So, I'm writing this, as a recently-discharged patient of a couple of years of Laura Slippy. I had her as a doctor back when she was at the Monterey location and specifically chose her as mine and my son's doctor (psych) when she made the move to Marina.
To begin, I was finally corrected by my therapist when I referred to her as a Doctor. She is NOT. Which, for the time wasn't an issue for me, but it's a massive glaring inconsistency with how they treat her around there - as someone else pointed out in their review. People call her Doctor and not once have I ever heard anyone around the office correct one another, which is a massive disservice to both patients and the actual doctors in office.
I also would like to address the inconsistencies in policy. As a single mother who was working full time at the time, I was told by the front of office that on the day of my son's appointment (which, the only appointment available was the time I was getting off of work, right there in Marina) I could have my mother take him with a note from me, authorizing his care. At that point, I would meet them and there would be very little layover. My mother called me, distressed, to say that Slippy wouldn't see them until I was there. By the time I got there (about fifteen minutes later), I was informed by the front of house that I was considered late and it would count against me. My mother was LIVID. As another review stated, she was still in her PREVIOUS appointment, which was running late, and used that time that was supposed to be mine (as scheduled), chatting it up with her previous patient. It was INCREDIBLY disrespectful. Later, when we came back for a medication authorization appointment, she made a comment to the tune of, "oh, I see you missed your appointment." It was insulting, at best.
More recently, we have had issues with the fact that my son is on TWO medications AND Slippy is my doctor as well, so it began to feel like we needed a revolving door on the clinic. Between the need to meet for my medication authorizations AND his, with the amount that she expected us to be there, we may as well have just slept there. For transparency sake, I was on two mood medications (one being an antidepressant, the other a new stabilizer we were trying out), and he was put on two ADHD medications.
Later, I began to have adverse effects of one of my medications to the tune of feeling instantly angry and on the edge of crying, nonstop. Upon research, it turns out it was a common side effect. I called the front to ask them to tell her that I was going to "cold turkey" that one, and that I was angry I couldn't get my son's medication filled (that was going to lapse) without needing to be seen - which, again, previously had been a massive point of contention.
She called me back and snappily (in a callous tone) informed me that the LONGEST prescription dose she could give for a narcotic was three months, and that it's not HER responsibility to inform me of my need to schedule. As others have mentioned in their own reviews, I can't help but feel like she is wildly mismatched with fields of practice. At other offices, follow up appointments are made on the way out of the office, so: 1) If you know it's going to need to be scheduled to be refilled, why not implement that and 2) why not write the doses for three months then, given that it was NOT a NEW medication to him and YOU COULD write them for longer, especially knowing my circumstance?
The ease at which she dismissed me (which others have also mentioned in their reviews) was callous and uncouth, at best, and I can't help but think that if there are others here who have had similar experiences to me, how many others have ALSO gone through horrible patient care and have NOT taken the time to leave comments.
Before I round out my comment, I'd also like to bring up that when I apologized for potentially snapping at the front of house, but I was having an adverse reaction to my medication, she coldly responded, "I don't do phone consultations." Bedside manner COULD NEVER, lol.
I've since stopped taking all medications she had me on and have obviously collected myself enough to do the research necessary to know I'm not alone in my experience, which is a bit of comfort. My solidarity with anyone else who has gone through similar. And to those who haven't, she's a lovely person - until she's not (which, funnily, her duality has ALSO been mentioned in other comments). read more
