Southeastern Executive Health

I was a patient of Dr. Bigman for a few years in regard to psychiatry and thought things were fine because I had never seen a proper psychiatrist and didn't know how it worked. Looking back, there were a lot of red flags and unethical things that occurred in the time I saw him. For one, I had weight loss medications and procedures pushed on me constantly in the time I was seeing him. I don't think that's the place for a psychiatrist to touch on, and it only hindered my progress of dealing with my depression to be told I'm fat every appointment. He prescribed me medication I did not ask for and pressured me to keep taking it, even when I was having awful side effects. After I finally just stopped taking it, he told me to look into weight loss surgery. I went to my primary care physician with this information, and she scoffed that he would jump to that suggestion since there are SO MANY things that come before outright surgery, all things a psychiatrist has no place in. Secondly, there is a previous review here about another doctor that is exactly the same as my experience, so I am going to say this must be due in part to SEH not doing their job. There was a period of months where I just couldn't get my meds because I was told they needed prior authorization from the pharmacy and my insurance. I would contact SEH and Dr. Bigman directly. They always said they sent the information, but my insurance company never got anything. I was working closely with an agent at my insurance company on this, and the paperwork just wasn't sent, or it wasn't filled out correctly. Months without your meds is not a great experience and made me question what I was even paying for since Dr. Bigman did not take insurance and I was paying out of pocket. Third, Dr. Bigman refused to treat my anxiety disorder and told me to handle it with deep breathing. He witnessed me slipping into deep agoraphobia and still would not prescribe anxiety medication to help me leave my house. I understand that there can be concern for overprescribing meds like that, but after years of seeing him, I would expect that he would trust that I truly needed these meds, especially seeing my deteriorating mental health and building agoraphobia. He always said the meds would interact with my other meds and that I had to choose. I am now seeing a new psychiatrist who listens and prescribes me medication as she sees fit. What do you know? I have since overcome my agoraphobia under her care and have been thriving in regard to the anxiety that was so crippling for years. I didn't have to choose between medications I need. That's so unethical to make me do that. My final straw was receiving an email from another doctor at the practice that wasn't meant for me but included the name of another patient and their medication that needed to be refilled. I have no idea HOW I was included in that email, but it was the final thing that broke my trust after basically being ghosted on my medication at that point. If it was so easy to accidentally send a random patient the information of another patient, how safe was my information? I was told to delete the email since it wasn't meant for me, and I didn't go any further. I just stopped seeing Dr. Bigman and SEH. I'm very glad I stopped seeing Dr. Bigman and supporting SEH. I was too afraid to build a trusting relationship with another provider if I left earlier, but it would have served me well if I left when the red flags starting flying. He's a very nice guy aside from everything I mentioned, and I did like seeing him, but the things I mentioned should not have happened.
Feb 7th, 2024

Jan 25th, 2023

Lori is the best! I am so grateful for her compassion, empathy and accessibility. I have sent many friends and peers to SEH over the years knowing they will be in great hands. Lori truly cares about her clients in a day and age where so many are pushed through the system at face value. Lori sets the bar for mental health and SUD care.
Jan 2nd, 2023

Nov 25th, 2021

December 18th 2022 I'm not normally the review type and I'm annoyed that I even have to say something, but this is problematic. I've been with Lori for a while now and she's helped me manage my meds ever since my previous doctor retired and SEH absorbed some of his clientele. This isn't the first time I've had issues with my medication availability whether it's a forgotten prior authorization or just simply not putting the meds in on time. Medications that if I were to miss a day truly jeopardize everything I've fought so hard to overcome before coming on board here. I've tried many times to go through proper channels of contact with her, or even anyone at SEH and it's normally met with a semi quick response, but even that is never the response you want to hear when you're at the pharmacy thinking everything's gonna be good until you learn that a prior authorization from your prescriber was needed weeks prior. I'm lucky that my wife is also a patient and receives the same medication that I do and that I haven't found myself in a worse predicament sooner. Today that is unfortunately not the case and I'm all set to go away for the tail end of a weekend with no meds, and all the unanswered calls and texts from a 16hr window that you could want. Very scary stuff when you're in my shoes. Additionally as of January the 3rd I'm reposting this because I'd received a call back and was basically told that I would receive both an emergency supply, but also my regular prescription once I had taken down my review. I'm just coming off my scheduled appointment where I was just dropped as a patient for bringing up these issues. The unprofessionalism speaks volumes here because the worst part about it was that nobody took any responsibility for anything. I was basically told that I never dealt with their shortcomings because they were never there in the first place. Delusion takes many forms I guess
Jan 5th, 2023