Juline Bryson, MD

The worst doctor experience of my life. Sloppy, defensive, dismissive and rude. She put me in harms way. I won’t get into details but warn you to stay far far away. See any other neurologist at all costs.

I went to Dr. Bryson to get a second opinion on my treatment plan for my hemisensory migraines. I think from the get go the reception staff should have told me that she really does not specialize in this and I should seek elsewhere. However, they did not so I sought her out. To her credit she is very nice. Unfortunately to be told that you don’t have migraines (I had been diagnosed by two top neurologists in NYC & NJ with the same thing so um… yes I do!) and you have epilepsy (I don’t and have test results that prove this!) is really rather distressing and a bit demeaning truly.
So maybe if you get tension headaches, hormonal headaches, or textbook migraines (ie symptoms manifest in the head/​skull/​neck) she is probably great. However, if you are like me and you have a headache variant seek my current neurologist, Nitin Sethi at Weill Cornell who I cannot say enough good about.

I had an initial appointment with Dr. Bryson to deal with chronic migraines and found her to be understanding and very competent. I’m relieved to have found a doctor I like to help me manage my headaches! Her practice is located near Columbus Circle and accepts major insurances.

Read carefully. This may be the first snark-​free, sarcasm-​free review I have ever written.
This doctor changed my life. This is no exaggeration. She changed my life. I was suffering from crushing migraines for months. The kind that felt like there was a horde of sharp-​taloned insects squeezing the muscles in the back of my neck, scraping at my brain and traveling under my skull to stab me in the eye. It took whatever will I had to function. Couldn’t bare light so I lived like a vampire in my house. Couldn’t tell day-​to-​day if I could make it to work and if I did the days were excruciating. I stopped having a life. Just went to work on the days I could manage and came home to be in the dark on the couch. I went to three different doctors who each told me something different until I started coming to Dr. Bryson a little over a year ago. Beyond diagnosing my issue immediately, I could just feel her empathy for the place my life had come to as a result of the pain I was in. She did something I value more than almost anything in a doctor: she listened. And she educated me. Gave me a great book about migraines that explained the symptoms and helped me see that they are more than headaches, but a syndrome made up of a collection of ailments. She understood that I didn’t want to take too many prescriptions and worked with me to change my diet and figure out a cocktail of supplements that began to take the edge off almost immediately. I’ve recommended her to every person I’ve met since who tells me they have migraines. As part of the St. Luke’s Headache Institute she takes many insurance plans. I’ve been seeing her for over a year now and my migraine headaches are rare though I still get some of the symptoms, like occasional dizziness. But I know how to plan ahead now and I know how to manage. I’m no longer on the couch!