clinical names of her prognosis of the types of mental illnesses I had with no further explanation and stated the medication I would begin taking. When I asked her what the side effects were (fatique was the big one for me) and objected to… the choice of med, requesting other options she became very offended and defensive. She raised her voice and spoke to me in a scolding tone, telling me if fatigue was such an issue I needed to go get a sleep study and continued ranting at me in a loud authoritative tone about taking the med she was prescribing. End of story. Additionally, within 15 min of the session she often checked her wrist watch. Leaving her office, I felt belittled and that being a self advocate was an unwelcomed personal insult to her. At checkout, I did inform the staff I would not be scheduling any additional appointments with Dr. Thukur.

Completely unprofessional, has a weird grasp on reality. I thought I was crazy...she's delusional.