Orlando, Florida
Medication Management in Orlando
Orlando runs on hours the rest of the world sleeps: theme park closes, hotel turnovers, hospital nights, and an I-4 commute that eats whatever energy is left. Add a metro full of transplants who never found a doctor here, and it is no surprise that getting psychiatric care feels impossible, the practices from Lake Nona to Winter Garden quote waits measured in months. Medication that affects your brain should be managed, not merely refilled. shrinkMD brings board certified medication management to Orlando by video, with appointments as soon as availability allows and progress tracked at every visit.
Medically reviewed by Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, FAPA, board certified psychiatrist · Published June 7, 2026 · Last reviewed July 7, 2026 · Editorial policy
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Why shrinkMD
Care built around Orlando
Care here has to fit hospitality schedules, which is why our appointments run early, late, and between shifts, by video from your apartment near Mills 50, a break room backstage, or a parked car in a Disney cast lot. New to Orlando with no local doctor network yet? You do not need one to start.
We bill no insurance, so nothing about your care reaches an employer plan or insurer database. One flat fee shown before booking, the same clinician every visit, and prescriptions sent electronically to any Orlando pharmacy the same day.
What's included
Stewardship, visit by visit
Good prescribing is a feedback loop. At each visit your clinician reviews your validated symptom scores, your side effects, and your sleep, then adjusts a single variable so cause and effect stay readable. While starting or changing medication that loop runs every two to four weeks; once you're doing well it relaxes to every one to three months.
Your full trial history, names, doses, durations, responses, lives in your chart from day one, so failed experiments never get repeated. Prescriptions go electronically to your pharmacy, monitoring labs are arranged through your local clinic when a medication requires them, and your primary care doctor stays in the loop with your permission. No controlled substances, stated plainly before you ever book.
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Frequently asked questions
Good questions, clear answers
I just moved to Orlando and have no local doctors. Is that a problem?
Not at all. You can start with us directly, and when you do find a primary care doctor, we coordinate with them with your permission. Transplants without a care network are half this city.
Do you serve the suburbs, Lake Nona, Winter Garden, Kissimmee?
All of them, identically. Video care means Clermont and downtown Orlando get the same appointment, with no I-4 involved.
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.
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.
About Orlando
Orlando is home to about 320,000 residents. It's a major Central Florida metro and home to the Lake Nona Medical City health campus. Our patients here range across working families, commuters, students, and hospital staff.
Serving Orlando
Care should reach every corner of Orlando. As the heart of Central Florida, Orlando stretches from downtown, Eola Heights, and the South Eola district, and shrinkMD brings board-certified telepsychiatry to all of it by secure video, with the same psychiatrist over time.
What it costs
Transparent, published pricing
Our self-pay prices are the same in every state where we practice. No insurance billing, and no surprise statement later.
| Service | Self-pay price | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| Initial evaluation | From $295 | A full 50 to 60 minute evaluation, diagnosis, and written plan. |
| Follow-up visits | $110 to $215 | Per visit, depending on length and complexity. Member rates are lower. |
| Membership (optional) | $49 per month | Priority scheduling, member rates, and the Unstuck and QuitScrolling apps. First month free. |
Your care team
Who you will see
Your care is delivered by shrinkMD clinicians, and you keep the same one over time. You meet by secure video with a clinician licensed in your state.
- Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, FAPA, founder and board certified psychiatrist (ABPN), dual board certified in psychiatry and in sports and performance psychiatry.
- Matthew George, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC, dual board certified psychiatric nurse practitioner with more than two decades of clinical experience.
Learn more
More from a trusted source: Mental health medications - MedlinePlus.
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Call 1-877-747-4656 now, appointments are available as soon as availability allows for Orlando residents, by secure video from home.
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