Dr. Bradley S. Briercheck, MD

"Where did you go? I'm stuck in limbo with someone who doesn't know my history... Are you available with Kaiser?"

"You ruined my life, this isn't an exaggeration The most memorable part of my care was the fact that my mind is still messed up and I cannot think clearly after over a year of not seeing him anymore. I was under his care for over a year, during that time he prescribed 5 different anti-depressants. When I pleaded to be given a tapering schedule because I didn't want to be on anti-depressants anymore, all he did was prescribe me a different anti-depressant. He never gave me a tapering schedule, forcing me to taper on my own, which was a horrid experience going through withdrawals. Still to this day, a year after not taking them, I still get brain zaps when anything startles me. That isn't even the worst part though. He kept me subdued on Valium for a year, once stating that some people just have wild minds like bulls and always need to have something to subdue them. To this day I have not been able to start thinking normally again. Every time that I take a shower I feel too messed up in my head to do anything for up to 2-3 hours afterwards. I am writing this now because of how sick and tired I am of not being able to think clearly. The most important thing in my life to me is my mind, and now I have permanently damaged goods. I thought maybe it would come back to me, but after a year of working as hard as I can towards that goal, it is still no where near what it was. The most ironic part is that I went to him for depression and anxiety, but stayed in treatment because of my anxiety. I left his care with my anxiety worse than it has ever been in my entire life. I cannot play a simple video game without having my heart race, my body sweat profusely, and feeling very jittery and on edge. The same games that have never triggered anxiety in my entire life that I have played for years. He also never felt the need to check up on me and I always had to go to him. How else can you show that you do not care about your patients? He prescribed me a boat load of mind altering drugs and then just let me be on my own. I hope you are never allowed another patient in your care again. In fact I hope your license is removed and you are never allowed to work with people in any discipline ever again. You have clearly proved to be cold hearted and only care about the money you receive for prescribing drugs."