Dr. Ragnar
Trazodone vs Quviviq vs Belsomra
The sleep medication landscape in 2026 is in a weird place. Trazodone is still the default for most prescribers, mostly out of habit and price.
Apr 18, 2026
Benzodiazepine Medications
Benzodiazepines work fast, which is exactly why they need a narrow lane, a clear exit plan, and more respect than casual anxiety prescribing usually gives them.
Apr 16, 2026
Ozempic, GLP-1s, and mood
The GLP-1 agonists (Ozempic and Wegovy and Mounjaro and the rest, a class of medications originally developed for type 2 diabetes and now used…
Apr 16, 2026
Buprenorphine for depression and chronic pain
Buprenorphine is best known as an addiction medication, particularly for opioid use disorder, but a growing body of research and a quieter clinical…
Apr 14, 2026
Stimulant Medications
Stimulants can be life-changing for ADHD and narcolepsy, but the Schedule II, diversion, sleep, blood pressure, appetite, and misuse conversations aren't optional.
Apr 14, 2026
Pharmacogenomic testing for psych meds
GeneSight and the other pharmacogenomic tests (cheek-swab panels that look at your liver-enzyme genetics to suggest which psych medications you'll handle…
Apr 12, 2026
Caplyta off-label use
Caplyta (lumateperone) is one of the newer atypical antipsychotics, FDA-approved for schizophrenia and bipolar depression, and what's more interesting…
Apr 10, 2026
Vraylar for depression augmentation
Vraylar (cariprazine) is an atypical antipsychotic that got an FDA add-on indication for major depression a few years back.
Apr 8, 2026
Insomnia, Explained
Insomnia treatment is where people learn the hard way that exhaustion and sleep aren't the same thing.
Apr 6, 2026
Auvelity (dextromethorphan/bupropion)
Auvelity is a once-daily pill that combines dextromethorphan, the cough syrup ingredient, with bupropion, which most people know as Wellbutrin.
Apr 6, 2026
Social Anxiety, Explained
A practical guide to social anxiety treatment: CBT, exposure, medication, safety behaviors, and how recovery actually gets built.
Apr 3, 2026
Doxepin for sleep
Doxepin is a tricyclic antidepressant from the 1960s that turned out, at very low doses, to be one of the best sleep medications available.
Apr 2, 2026