Tl;dr: seeking recs from women and/or non-binary folks for a female (or non-binary) PCP in the area who is patient, caring, and provides great patient care!

Hello all!

I recently relocated back to the area and I don’t have a PCP here anymore. Without disclosing too much about where I live, I am about 10 minutes south of The University but I work in Copley/Fairlawn area so I don’t mind anything around Akron/surrounding areas.

I am neurodivergent (shout out to that late-in-life ADHD diagnosis) and I am seeking a doctor who is understanding and supportive of that. I am also a bit overweight and have anxiety and I am really looking for a doctor who isn’t judgmental and doesn’t just write off every health complaint on anxiety or “just lose weight.”

(For context: My last PCP was in a different state but she used to say that because I’m medicated, my “ADHD symptoms should be fine” but didn’t take a very holistic approach to my care and it felt much more of a dismissive “I’ve got to get to the next patient” vibe. I work in a hospital so I really don’t appreciate that. Really looking to avoid that.)

Also, nothing against male healthcare providers but I am just more comfortable seeing a female doctor if possible.

I would love any recs, my insurance is in-network with most major hospital systems around here, but I really would love to know if there are any primary care doctors that stand out around here!

Thank you in advance for any recs!

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I did a little deep dive on the Akron beacon journal archives and came up with some dates....

Howard Johnson's closed in 1971.

Lawson's Restaurant (yes, THAT Lawson's) opened later that year.

It became an L&K in 72-73 when their owner, Consolidated Foods changed the name (They also owned Lawson's at the time).

Several years later, L&K closed and Casey's Family Restaurant took its place.

Casey's must have closed in 1981 because in the following year, Arby's took its place, and remains there to this day.

Until recent years, the decor was very late 70s, early 80s, so I wonder if that was a holdover from Casey's, or even L&K. As seen in one of the auction pictures, any interior traces of Howard Johnson's were sold off after they closed.