I did not want to give this 1 star, I had to rate in order to submit my review. When I got home…read morefrom the appointment I wrote everything down to the best of my knowledge. My exhusband and my daughter were present as well. My daughter, who is 16 and is currently seeing a therapist for for some anxiety and OCD issues and possible mild depression. We wanted to see a doctor to evaluate her for a possible medication to help her with some of her symptoms. The pediatrician's office recommended this group. My exhusband and I accompanied my daughter to her appointment and we saw Aleksandar Kondic. Let me start by saying I've been an RN since 1992, my exhusband is a Marine and a Police officer. Dr. Kondic started with explaining the brain, serotonin, Gamma levels. He asked my daughter her age, how she's doing in school, and if she knew what OCD was. He then asked if any one in our immediate family had a history of psych disorders. I said I was on an antidepressant since my mother's passing a couple of years ago. He asked what medication and dose I was taking. I said I was taking Zoloft, 25 mg. His response was, "do you know what a placebo effect is?" I said yes. He said he only orders zoloft at 50-150 mg, and the 25 mg was too low, and I was having a placebo effect with it. I said, no, my doctor started me on 50 mg and I started having tremors, so MY doctor recommended I cut the dose in 1/2, which I did and I felt much better on it. Dr. Kondic said, "the tremors are from your anxiety".
All this within the first 10-15 min, and now he is diagnosing me, and has NOT evaluated my daughter yet. He even said, "now I'm not trying to be your doctor, I'm just saying". I was already not feeling right with this doctor after his comments but he has not evaluated my daughter yet, so I wanted to give him a chance. He asked my daughter when she felt most anxious. She shrugged and smiled and said I'm not sure, maybe at school? Dr. Kondic said to me and my husband, this is what I want to do. I want to start her out on Lexapro and Klonopin. Klonopin, 1-2 a day and at night, and Lexapro at night.
I immediately said, isn't that a little much? You haven't even evaluated her yet. I said I have taken klonopin and xanax in the past for sleep. And you want her to take 3 a day?
He said he wanted to prevent a panic attack, I said she's never had a panic attack, and he said "SHE WILL". I repeated, you have not even evaluated her yet and I think that is a little much, and REPEATED, can't we just start with one medication, like the lexapro, and she how she does?
He said "I've been doing this for years and treat 100's of people JUST LIKE HER", and "I know what I'm doing, do I tell you how to do your job?"
My exhusband said, she's not trying to tell you to do your job, she is simply saying that sounds like a lot of meds, and I agree, can we start with one medication and see how she does?" Dr. Konic said, of course he'd agree with you, he's your husband. I said, no, we are divorced and he is speaking for himself!
Dr Konic,"I know the brain, I know these meds, I'm trying to CURE HER". I said CURE HER FROM WHAT?? You asked her 3 questions, you have not evaluated her, and you want to put her on 3 klonopin a day and a lexapro??
The discussion continued, I don't know why we didn't just get up and leave. It was repetitive w/him saying he knew what he was doing, that we were trying to tell him how to do his job and he would say, "am I telling YOU how to do your job??"
My daughter, who is very she, came right out and said, "I don't want to be taking meds from HIM" I said to him, even my daughter does not want to take meds from you. He said, "Of course she is, because she's your daughter!"
There was more craziness to this discussion, it was getting heated and I finally stood up and said "this is not happening, this is not clicking, we are leaving. I then said to him, "YOU need to take a klonopin" he responded, "I am taking my klonopin!" and I said, then up your dosage! I know, not very professional or mature, but I had enough of him. This appointment was so unprofessional, bizarre to say the least. All 3 of us felt the same exact way about this appt (rare for ALL 3 of us to ever agree). I do not recommend this practice or this doctor. I feel bad for some parents who just agree with what doctors order, I feel it is not only inappropriate, unsafe prescribing of meds, but dangerous. My 16 yr old daughter on 3 klonopin a day?? She'd be a zombie! If it's what she needed after a thorough evaluation and assessment, I would consider it. He asked her THREE questions. My daughter was sitting in a chair, not behaving or acting any certain way, she was simply SITTING in a chair and she responded to his 3 questions.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS DOCTOR. I am in the process of filing a complaint - this all just happened yesterday at 6:30 pm.
