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

Education

Verified profiles

Strattera (atomoxetine)
Medications · 8 min read

Strattera (atomoxetine)

Strattera is the non-stimulant ADHD medication that most adults don’t think about until they have to, which is usually because stimulants are off the table for some reason.…

Apr 10, 2025
Buspar (buspirone)
Medications · 9 min read

Buspar (buspirone)

Buspar is the anti-anxiety drug I wish more people had heard of, mostly because it’s the answer to a lot of situations where the patient or the prescriber…

Apr 7, 2025
Paxil (paroxetine)
Medications · 8 min read

Paxil (paroxetine)

Paxil is the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, the standard first-line antidepressant class) I almost never start a new patient on, and the…

Apr 5, 2025
Sexual Health
Men's Health · 12 min read

Sexual Health

Men's sexual health is one of those topics where the medicine is mostly straightforward and the conversation is mostly impossible.

Apr 4, 2025
Celexa (citalopram)
Medications · 9 min read

Celexa (citalopram)

Celexa is the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, the standard first-line antidepressant class that boosts serotonin without much else going on)…

Apr 2, 2025
Effexor (venlafaxine)
Medications · 9 min read

Effexor (venlafaxine)

Effexor is the SNRI (serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, the antidepressant class that hits both serotonin and norepinephrine instead of just…

Mar 31, 2025
Why your psychiatrist is rushed (the 15-min visit)
Off Script · 9 min read

Why your psychiatrist is rushed (the 15-min visit)

The 15-minute psychiatric follow-up is the unit of care in most outpatient psychiatry now, and most patients hate it and most psychiatrists hate it too. The reason it…

Mar 28, 2025
You’re Making a Choice Right Now
Off Script · 7 min read

You’re Making a Choice Right Now

You're making a choice right now.

Mar 27, 2025
Provider type field guide: PA, NP, MD, PhD, LMFT, LCSW
Off Script · 18 min read

Provider type field guide: PA, NP, MD, PhD, LMFT, LCSW

The alphabet soup of mental health providers is genuinely confusing and there's no good reason for the patient to have to figure it out on their own,…

Mar 26, 2025
Trazodone
Medications · 10 min read

Trazodone

Trazodone is the most prescribed sleep medication in the United States that was never actually approved as a sleep medication.

Mar 25, 2025
Why Your Brain Won’t Shut Up at Night
Conditions · 9 min read

Why Your Brain Won’t Shut Up at Night

It's 2 AM. You have to be up in five hours.

Mar 25, 2025
Why Asking for Help Feels Like Weakness
Treatment · 10 min read

Why Asking for Help Feels Like Weakness

For most of the guys who land in a psych office, the hardest thing they did in years wasn't the appointment. It was the phone call to book it.

Mar 24, 2025