Dr. Mardjan Foroutan, MD

Due to a recent change in insurance I was referred to Dr. Foroutan. When I say this is the worst experience I’ve ever had that would be an understatement. I went for medication management for mild depression and since I am pregnant she could not prescribe me my normal medications. I understood this and said I would rather tough it out for a few months then begin a new trial and error process of medications that can last years. She then tells me that because I am not married I am living in sin and if I don’t get on the medication that she wants me on immediately that my depression will become so severe that I will commit infantcide when it is born. I was kind and dismissed her verbal insults throughout our whole session but at that point I just walked out of the office. I’ve never had such an unpleasant, judgmental, and traumatizing experience in all of my life. Do not seek treatment here.

Due to a recent change in insurance I was referred to Dr. Foroutan. When I say this is the worst experience I’ve ever had that would be an understatement. I went for medication management for mild depression and since I am pregnant she could not prescribe me my normal medications. I understood this and said I would rather tough it out for a few months then begin a new trial and error process of medications that can last years. She then tells me that because I am not married I am living in sin and if I don’t get on the medication that she wants me on immediately that my depression will become so severe that I will commit infantcide when it is born. I was kind and dismissed her verbal insults throughout our whole session but at that point I just walked out of the office. I’ve never had such an unpleasant, judgmental, and traumatizing experience in all of my life. Do not seek treatment here.

I do not normally respond to bad experiences/services/etc. with a bad review, I just let my lack of return business speak for itself. This woman, however, was above and beyond horrid. I have just moved from the west coast and am looking for a new psychiatrist to continue on with my medication management. While giving my current medication list to her case manager/counselor (who was courteous and professional, and for his sake, I hope he moves on to another practice ASAP. His kindness and skills probably are wasted in that toxic environment.) As I was giving him the meds list, this impudent woman barged in with no introduction and immediately started interrogating me about my meds list. While my list may be a bit non-traditional or cumbersome at first glance, it is a combination that has worked very well for me for several years, and the medications prescribed to me by doctors who know my history, my ailments, my symptoms, and, among other things, my physiological responses to… medications that would seem more appropriate for me to the untrained eye. As this tyrant was going through my list, she would launch a question at me and 3 seconds into my response, interrupt/talk over me to either insult my dr’s intelligence or question his competence, or move down to the next item firing away more questions she had no interest in hearing. When I would try to reply about one of my meds and why it is critical, she would “dismiss” my words with waving her hand over my face. When she asked what I’m doing here since moving and I told her taking a few classes and preparing for the Bar Exam, she looked me in the eyes and laughed. By this time (a whopping 7 minutes) I was so frustrated, humiliated, and angry. While I am Bipolar, Anxiety is my biggest struggle by FAR so as I’m grabbing my purse to leave, I’m crying, shaking, and hyperventilating. She smugly asks where I’m going. I told her this (indicating her and I) was obviously not a good fit and I would be leaving. At sometime during the few minutes of the awkward, hellacious, and completely uncalled for situation, she had sat down on the couch next to me and sat with her legs resting out, perpendicular to the couch. As I’m shaking, crying, verbally upset, trying to get out of there as fast as I possibly can, she doesn’t even move her legs to let me by. I had to step around the class act. Here’s the icing on the cake: after coming home, so upset, I did what maybe I should hVe done before and looked up her reviews. I read 31 reviews of patient humiliation, Rxs being held hostage, down right verbal abuse, and on and on and on. There were plenty more to read, I just couldn’t take it any more. This morning, I was at a pharmacy filling a script from my previous/Settle doctor and mentioned something to the tech about needing to find a SANE and good psych here soon and after a recent horrible experience in trying to find a new Dr. She looked at me and said “I’m going to guess you saw Dr. Foroutan ?? Or as we call her, Dr’. f*#€%ng FruitCake?” And went on to share their tales of terror and several others of people they know. I will return to my first stated question. How does this woman still have a business, let alone a med license?!!!!! Lastly, if anyone can recommend a compassionate Psychiatrist in the sycamore/Dekalb area that understands not all people are pull addicts, some just have some serious problems, please comment their I do. Thank you!!! (

Every bad review I read said the same thing, which related to her being high strong. She's firm, straight forward and helpful. She's going to ask you questions to find out what's the best way to care for you. She's not a counselor, she's a psychiatrist with a high purpose to find a solution to your problem or possibly a cure. Also treat as you want to be treated. If you're going in with an attitude or expecting to be babied, you're stepping into the wrong place. I can assure you she's not one to tolerate anyone's rudeness. She also tries not to let you put yourself down she makes the effort to lift your spirits, give you hope.

