It’s taken me a while to write this as my experience was pretty awful, and I have some trauma surrounding this whole thing. When I first started seeing Dr. Marshall at the start of my pregnancy, I explained that I suffered from pretty severe anxiety....
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It’s taken me a while to write this as my experience was pretty awful, and I have some trauma surrounding this whole thing. When I first started seeing Dr. Marshall at the start of my pregnancy, I explained that I suffered from pretty severe anxiety. I feel like that instantly changed the way she viewed my concerns. I had SPD and was experiencing very excruciating pain for the majority of my pregnancy. She told me to go on walks, but when I did, I would be in so much pain afterwards that I wouldn’t be able to walk for two days after. She was supposed to refer me to a physical therapist and forgot. When I reminded her three different times, she still never followed through. I ended up finding someone myself. She would also routinely forget to send in prescription and I would have to call more than once to get anything filled. I had a high risk pregnancy and started experiencing symptoms of pre-eclampsia. When I told Dr. Marshall of my symptoms the first time (mental fog, confusion, loss of vision) she basically wrote it off and made me feel like I was blowing it out of proportion, like it was part of my anxiety. She told me to see a ophthalmologist! It wasn’t until my blood pressure was dangerously high that she did listen… kind of. She put me in bed rest and I ended up being admitted to the hospital three different times. The third time I ended up having an emergency c-section at 36 weeks. Thankfully my son was healthy. However, at my follow up appointment I explained that my PPD and PPA were pretty bad, I was experiencing suicidal thoughts. Her response was that I needed to find a therapist. When I demanded medication she bulked but finally relented, but acted put out. She only wanted to prescribe me one month supply and I ended up having to call multiple times to get any refills. If you’ve ever been on an antidepressant, you know how dangerous it is to stop cold turkey and not having access to your medication. I didn’t feel listened to, understood, or even remotely cared for. I felt like another number to her, just a body in and out the door. She had no care or concern, she wasn’t comforting or understanding of my situation or my fears (I’d had five miscarriages before this pregnancy). I would highly recommend finding another doctor, one who cares and listens and isn’t just working a job.