Dr. Ragnar
Involuntary holds: OR/WA specifics
Oregon and Washington don't use the California 5150/5250 numbering, which confuses people who moved up here from the Bay Area expecting that vocabulary.
Jun 10, 2026
Real Talk About Sex
Sex problems are medical, psychological, relational, and usually more fixable than men think. The hard part is saying the quiet part out loud.
Jun 5, 2026
Semaglutide
The drug is real. The results in the trials are real. And if you’ve spent years feeling genuinely hungry all the time, not like “I skipped breakfast” hungry…
Jun 3, 2026
MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment)
If you have opioid use disorder, medication is the actual treatment.
Jun 2, 2026
MAOI Medications
MAOIs are old antidepressants with real power, real food and drug rules, and a role in stubborn depression when easier options failed.
Jun 2, 2026
Testosterone, Honestly
Testosterone isn't a magic masculinity injection. It's a hormone with real benefits, real risks, and a workup people skip too often.
May 30, 2026
Tricyclic Antidepressants
Tricyclics are older antidepressants that can still help depression, pain, migraine, and sleep, but overdose risk and anticholinergic side effects keep them out of the casual lane.
May 20, 2026
Knowing better isn’t the same as doing better.
Knowing better doesn’t mean shit if you’re not doing better. We all know that guy. Reads all the right books, quotes all the right people, posts about the…
May 17, 2026
The SSRI Waiting Game
The hardest part of starting an SSRI is the lag. Side effects can show up fast, while the benefit takes weeks.
May 16, 2026
NoFap and Semen Retention: The Honest Version
Semen retention gets a bad rap and a pile of mystical hype. The honest version: dropping compulsive porn helps, the superpowers don't.
May 16, 2026
Masturbation: The Myths, and the Real Line
It's normal and it's not tanking your testosterone. The only real question is whether it's a habit or a compulsion.
May 14, 2026
Sleep Medications
Sleep medications can be useful short-term tools, but insomnia is rarely solved by pretending sedation is the same thing as healthy sleep.
May 12, 2026