I have been seeing Dr. Richard Kaiser for over 5 years, He has been an amazing provider, Excellent Dr, and has a very sympathetic bedside manner. He is always available, responds quickly to pages, has prescribed exactly what has helped my anxiety/depression and panic attacks and has seen me on what I consider a "rare" emergency visit, which I found so kind that he cared enough to see me immediately @ his office. His experience, expertise and understanding have been above excellent and I would not consider seeing any other Psychiatrist/ Psychopharmacologist .
I saw Dr. Kaiser weekly for several years, during which time he put me on several antipsychotic medications meant for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, neither of which I have; I actually suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder from having been an incest and torture survivor. After years of seeing me regularly, he confessed he knew nothing about PTSD. He did not listen; he continued to suggest church groups and anti-dreaming medication even though I told him numerous times that I did not want to join a church group and that I did not have nightmares anymore. I even had to resort to printing out these wishes in large black lettering for him to put in his file, yet the next week I visited him, he still asked me if I wanted to join a church group and take anti-dreaming medication. After all the pain I spilled out to him every week, he told me I only wanted to kill myself to hurt others. Each time a pharmaceutical representative would visit his office, he would prescribe whatever medication the rep had presented to him, even if I had only been on the previous medication for two weeks. The best thing I ever did was to stop seeing this person. PTSD is an anxiety disorder, not a psychotic one, and yet he insisted on putting me on every antipsychotic medicine any representative pushed on him. The side effects of these medications, which I should never have been prescribed in the first place, ranged from painful jaw clicking and debilitating nausea and vomiting to lactating even though I have never been pregnant. I am now off psychiatrists and on the correct medication and am doing fantastic.