Ibia Itoro M.D

Dr. Ibia has been nothing but wonderful. When i first came to her i was a wreck, depressed, suicidal, anxious, angry, the works. She diagnosed me with a few different things. At first me and my family were a bit reluctant to believe the diagnoses (no one necessarily wants to believe that they are bipolar). After trying many different medications, and many therapy sessions i can happily say that i have never felt this normal. Dr. Ibia has shown that she not only knows what she is doing, but that she genuinely cares about my well being. She is easy to get along with and i always look forward to my sessions with her. I cant thank her enough for the effort that she has put into my recovery (and i would assume that my family thinks the same). I would recommend her to anyone inquiring about psychiatrists. And i would absolutely not be where i am if it wasn’t for her.

I’ve had four psychiatrists and two therapists since I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder in 1999. Dr. Ibia is by orders of magnitude the best psychiatrist I’ve ever had. She’s a psychiatrist, not a therapist, but she talks to me! And she listens! She has told me things about the meds I’ve been on for 16 years that I never learned in the 12 years I was on them before beginning to work with her — about interactions with OTC drugs and possible long-​term side-​effects — and she is extremely diligent about monitoring for these effects via asking questions and ordering regular blood tests.
Dr. Ibia asks incisive questions about my life to determine whether anything medically significant is going on, while at the same time being warm, supportive, and nonjudgmental. Her stated goal is to keep me in a place where my symptoms are being managed — not just where I’m surviving them — and she strikes what I perceive to be an excellent balance in being willing to «tweak» my meds to deal with changes in my mental health, without reaching for drugs as a solution to everything. She is competent and caring and extremely concerned that I am getting the most helpful care possible. Possibly the best doctor — not just psychiatrist — I’ve ever had.

Dr. Itoro has been very helpful to my family. I find her to be very knowledgeable, conservative, and trustworthy.

I write to inform former, past, and future clients that they may or may not be correctly diagnosed. Before I explain, I want to say the Dr Itoro was an accomodating and nice lady. She tried her best to meet my needs while I was 3 hours away for college. For that reason, I was grateful.
However, I was misdiagnosed as Bipolar by Dr Itoro. During the 1.5 years I was treated, I chose to believe the diagnosis because I was desperate to return to my original self. I followed every guideline and suggestion. Took every pill, even when I felt emotionally worse, gained 30 lbs in 2 months, sickly, yeast infections, and my flawless skin turned cystic (rolling scars to this day).
In an attempt to be a 5 star patient, I joined a Bipolar support group. It was during those weekly sessions that I realized, I was unlike the 30 regular attendants. So much so, the group leaders and the group consistenly inquired about my diagnosis, believing I was NOT bipolar.
From there, I sought out other professional opinions. Not two, three, or four, but seven! Each and every one told me to immediately stop my medication for it was doing more damage than good.
1 month after stopping all medication, the depressive cloud faded, acne cleared, chronic sickness haulted, and I began to lose weight without trying. I felt balance the best I could be for having Post Traumatic Stress (my REAL problem which is in a good place now).
A few months after stopping the medication, I tried to schedule an appointment with Dr Itoro to explain what happened, and ask questions. Her response was to find a new doctor since I did not see her during the last 3 months…
Lesson learned– seek mutiple opinions before signing up to prescription drugs. It will be three years come February since I stopped all medications prescribed by her (AND from anyone else). I STILL have reactions from those drugs.