Dr. Ruqiya S. Tareen, MD

“I wish I would've waited to leave a review. I can't figure out how to delete my old review. If you're looking for good quality care where you feel respected, seen, and heard do not see Dr. Tareen. You will be better off anywhere else but at Kalamazoo TMS & Behavioral Health. I had a horrible experience here. I was put on a treatment that I wasn't even interested in doing. I was told TMS can take a long time to be approved. I was desperate at the time and she recommended Spravato. I ended up having to quit cold turkey because of their inability to provide a safe space for patients. Come to find out Dr. Tareen NEVER put in for prior authorization for TMS for. I was VERY clear about TMS being the treatment I wanted to pursue. I reported a serious HIPPA violation which occurred and was treated like I was the problem. This place should be closed down. I get the feeling that they're only offering specialty treatments to make money and couldn't care less about the needs of the patient. Stay far away.”

“Dr. Tareen and the mid level provider, Amy, were incredibly invalidating of my experiences. Argued with me about my choice to not have children due to past trauma. Treated me like an addict for taking a benzodiazepine *as prescribed* for sleep from my previous provider. Told me I could choose between trazodone or ambien as “better“ options. I told Dr. Tareen I had problems in the past with trazodone; she prescribed it anyway. Now the office is charging me $35 to transfer my records. I am writing this review because my depression worsened and my CPTSD was triggered due to the lack of compassion by both providers. I have valid complaints that were swept aside. I deserve to be heard by my provider, so I need to move on.”

“Since my first review was erased immediately I’ll be shorter. The workers seem nice enough but the dr is crazy in my opinion and in a round about way called me a loser when I was discussing my disorders, didn’t know owning your own business being with the same women for 20 years has two kids and one already graduate from high school and I’m 39. She told me to my face I’ve accomplished nothing in life, that was her words. Very disrespectful human being”

“I had been a patient for over 8 years. I tried to withdraw from Effexor over a five month period and crashed. She gave me pristiq. Same drug as Effexor. Tried TMS, no change, same medication. Instead of pursuing other diagnoses or meds did nothing but push same drug, different name. Then changed to trintellix, absolute nightmare. PA was given incorrect info from pharmacy and cut me off from getting a refill for klonopin. Refused to speak with me over the phone. Horrific health care providers. Saw Tareen to stop klonopin. Failed to warn me of serious and dangerous withdrawal symptoms. Incompetent physician and PA. Changed psychiatrist and immediately changed diagnosis and doing well.”