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.

295 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
Modafinil (Provigil)
Medications · 5 min read

Modafinil (Provigil)

Modafinil isn't a genius pill. It's a stay-awake medication for real sleepiness problems, with smart-drug hype, rash warnings, and birth-control issues.

Oct 7, 2025
How to Transfer Your ADHD Prescription to a New Provider
Treatment · 9 min read

How to Transfer Your ADHD Prescription to a New Provider

Maybe you moved. Maybe your provider retired.

Oct 1, 2025
Prazosin
Medications · 8 min read

Prazosin

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

Sep 22, 2025
Adult ADHD, Explained
Conditions · 12 min read

Adult ADHD, Explained

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 · 14 min read

Testosterone

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

Sep 12, 2025
ADHD: when stims don’t fit
Medications · 23 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 shouldn't switch off a working stim.

Sep 10, 2025
Fluvoxamine (Luvox)
Medications · 10 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
Trimix and Penile Injections for ED
Men's Health · 5 min read

Trimix and Penile Injections for ED

The reliable second-line ED treatment most men flinch at: how penile injection therapy works, the in-office test dose, and the real risks.

Sep 6, 2025
Shockwave Therapy for Chronic Pain: What Holds Up
Treatment · 6 min read

Shockwave Therapy for Chronic Pain: What Holds Up

Where shockwave therapy genuinely helps chronic musculoskeletal pain (plantar fasciitis at the top) and where it's oversold.

Sep 3, 2025
Hydroxyzine
Medications · 9 min read

Hydroxyzine

Hydroxyzine has been sitting in the pharmacy for sixty years doing useful work, and most prescribers act like it doesn't exist.

Sep 1, 2025
Shockwave Therapy for Stubborn Tendon Injuries
Treatment · 5 min read

Shockwave Therapy for Stubborn Tendon Injuries

Where shockwave therapy actually earns its keep: chronic tendon and soft-tissue injuries that have outlasted rest and rehab.

Sep 1, 2025