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
Adderall
Medications · 9 min read

Adderall

Adderall is amphetamine.

Jul 29, 2025
Off Script · 14 min read

How to Actually Access Your Mental Health Benefits

Insurance companies in this country have figured out a quietly profitable trick. They sell you a plan that technically includes mental health coverage, they staff a member-services line…

Jul 29, 2025
Remeron
Medications · 10 min read

Remeron

Remeron is the antidepressant nobody picks first and a lot of guys end up grateful for.

Jul 29, 2025
Performance Anxiety Isn’t Just About Sex
Conditions · 9 min read

Performance Anxiety Isn’t Just About Sex

Performance anxiety doesn't show up the way the name suggests it does.

Jul 26, 2025
What Every Insurance Term Actually Means (And Which Ones Matter)
Off Script · 14 min read

What Every Insurance Term Actually Means (And Which Ones Matter)

Insurance companies don't write their paperwork to be understood. They write it to be unfalsifiable, which is a different problem.

Jul 26, 2025
How Health Insurance Actually Works
Off Script · 15 min read

How Health Insurance Actually Works

Health insurance is confusing on purpose.

Jul 24, 2025
Lunesta
Medications · 8 min read

Lunesta

Lunesta is the Z-drug you reach for when Ambien isn't holding the night together. Same family, different shape, slightly longer half-life.

Jul 23, 2025
Solopreneur Logistics: From LLC to PC
Off Script · 15 min read

Solopreneur Logistics: From LLC to PC

Most clinicians who leave a W-2 job to go solo lose money in their first year, and a fair number of them don't even notice until they sit down with…

Jul 21, 2025
PTSD, Explained
Conditions · 10 min read

PTSD, Explained

PTSD is what happens when your brain encodes a memory wrong.

Jul 19, 2025
Licensure vs Certification: What Actually Defines Your Scope of Practice
Off Script · 15 min read

Licensure vs Certification: What Actually Defines Your Scope of Practice

Most of us came out of training knowing how to interview a patient, how to write a note, and how to talk a guy down off a bad week, and…

Jul 18, 2025
E&M Codes for Psych: Choosing the Right Level
Off Script · 15 min read

E&M Codes for Psych: Choosing the Right Level

Most psych clinicians are undercoding their visits, and it's not because they're being modest, it's because nobody taught them how E&M (evaluation and…

Jul 16, 2025
Stimulants Help Most People Focus. That Isn’t an ADHD Test.
Off Script · 14 min read

Stimulants Help Most People Focus. That Isn’t an ADHD Test.

The single most common ADHD diagnostic story I hear in the room goes like this...

Jul 13, 2025