Thomas A. Dennison, MD

“Nowadays, it's not easy to find a Dr that is straightforward, to the point, & also shows kindness, compassion, or genuine concern for his/her patients. Nor is it easy to find one that'll actually listen to, & give you, his/her honest opinion & treat you respectfully. Dr. Dennison exceeds all of the above. He is truly a wonderful Dr! He's given me nothing but the best, genuine care for multiple years & I greatly trust, value, & respectfully appreciate his opinion.”

“I was feeling depressed and decided to finally see a psychiatrist and chose to make an appointment with Dr. Dennison. I was told he was not accepting new patients at DeKalb Clinic but was at his office in Sycamore( what difference does it make in regards to location?) I decided to try and make an appointment and was emailed a large amount of paperwork. I immediately filled out the paperwork and returned it to his office and was told that somebody would get a hold of me within 48hrs. I was contacted later by a physicians assistant who told me that because I had checked that box indicating that I had suicidal thoughts that they could not help me and tried to steer me to some other provider. I told them all I wanted was to make an appointment with Dr. Dennison-they refused and I hung up. Bottom line, these people don't care or aren't capable....”

“I don’t know where the doctor is that got all these great reviews, but I certainly didn’t get him. I decided to see him based on all the good reviews he got. I was told my first appointment could be anyway from 45-60 minutes. It lasted just barely 30, and half of that time included him asking run of the mill questions like ‘Family history of heart disease? Any surgeries? Do you smoke? Do you drink?’ even though I already answered all of those on the initial intake forms. He never asked how long I had been suffering from depression and anxiety. Never asked how it started. Never asked much of anything you’d expect a doctor to when taking a history. I wasted a year seeing him when I could have been seeing a better doctor. He continued trying SSRI after SSRI and other antidepressants despite knowing I was previously diagnosed bipolar. The last antidepressant he had me on without a mood stabilizer caused me to have severe ups and downs that got to the point of me calling the nurse help line because I was overwhelmed with suicidal thoughts. Prior to that he even started recommending over the counter products instead. Why am I wasting a copay worth of money to see a specialist for something I could have googled? The most mind boggling was when he had me go on a medication I had already tried in the past. If it was working, don’t you think I would have stayed on it? I have no idea why he thought the second time around would make a difference. I’m seeing a much better psychiatrist now. He took one look at my medication history and said he didn’t understand why my last doctor kept prescribing those when there were other groups of meds he could have tried. Dr. Dennison is a nice person but his ability to treat and knowledge of medication seems very limited.”

“I called and asked for some help with depression that I was having and I think I was turned down because I am on medicare or I just don't know what kind of a doctor were turned. Somebody down that needed help.”