I am a 45 year old male and have been a patient of Dr. Subhash Inamdar at the Therapy Center of NY…read morefor well over a year now, consistently attending regular appointments on a weekly basis. Previously, I had been seeing psychiatrists on Long Island, where I used to live, for more than a decade.
The office staff at the Therapy Center of NY run a highly efficient and effective practice administratively. All of my interactions with them have been very positive, pleasant experiences. They have always been helpful, understanding, supportive, respectful, and professional. Not once have I experienced an issue with insurance or billing, getting prescriptions filled, rescheduling an appointment, or receiving a return phone call. The adminstrative staff, as well as the doctors themselves, have always been super flexible, readily accessible, and extremely responsive to my needs as a patient. Not only that but the physical office itself presents an aesthetically pleasing, comfortable, relaxing, and private therapeutic environment.
Having battled severe anxiety for most of my adult life, along with OCD and ADD, I can honestly say that Dr. Inamdar is a psychiatrist unlike any of the others from whom I've sought treatment in the past. Dr. Inamdar genuinely cares about his patients. He's not the type of doctor to just fill prescriptions and send you on your merry way. Instead he takes the time to patiently work through a patient's emotional and psychological issues by employing a combination of talk therapy, relaxation/deep breathing exercises, meditation/mindfulness techniques, cognitive behavioral therapy, and a variety of other cutting-edge disciplines in his field. Literally, this man has changed my life!
Most amazingly, however, was another severe medical ailment of mine for which Dr. Inamdar ultimately found the cure. The ailment was physical in nature and something wholly unrelated to Dr. Inamdar's profession (or so I thought, naively).
For the last three plus years I had been suffering terribly from what several gastroenterologists independently diagnosed as chronic idiopathic constipation. I was prescribed by these gastroenterologists different types of medications -- Linzess, Amitiza, Trulance, etc. -- none of which worked very effectively; all of which had terrible side effects, such as severe diarrhea; and all of which attempted to treat the symptoms of the disease but not its underlying cause. I also underwent every test imaginable but to no avail -- colonoscopies, endoscopies, fructose breath tests, and tests for bacterial overgrowth, Celiac's, lactose intolerance, you name it. Meanwhile, my chronic idiopathic constipation was getting progressively worse, significantly impacting my quality of life as a consequence.
I mentioned this to Dr. Inamdar in passing at the start of a routine therapy session about 6 months ago when he asked me how I was doing. At first I thought he was just making polite small talk before getting down to the real business of discussing the progress we were making in treating my OCD and ADD symptoms. I was therefore a little surprised when he continued on with a long series of follow up questions related to my chronic idiopathic constipation diagnosis.
Dr. Inamdar confidently reassured me that he thought he could help. He explained that there is a strong mind-body connection and, to that extent, the gastrointestinal system is sometimes even referred to as the "second brain." (It is worth mentioning that my current gastroenterologist was extremely supportive of Dr. Inamdar's approach in this regard.) Remarkably, after a little trial and error, Dr. Inamdar and I settled on a treatment plan that actually worked. Admittedly, I was more than just a bit skeptical in the beginning but Dr. Inamdar ultimately fixed within a very short period of time what had been a debilitating condition of mine for the last three plus years.
Alas, I am not exaggerating in the least when I tell you that I haven't felt better, either mentally or physically, in a really, REALLY long time. Thank you for giving me my life back Dr. Inamdar!
Five great big giant stars for the Therapy Center of NY in general and Dr. Inamdar in particular.
