Pine Ridge Family Medicine

I’m so disappointed in this place. I’ve been searching high and low for an affordable doctor to help me with my Hashimoto’s thyroid issues. I was so excited to find this “wholistic” practice who preached all the right language about not being in the pocket of insurance, etc. I paid $169 sight unseen (my mistake!) to initiate a membership. Come time for my appt, the doctor was relaxed and took plenty of time with me—but spent the whole time telling a 27-year-old mother of 3 little kids that all he could do for my thyroid condition was prescribe Synthroid and increase the dosage as my thyroid stops functioning entirely. He thinks adrenal fatigue is not a real thing, a thyroid ultrasound would be useless, and food sensitivity or other testing wouldn’t help. I’m too far gone. It’s not like this is stage 4 cancer—I need a doctor who actually thinks I can get better. This one gave me an ultimatum: sign up for a lifetime of taking thyroid medication (which may or may not help), or continue with debilitating fatigue. I’m not an expert—which is why I was looking for an expert to help me along my healing journey. I know enough to believe that healing is possible, which Dr. V apparently does not believe. I can’t get any money back; this was an expensive way to learn that people aren’t what they appear to be, and I needed to ask a LOT more questions before giving them my money. Oh, and just for fun I asked what he would do for my 18-month-old’s terrible eczema; I thought a “wholistic” doctor would take a wholistic approach to finding the cause of a baby’s chronic skin condition. He would just prescribe topical steroids and move on. Apparently this doctor just treats symptoms and doesn’t care about treating the actual disease. Thanks for nothing.