Marylinn Markarian, MD

I just had my first appointment with her and it is one of the biggest regrets of my life. This is not a practitioner who should be handling mental health. Im a graduate student at Antioch University pursuing a degree in Clinical Psych, and have worked in psychiatric in-patient clinics before, and I have never been in the presence of a medical professional who is so resistant to understanding her patients and allowing them to advocate for themselves. I have had an Autism/ADHD diagnosis since I was 16, and have been using ADHD meds since the age of 19 with no issue, other than a recent switch in the last year when my Dr. added Wellbutrin to my treatment plan, which worked beautifully. My life improved tenfold after that, and I went in search of a psychiatrist hoping to titrate down to a lower dose of the Wellbutrin and change my ADHD meds. Not only did she refuse to prescribe what has already been my treatment plan (something that has been ten years in the making), but her intake questions seemed extremely biased and geared towards getting answers to whatever diagnosis she wanted to give me, sometimes asking the same question over and over again, even though I had said no I have never done that/felt that way several times. If I wasnt in a graduate program for this topic I wouldnt have seen the red flags After only 45 minutes of talking (I wont share my life story here but obviously I deal with CPTSD from a lifetime of being neurodivergent), she completely ignored my already recorded Autism and ADHD diagnosis and tried to tell me I had BiPolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, and potentially Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I can understand the Borderline connection because undiagnosed autism in women often leads to a BPD diagnosis, but when I brought that up to her, she basically told me I didnt know anything, and implied that my resistance meant she was onto something. She wanted to switch up my entire medication plan, and put me on a mood stabilizer, despite me sharing I was a full time grad student and not looking for any changes as I didnt want it to interfere with my graduate career. Im only giving one star because I have to give ONE star to even write this. Do not go see this woman unless you want to be gaslit, misdiagnosed, and criticized. Oh and the cherry on top: apparently the fact that I have a lot of creative passion and excitement for various topics is proof of mania and therefor, bipolar disorder, which, once again, I do not have. The only thing Im delusional about, apparently, is that I thought doctors like this only existed in the movies. Major Girl, Interrupted moment. My heart goes out to anyone who has had to see this woman. Know you are not alone, and that you deserve a medical practitioner who will LISTEN to you and treat you with respect.
Mar 1st, 2024

Should not work with Patients she is rude, and has no bedside manner!! People with mental issues should not go to her she will make them worse! She should be working as a prison warden the way she speaks to patients! Disgusting
Sep 27th, 2023

Filled with self-importance. Egomaniac. An intake should be done on her as she fits almost all the criteria for a psychopath. Sadly she still has her license. The only reason I left a star [because shes a minus-star] is review wouldnt let me post without filling in a star! She discredits her profession. Bottom of the barrel.
Jul 15th, 2023

Condescending from the start. Had a telehealth appointment with her set up months advance. She wasnt even prepared with anything faxed to her weeks in advanced from my previous doctor and said she had no time to read over any of it. This was on my lunch at work when she was 15 minutes late for the appointment and had her nurse 15 minutes late to do his intake with me. I had to miss two clients for this after waiting months for nothing. Trust these low ratings. She is rude and nasty I would never recommend her to anyone. I a switch in insurance and she was my last resort. Now I have to search around and find someone else. Anyone should hopefully be better than her
May 10th, 2023

The office does not answer the phone and very hard to get someone to call back!
Nov 8th, 2022