Wellstar Neurology — Attraction in Marietta

I have written two reviews on Dr. Anand, one good, and one bad. I loved Dr. Anand after finding him 3 years ago, and then we lost our insurance and moved to SC. I was still going to travel to see him once we got our insurance back, but I got mad at him when I called to get the prescriptions for my seizure disorder and was told by his nurse on my voicemail that they would not mail me pain meds scripts (that was NOT what I asked for, I know that is illegal - I'm not crazy). Dr. Anand had promised he would still mail me my seizure med scripts, and I could not get through to him personally. When we moved back to GA and got back our insurance, I was asked what neurologist I wanted to go to, and without hesitation, I said Dr. Anand. Even though his previous nurse had painted an untrue picture of me to him, and I had written a bad review of him online and KNEW he had seen it and that I would have to face him and talk to him about it, I still had no doubt he is the best and only one I trust. I was having numerous seizures at the time I wrote the bad review, and my brain wasn't working clearly obviously, and in my mind I just wanted him to know I was hurt with him "abandoning" me (that's how I saw it). After meeting with Dr. Anand today, we talked about it, and I see it was a misunderstanding that was created by his previous nurse. I knew in my heart that it couldn't be true, because he is the only neurologist in 20 years to actually try and FIX me rather than putting a band aid over the problem by throwing pills at me. I made the right choice with him 3 yrs ago, and I made the right choice today by swallowing my pride, going back to him, realizing I was wrong and should've trusted him, and apologizing to him. He has my trust now and forever, and I am publicly apologizing to him now for writing a bad review when he himself did not deserve it. I should have INSISTED to his staff to let me talk to him personally and all of this could have been avoided. On the flip side, I'm sure he has realized how important it is to personally communicate with his patients. I will take advantage of the patient portal going forward, and I look forward to a happy, healthy future with the best neurologist...

A year later and a new neurologist and I'm still having poor interactions with this office.

I did extensive medical testing last year under the orders of Dr. Anand that ended in expensive billing and a bunch of I don't knows, without any further evaluation or more detailed diagnostics like one would expect. Just a few I don't knows and a doubled dose of the medications I was on. A year later I am going in for more detailed testing at a different facility, as my symptoms have not improved and I'm still declining.

Mri results: pineal cyst (small - no follow up, no measurement) Mild cerebral volume loss (no idea why, no follow up or further testing) -was told my mri was normal

Eeg: abnormal Theda waves (no idea why, no follow up) -was told my eeg was fine

I requested to have my medical records sent to me because the information available to me in MyChart is limited, so I sent the form in. It took this facility over a month to send me the exact same information I have printed out from my patient portal (exact same) with a page inserted for my prescriptions I am taking (which I don't need) and a page inserted that they sent my information to ssdi (which I already knew) and 2 page for my mri image and my eeg that were so badly running out of ink and needing a cartridge change, you'd think they did it on purpose. And the kicker; the first 12 pages of info I can easily print myself is printed out over and over for about 109 pages of print. They want to charge me for it. I'm still waiting for my actual report, then I'll pay for services rendered.

I also called the office under the advisement of my new neurology office to see if I can get a disc of my mri so it can be viewed before my new mri. I called late last week and left a detailed message. I have yet to hear back.

The level of unprofessionalism and care for his patients is beyond pitiful, at least with Dr. Anand and his staff. I would...

Should have read reviews before scheduling an appointment. My husband was referred for diagnosis of polyneuropathy. Dr. Reyzelman prescribed him Gralise. The list of side effects states: Report any new or worsening symptoms to your doctor, such as: mood or behavior changes, anxiety, depression, or if you feel agitated, hostile, restless, hyperactive (mentally or physically), or have thoughts about suicide or hurting yourself. Call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as: increased seizures.

Despite his diagnoses of PTSD, Bipolar, Anxiety, Epilepsy and 2 serious suicide attempts, the good doctor thought that this was an appropriate medication to him to take, telling him to tell me to watch for signs of him being suicidal…really? Like what, an overdose, gun to his head, hanging from the rafters…? Apparently the doctor did not review the admission packet or ask him any questions about his history before giving him the medication.

So I tried to call the office the very next day to talk with the doctor, PA, nurse…someone about this plan for his treatment. Apparently they close before noon on Fridays and there is NO WAY to reach anyone after they close. There is a useless answering service responding to calls. I was advised me to take him to the ER or urgent care…really…to discuss whether or not this in an appropriate medication? My other option is to wait until next week or call and talk with my pharmacist. They REFUSED to take any messages and said there is no access to voicemail or email at 1:00 p.m. on a Friday.

I’m going to start the search for another practice and another doctor immediately. These are serious health issues and it’s unacceptable to not have someone available to talk with patients during regular...