Dr. Ragnar
Guanfacine (Intuniv)
Guanfacine is one of those drugs that quietly does a lot of work and almost nobody talks about, which is sort of par for the course in psychiatry...
Nov 14, 2025
What “Trauma-Informed Care” Actually Means
Trauma informed care is the most successful piece of mental health branding of the last decade, and for a crowd that never shuts up about how…
Nov 12, 2025
Motivation Is Overrated
People wait to feel motivated before they do things. They wait for inspiration, for the right mood, for the moment when they feel like doing it...
Nov 7, 2025
What Medication Can and Can’t Do
People come in wanting a pill that fixes their life. They don't say it that way.
Nov 1, 2025
The Problem with “I Can’t Help It”
"I can't help it" is one of the most common sentences people bring into a psychiatry office, and one of the most expensive things they can say out loud...
Oct 30, 2025
Anxiety Isn’t the Enemy
Anxiety isn't malfunctioning. The wiring is fine.
Oct 29, 2025
Consequences Aren’t Punishment
Consequences are just what happens next. You don't sleep, you feel like shit, that's biology.
Oct 27, 2025
Olanzapine (Zyprexa)
Olanzapine can work fast for mania and psychosis, but the weight, sedation, glucose, and lipid tradeoff needs real monitoring.
Oct 26, 2025
Risperidone (Risperdal)
Risperidone is one of the workhorse antipsychotics. It isn’t fashionable, it isn’t subtle, and it doesn’t get talked about the way the newer branded drugs do, but when…
Oct 23, 2025
Prozac (Fluoxetine)
Prozac came out in 1987. Almost forty years later it's still on the short list of SSRIs I reach for, and not because of nostalgia.
Oct 20, 2025
Psilocybin for Depression
Psilocybin for depression still isn't FDA-approved, but the trials and 2026 FDA actions make it one of the psychedelic treatments worth watching closely.
Oct 20, 2025
Depression Looks Different in Men
Most people think depression looks like sadness... someone crying, withdrawn, hopeless, visibly falling apart.
Oct 19, 2025