Alex Orlikov's Online Review Report Card

Dr. Orlikov destroyed my life. He gave me a prescription for the benzodiazepine Ativan without warning me how horrifyingly dangerous and life-decimating these poisons are. He did not say a word about how dangerous withdrawal is and that withdrawal must be done very slowly. I am suffering from the most brutal and inhumane tortures since stopping the Ativan that Dr. Orlikov gave me, tortures that are unimaginable to the human mind. I am suffering from AKATHESIA, from seizures, psychosis, mania......24/7 i wish for death because the torture is not livable. I cry to god every day, why did god not save me from this agony, from this constant terror, from this unrelenting brutality? Why, why, why did you have the power to take my precious life from me this way? When I met you I was perfect in mind. My sciatic nerve had been hit by an incompetent physical therapist and the lyrica that i took for the pain made me feel suicidal immediately. I came to the hospital thinking that i would rest. Instead of protecting me from further drugs while knowing that i was in the hospital to recover from the adverse response my brain had to the lyrica, you let your nurses feed me ativan and ambien. Both work on Gaba receptors, both only made me sicker and sicker. Why why, why i ask and cry? Why did you not protect me from this dangerous drug? Why did you not tell me that it causes brain damage and seizures and akathisia and catatonia? I was an artist, i generously donated my angel prints to the hospital, believing that you all cared about the people that came to you seeking help. But all you did was feed me Ativan and Ambien without seeing that the drugs were harming me. You destroyed me completely. I no longer paint, I no longer feel my own emotions, you robbed me of my soul and spirit, stole my sanity, my beautiful personality from me. Every day is a day of torture, it would have been kinder of you to shoot me in the head then to give me Ativan. You destroyed my mother. She cries every day along with me. She lost her beloved daughter because of you. Why, i cry out to god, why why why? My beautiful life is a hell of torture. Every minute of my reality is a torture-chamber. I plead with god to take me already. Who gave you the right to decimate me like this? This brain injury leaves so many of us with no other choice but suicide. You killed me with your poisons. My angels no longer sing or offer hope to others. They wail and beat their heads into the wall and live in constant fear and terror.

My interaction with Dr. Orlikov was very brief, but highly critical during a moment where critical thinking skills were desperately needed. He was not only well versed in his field of practice, but highly ethical, professional, competent, insightful, and understanding. While I would never recommend Newton Wellesely Hospital's ED services that houses incompetent and unethical mental health staff who have proved to be careless, negligent, biased, and untruthful with their assessments, I would highly recommend Dr. Orlikov in a heartbeat and in a more professional and private setting.