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Judy Forgason, MD

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Austin, TX

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Austin, TX

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Austin, TX
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Judy Forgason, MD
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710 West Ave Austin, TX 78701
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The title refers to "anotherMD," not Dr. Forgason. I find it very disturbing that a licensed physician would resort to calling a patient a "hater" and questioning their psychological health on an internet forum under any circumstances. This, along with the type of lazy treatment dished out by doctors like Judy Forgason, are the reason that MD's (particularly psychiatrists) have lost so much credibility. You should be ashamed of yourself for resorting to such childish, flippant remarks to defend your buddy and for implying things about a patient which probably falls in some dangerous territory with HIPAA.

Here are some tips for all you psychiatrists including Dr. Forgason: Stop acting like legalized drug pushers and realize that not everyone who seeks your advice is a lunatic who needs to be medicated. Explain to your patients what the pros and cons of these drugs are that you hand out like candy - they're not all harmless and you should know better. Stop treating every person like a whackjob. Even normal people go through spots of depression or anxiety and they can often work through them without giant pill cocktails. If you spent a tenth of the time listening to your patients that you do writing out prescription scripts, you'd be doing a lot more good than harm and perhaps you wouldn't have such a long trail of miserable patients writing bad reviews about you on the internet.



by Anonymous
December 18, 2009
Dr. Forgason is the type of psychiatrist who apparently skipped their medical school coursework on drug dependence and addiction. She wants to help her patients but her treatment is lazy. She treats symptoms with drugs and that's it. If the drugs she gives you cause side effects, she'll just prescribe more drugs to fix it. Of course, there are some poor souls out there with conditions so intense that lifelong prescription use may be their best option. But for less severe issues, patients should be cautious about ending up with worse problems than those for which they originally sought treatment.

Dr. Forgason, I wish you would take Klonipin for a few years and then try to stop it. I think the horror that you would experience would forever change your views on how to treat patients. At the very least, I think it would push you to warn your patients about the misery they will face when they try to get off these drugs and provide more responsible guidance on how to discontinue them properly.

For those who assume that all psychiatric patients who complain about their doctors must be nuts, think again. While this may be true for some, I am a well-adjusted person who went through a rough spot in my life, trusted the wrong doctor, and ended up suffering immensely from the treatment I received from this doctor.
by Anonymous
December 18, 2009
As a physician who has known her for years and has had patients in common, I can only conclude that the "hater" who commented has some seriously unresolved issues.
by Anonymous
November 01, 2009
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