Re: Dr. Bransfield psychiatrist

[Guest guest]

My son saw him for a sleep disorder for Lyme years ago and he is excellent.

I believe the initial eval was about an hour - maybe a bit more. He takes the

whole person's history

into account before he makes the decision as to what meds to put his patient

on. He is a little " out there " but many psychiatrists are quirky. I have a

lot of faith in him as he really helped my son with his sleep disorder and the

med. they he put him on helped him with his ADD as well. He didn't miss one

day of school that year which was his sophomore year of h.s. He is very

involved as you know in the Lyme cause and I have to say that my son was one of

his

first Lyme patients back the early '90's.

Sue

[Guest guest]

>>>>> He was willing to work with me and asked me to pick which

problems I wanted to address. He was very

nice...BUT...a few months later I was having problems

with severe depression and they wanted me to wait a

few weeks for an appointment. Not a good idea when you

are dealing with a depressed person with Lyme>>>>>>

Any Psychiatrist that would make a patient wait a few weeks for an appt during

an episode of severe depression......isn't worth returning to.

I hope you got in to see someone else, immediately.

ConnieKnwnj

When our bodies & minds are out of balance.......

........we suffer!

[Guest guest]

I didn't post about Dr. Bransfield..........I don't even know him......I was

just commenting on not getting an appt...when severely depressed..........

Connie

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim- I understand. I relate. You have a better thought of him.

I followed Dr. Bransfields instructions when to see him. And

medication. He is not " as good as it gets. " He did

not " want what's best " . I had a serious crisis. I called to see him

sooner. Or talk sooner. He said to wait a month. For my regular

visit. I had a problem with his prescrption. At my visit Bransfield

did all the talking. About himself. Not about my treatment. I had

to stop going. It was harmful. No good resulted. I respect others

are helped. Not me. I was happy he knew about Lyme. I changed.

Lyme expertise is no use. If treatment is bad.

[Guest guest]

You should go to a doc you find to be helpful. But I don't think

this kind of message should be posted on a public forum. For one

thing, doc names are not to be posted. For another, why are you

bothered by the fact that he didn't disrupt his schedule, put other

appointments aside to deal with your problems? If you had a

scheduled appointment, would you want others to pre-empt it, based on

the idea their need is more pressing?

Some docs do allow phone calls between appointments, so maybe you

would be better off with one of those. I will say that I have an on

and off doc who took 4 phone calls from other patients during my 5

minutes in his office, after I had waited more than 2 hours to see

him. This was not a LLMD.

[Guest guest]

I think in general there are differences in the care we require from a Primary

Care Physician and a Psychiatrist. Most of the time psychiatrists will see

patients the same day when an emergency occurs. Unfortunately, one cannot get

descent (if any) care at an Emergency Room for a psychiatric emergency.

Concerning Dr. Bransfield, maybe it would be possible for him to consult with

another psychiatrist? Dr. Bransfield can help with the Lyme issues while

another doctor could more quickly respond to emergency situations. Another

doctor would probably also have more time to work with patients on a more

frequent basis. Though Lyme is the underlying cause, general psychiatric

medical techniques can be used to help individuals cope with more general

issues. This happens all the time with doctors in other fields and other LLMDs.

Dr Bransfield's name can be posted on this list. He is a well known public

figure in the Lyme disease issue. He has published in JAMA about Lyme disease

and even has his own website concerning the disease.

Sometimes opinions of the well known LLMDs are not favorable. That's okay.

Sometimes patients do not " click " with a doctor and sometimes patients just have

a bad experience with a doctor. Talking about these experiences in a respectful

way will only serve to help others. One should never be hateful or hurtful in

their comments. Explaining one's disappointment in a doctor can result in

explanations and solutions that may not be discovered if the disappointment were

kept to themselves.

=)

Robynn

-Owner

[ ] Re: Dr. Bransfield psychiatrist

You should go to a doc you find to be helpful. But I don't think

this kind of message should be posted on a public forum. For one

thing, doc names are not to be posted. For another, why are you

bothered by the fact that he didn't disrupt his schedule, put other

appointments aside to deal with your problems? If you had a

scheduled appointment, would you want others to pre-empt it, based on

the idea their need is more pressing?

Some docs do allow phone calls between appointments, so maybe you

would be better off with one of those. I will say that I have an on

and off doc who took 4 phone calls from other patients during my 5

minutes in his office, after I had waited more than 2 hours to see

him. This was not a LLMD.

[Guest guest]

,

Please don't feel bad for posting your experience.......we all have good and bad

experiences with Drs. and there is no reason why you can't post about your

experience......

I have to agree with you that in Psychiatry, Drs. need to be more flexible in

their schedules and of course there has to be time allowed for

emergencies...........I know many a time when I called my Psychiatrist, and he

made time for me.......within 24 hours......and he definitely consulted with me

on the phone and told me to call back if I felt worse before my appt......He

always called me back and never told me to wait a few weeks to see him. There

are many disorders that need immediate attention.

We all need to find the Dr or Drs. that are right for us......I know many people

are not happy with my LLMD, yet I found her to be the answer to my

prayers.......I went to two other LLMD's prior to this one, that others felt

were wonderful......and my experience was horrible......

So you see, we just need to find the right Dr.........what is good for one may

not be necessarily good for another..

ConnieKnwnj

When our bodies & minds are out of balance.......

........we suffer!

[Guest guest]

.........just to keep the record straight.......I have never seen Dr.

Bransfield.

You mixed up my post with someone else's

ConnieKnwnj

When our bodies & minds are out of balance.......

........we suffer!