Psychiatry, honestly.
Writing about psych meds, diagnoses, and the work itself.
By the people who do it for a living.
When Sex Stops Being a Choice
When chasing sex stops feeling like a choice and starts running your life, that's not a big libido. It's a pattern worth taking seriously.
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Colon Cancer in Younger Men
Colon cancer is still uncommon before fifty, but rates are rising. Here's what symptoms deserve medical care, how screening works, and why those are different jobs.
Aug 6, 2026
Restless Legs and Low Iron: What the Numbers Mean
Low iron can matter in restless legs even without anemia, but one ferritin result doesn't prove the cause. Get the symptom pattern and both iron numbers before choosing treatment.
Aug 4, 2026
Manorexia: When Size Is ALL That Matters
Muscle dysmorphia can turn lifting, eating, and body checking into a life ruled by never feeling big enough. This is how to spot when training starts running you.
Aug 1, 2026
Orthosomnia: When Sleep Tracking Backfires
A sleep tracker can show useful trends, but a nightly score can also turn sleep into a performance review. Here's how to use it without spiraling.
Jul 28, 2026
Evidence Gets Hot and Cold on Sauna vs. Cold Plunge
Sauna has long term observational data. Cold water has real studies too, but not the same exposures, outcomes, or safety profile.
Jul 24, 2026
ADHD Is a Superpower
ADHD really is a superpower: speed, creativity, humor, pattern recognition, and intensity. It can also leave the people around you doing the boring shit your brain keeps dropping.
Jul 11, 2026Most of this is simpler than the internet makes it sound, and harder than a pill makes it look.
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Medications
SSRIs, stimulants, mood stabilizers, antipsychotics. What they actually do, what they don't, and what to expect.
Read all Medications 02Conditions
ADHD, anxiety, depression, PTSD, bipolar, addiction. Plain explanations in everyday language.
Read all Conditions 03Treatment
Therapy types compared, how care actually works, and what to ask a prescriber.
Read all Treatment 04Men's Health
Sleep, sex, hormones, weight, performance, addiction, and the body-side questions men actually bring to care.
Read all Men's Health 05Comparisons
Side-by-side decisions for medications, therapy options, coverage, risk, and next steps.
Read all Comparisons 06Q&A
Short clinical answers for questions that need a clear answer before they need a whole essay.
Read all Q&A 07Off Script
Essays and observations from working clinicians. Mental health, broader than a diagnosis.
Read all Off Script 08Clinician Resources
Notes for clinicians and professionals on documentation, systems, ethics, review, and real-world patient education.
Read all Clinician ResourcesEverybody who writes here is a working clinician. It's the day job, not a side project. The stuff on this site is meant to be educational, not medical advice, and nothing here replaces an actual conversation with whoever's prescribing for you. If you're in crisis right now, please call 988 or get to an ER.