Manoj V Waikar

I should have followed my instincts and not gone to see Dr. Waikar. During the period of time I saw him, I found Dr. Waikar to be arrogant. He didn’t have a soft touch and he was really aggressive with medications and kept wanting to go up higher on doses. He is very much a medication guy and gets really nerdy and talks about how the medications work as if every person will have the same response to the medication. I didn’t get the sense that he liked me educating myself about the meds and asking him questions about it. Talk therapy with him was not much better– kinda just talks at you. Also, he used the word «crazy» to describe a patient. I could tell that he did not want me as a client because I was so needy at the time. He yelled at me, which I’m sure was a means to get rid of me. I noted that he used to have a practice in San Jose. Someone else also experienced the same yelling by Dr. Waikar and gave him low marks on some doctor rating website. When I went to another psychiatrist at Stanford, he laughed and took me off all the different medications Dr. Waikar placed me on. Sad thing is that I believe Dr. Waiker was educated at Stanford, so he must not have learned from his professors!
He is on the younger side so he uses technology, such as email, like the previous reviewer said, if that is something that is important to you. He is really on time, so you don’t have to wait a long time in the waiting room. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend him though. There are many other psychiatrists in the Bay Area to choose from.

I have been coming to Dr. Waikar for nearly three years now and he has absolutely changed my life for the better. He graduated from Stanford, is extremely intelligent and always knows exactly what to say. I will NEVER go anywhere else, an I recommend him to anyone who is looking for a new psychiatrist. I have never felt distanced because I’m a female with a male doctor, and I always feel so confident and refreshed when I walk out of his office. Even though I go to school in Washington state, he continues to have Skype and phone sessions with me whenever I please. Words can not express how thankful I am to have found this office. My life will never be the same.