She is the biggest joke as a professional I have ever encountered. She has been feeding my husband suboxone for 8 years now with continued replapses with other drugs and literally told me that he’s better off than most she sees cuz he has a job and if it weren’t for her, he’d probably be dead in a ditch somewhere

I am only writing this review so that other people are aware that this doctor has no compassion, no sincerity, and almost makes a mockery of you. I felt completely embarrassed and horrible about myself after I left her office. I did not complete my entire appointment I had to interrupt her and let her know that she was not the doctor that I was looking for. And she responded that I wasn't the patient she wanted anyways. It was an extremely bad situation and I would never recommend this doctor to anyone. And as for the staff the counselor seem to be very nice but the reception area seem to be unprofessional discussions of other patients even the doctor herself would make comments to me about my possible care in front of other clients that were waiting and in front of the receptionist as well. Very uncomfortable. Overall just a very bad experience. I try to see the positive in anything and everything but this definitely needs to be noted to other people that are searching for a… psychiatrist

She needs her license revoked.

I can't believe I am writing a review for a doctor but after reading the previous reviews, I feel like I have to. I have been seeing Dr. Foroutan for many years and she treats my family members as well. She is caring, knowledgeable and a terrific doctor. She has a kind heart and she cares about her patients and their well being. About the drug that was mentioned, I got it online and it was many times cheaper. There are advantages to listening to people.

I can't believe I am writing a review for a doctor but after reading the previous reviews, I feel like I have to. I have been seeing Dr. Foroutan for many years and she treats my family members as well. She is caring, knowledgeable and a terrific doctor. She has a kind heart and she cares about her patients and their well being. About the drug that was mentioned, I got it online and it was many times cheaper. There are advantages to listening to people.

I left this appointment feeling worse than when I went in. To start, the staff seemed nice, but while I was waiting, they were joking about someone â??always having issuesâ?? and it sounded like it was about a patient, which seemed inappropriate. I could tell that things were not going to go well with the doctor herself pretty early on, as she started going off on a tangent about one of my family memberâ??s medical problems like â??oh no, the doctors just do X to fix that problemâ?? even discussing it in front of me with the other doctor she had invited to sit in (though she had not asked me if it was ok) and even kind of arguing with me about the severity of the issue, when this is something my family had been dealing with, with a lot of doctors, for months which was adding to my own mental health challenges. In my frustration at that, I teared up a bit, and she took it as â??oh so you cry all the time, right?â?? which is completely untrue and a rather big leap. It continued in… this basic line, not even letting me try to finish putting what was going on with me into words, and she had what I felt was a rather unprofessional response to the fact that my husband and I did not have children, first by asking what was wrong that I didnâ??t, and then after I indicated it was by choice saying â??What are you in some kind of trouble or something?â?? and acting incredulous. Perhaps she was joking? If so I didn't get that impression. Just a generally judgmental demeanor, without really listening. Using language like â??even normal people canâ??t handle their stress sometimeâ?? is also pretty crummy thing to hear from the person who is supposed to be helping you, when you are already struggling with feeling like you should be able to just get over your issues, and canâ??t. Honestly, if I wasnâ??t already so wound up and stressed over the interaction, I would have walked out in the middle, but instead ended up making my next appointment, knowing Iâ??d never go, and crying in my car to my husband who basically confirmed I should never step foot in there again. She did prescribe me three prescriptions, which was a positive step for me in part. One was helpful, but one I was given a voucher for , and the pharmacist said he was never able to get a response from her to verify it. It would cost me almost $300 for a month without the voucher, so I never got it. The last was a vitamin blend that would have cost me over $100!!! She did say that she could help me figure out how to just make up that mix from GNC if that was the case, but that seems like a ridiculous thing to prescribe at all then when from what I understand from the pharmacist, almost no insurances will cover it. I said to my therapist that I was so glad that this doctor was not my first experience with a mental health professional, or Iâ??d have honestly never gone back for any kind of help again, as this is not easy for me at all. She might work very well with some people who are pretty thick skinned (and usually I am, but apparently not enough), or who already know what their issues are and what they need, and just need a check in and a prescription. Or maybe you just have to have a lifestyle and personality she clicks with. If thatâ??s possibly not you, Iâ??d find someone with a little different approach. It's been several months, but worth the wait for me to be finally be doing the same.