Two of my friends and I went to Dr. Welch and all three of us ended up leaving his practice for different reasons which all related to his being unprofessionally opinionated and manipulative. My personal experience was that he was great until you actually had an opinion on something. I told him repeatedly that my body did not respond well at all to the hormones in birth control pills. He convinced me to try the IUD (which still has some hormones in it). This was incredibly painful to have put in, but what was worse was that the hormones still had a negative effect on my moods. When I told him I wanted to have it taken out and that I needed to use other methods of birth control he got angry and told me that I should just get on Zoloft. I DON'T NEED AN ANTIDEPRESSANT, my moods are completely normal when I'm not on birth control! They can cause major problems for people who don't truly need them. I feel like this was a controlling and very medically irresponsible thing to suggest. I am so happy I switched practices.
Pros: Good for annual exams
Cons: Bad for everything else
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