Bipolar Disorder/My wife needs help

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Hello, I am Doris Matel's father.
I live in Trumbull CT with my wife.
We are both 64 and suffer from depression.
Our son is 21 and has PDDNOS, OCD and ADHD.
My wife is taking lexapro, abilify and goodness knows what else.

I want her to get a second opinion on her medications as she is a zombie at present.  Can you help?  Do you take
insurance?  We are both retired IBMers.

Richard Freeman
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Richard . . .

I would be happy to see you wife for an evaluation. But, I do not accept any insurance. I have a colleague in Connecticut who is top notch and it may be more convent for you to get to. He is:

Bruce Shapiro, M.D.
666 Glenbrook Road
Stamford, CT 06906
203-327-4144

I have no idea if he takes insurance.

If your wife decides that she wishes to see me, please have her call my secretary at 212-876-7800.

Best regards . . .

Ivan
psydoc@psycom.net
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Ivan Goldberg, M.D.

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I am a psychiatrist/psychopharmacologist with many years of expereince in treating individuals with depressions, manic-depression (Bipolar Disorder), other mood disorders,. I am especially interested in the psychopharmacologic treatment of individuals with so called "treatment-resistant" syndromes.

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I have been on the staff of the National Institute of Mental Health, Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. I am currently in full-time private practice in New York City.

A.B. Johns Hopkins University
M.D. N.Y.U. College of Medicine

I am the creator of Depression Central:http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.html

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