Dr. Ragnar

Dr. Ragnar

Founder, DNP, PMHNP

Dr. Ragnar, DNP, PMHNP. Founder of LiveWell Psychiatry & Men's Health. Sees patients in Oregon and Washington for ADHD, depression, anxiety, addiction, and the long tail after sobriety. Anti-soft-validation, pro-actually-fixing-the-thing. Believes the goal of treatment isn't lifetime management, it's making himself unnecessary. Writes here for the guys who know there's something going on, but haven't figured out how to say it yet.

282 posts by this author · Practice site & full bio

Clinical profile

Credentials

  • DNP
  • PMHNP-BC
  • NPI 1780403915

Active licenses

  • Oregon 10034127
  • Washington AP61615356

Clinical focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Men's mental health
  • Men's health
  • ADHD
  • Adult ADHD
  • Depression
  • Mood disorders
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Anxiety
  • Panic disorder
  • OCD
  • PTSD
Vyvanse
Medications · 11 min read

Vyvanse

Vyvanse is Adderall with a seatbelt.

Oct 10, 2025
Topamax (topiramate)
Medications · 10 min read

Topamax (topiramate)

Topiramate's nickname tells you most of what you need to know: Dopamax.

Oct 10, 2025
Stop Asking What’s Wrong With You
Off Script · 8 min read

Stop Asking What’s Wrong With You

People walk in thinking something is fundamentally wrong with them all the time.

Oct 8, 2025
Modafinil (Provigil)
Medications · 8 min read

Modafinil (Provigil)

Modafinil has a reputation that runs way ahead of what the drug actually does.

Oct 7, 2025
How to Transfer Your ADHD Prescription to a New Provider
Treatment · 10 min read

How to Transfer Your ADHD Prescription to a New Provider

Maybe you moved. Maybe your provider retired.

Oct 1, 2025
Prazosin
Medications · 9 min read

Prazosin

For a certain kind of trauma, the worst part of the day is the night.

Sep 22, 2025
Adhd Treatment
Treatment · 13 min read

Adhd Treatment

Adult ADHD treatment is one of the parts of psychiatry where the gap between what works and what most patients actually get prescribed is genuinely wide.

Sep 18, 2025
You Already Know You Have a Problem
Treatment · 8 min read

You Already Know You Have a Problem

If you're reading this and wondering whether your drinking is a problem... it is. You wouldn't be reading this otherwise.

Sep 15, 2025
Testosterone
Men's Health · 16 min read

Testosterone

Testosterone is the most over-prescribed hormone in American medicine right now, and it's not close.

Sep 12, 2025
IV Wellness Therapy
Men's Health · 9 min read

IV Wellness Therapy

The IV wellness industry is one of the strangest things to watch from inside medicine.

Sep 12, 2025
ADHD: when stims don’t fit
Medications · 24 min read

ADHD: when stims don’t fit

Strattera, Qelbree, Intuniv, Kapvay, Wellbutrin, Modafinil. What each one does, who it fits, and why most patients should not switch off a working stim.

Sep 10, 2025
Fluvoxamine (Luvox)
Medications · 11 min read

Fluvoxamine (Luvox)

Fluvoxamine is the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, the Zoloft/Lexapro/Prozac class) nobody thinks of first, and that's sort of a shame,…

Sep 9, 2025