Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Medication Management in Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale's calendar complicates care: yachting seasons that scatter crews across time zones, snowbird months that double the population, and a Broward waitlist that does not care about either. In an industry-town where everyone knows everyone from the docks to Las Olas, plenty of people quietly decide treatment is not worth the exposure, and pay for that decision in sleep, mood, and marriages. Psychiatric medication deserves an owner, not an autopilot. shrinkMD provides board certified medication management to Fort Lauderdale by secure video, with follow up that happens on schedule and decisions driven by measured results.
Medically reviewed by Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, FAPA, board certified psychiatrist · Published June 7, 2026 · Last reviewed June 17, 2026 · Editorial policy
Why shrinkMD
Made to fit life in Fort Lauderdale
We built for exactly this. Visits happen by secure video wherever you are private, a stateroom, a home office in Victoria Park, a parked car near the marina, and scheduling flexes with charter seasons and refit timelines.
Privacy is structural, not promised: no insurance billing means no claims, no diagnosis in any database, and records that move only with your written authorization. For part year residents, care continues in any of the ten states we serve, including New York.
What's included
From handoff to dialed in
Many patients arrive mid treatment, a prescriber retired, moved, or simply stopped paying attention. After an evaluation and records review we can usually continue your non controlled medications without missing a refill, then begin actually optimizing: one change at a time, tracked with validated scores until the numbers and your life agree.
Visits run 15 to 30 minutes by video on a cadence your treatment sets, every two to four weeks while tuning, stretching to quarterly once stable. Side effects, interactions, and the question of whether you still need each medication all stay on the table at every visit. Labs are coordinated locally when needed, and nothing here ever touches an insurance database.
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Frequently asked questions
Good questions, clear answers
How private is this in an industry where word travels fast?
Structurally private. No waiting rooms, no insurance paper trail, no one to recognize your car. Who knows is entirely your decision.
We are in Lauderdale October through April. What about summer up north?
If your summer state is one we serve, the same clinician continues seamlessly. Many of our Broward patients run exactly this Florida and New York rhythm.
Do you prescribe stimulants or benzodiazepines?
No, anywhere. We're upfront about it before you book, and skilled with the non controlled options the evidence supports.
How do labs work with a telehealth practice?
We coordinate orders through your local clinic or lab, lithium levels, metabolic panels, thyroid checks, and review results together. Telehealth changes the visit, not the monitoring standard.
Can you take over prescriptions from my previous provider?
Usually yes, for non controlled medications, after an evaluation and records review. Switching shouldn't mean starting over or missing a refill.
About Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale is home to about 185,000 residents. It's the seat of Broward County and a major South Florida metro anchored by a large regional health system. Our patients here range across working families, commuters, hospital staff, and professionals.
Serving Fort Lauderdale
Care should reach every corner of Fort Lauderdale. As a coastal city on the New River and the Atlantic, Fort Lauderdale stretches from the Riverwalk Arts and Entertainment District, Flagler Village, and the beach, and shrinkMD brings board-certified telepsychiatry to all of it by secure video, with the same psychiatrist over time.
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Call 1-877-747-4656 now, appointments are available as soon as availability allows for Fort Lauderdale residents, by secure video from home.
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